RUNNING A RAT RACE
At 429 marks, open MBBS seats in govt colleges taken
Students With Lower Scores Have To Settle For Vet Or Agri Courses
Team TOI
Many open category MBBS aspirants who walked into the government multi-specialty hospital with the hope of getting admitted to a government college looked disappointed by around 1pm on Tuesday as seats in the category in all 22 staterun colleges were taken. The cut-off for open category in the first round was 55 marks higher than the cut-off at the end of 2017 admissions.
The selection committee awarded the last open category seat to Dhaiyanitha G, who scored 429 marks in NEET and was ranked 784. She got a seat in ESIC College. The next OC candidate, Monisha V G had to opt for self-financing colleges although three other students below her with the same score managed government seats using their community rank.
“You can opt for government seats in selffinancing colleges now. If the Directorate General of Health Services returns all-India quota seats that are not taken, you will have a chance to upgrade,” counsellors told students who were not eligible for reservation.
At the end of the day, there were 1,118 seats in government medical colleges including 250 seats in BC, 58 in BCM, 370 in MBC. The cut-off across categories will be at least 50 marks more.
This means that for than 25,000 students with mediocre NEET scores options will be veterinary sciences, agriculture and pharmacy courses. But are roughly 10,000 seats available for these candidates.
Cut-throat competition in vet
Although the cut-off for open category in veterinary colleges is likely to be at least 1.5 marks lower compared to 198.75 in 2017, competition will be cut throat. University vice-chancellor C Balachandran said 9,647 students will compete for 288 BVSc (academic) seats this year. There are 13 candidates between 199.67 and
199. Students ranked between 14 and 51 have scored between 198.75 and 198 and the student in the 288th rank has a score of 195.50. “The score is unlikely to be below 187,” said a senior official at the university.
Agri courses gain traction
The state has no plans to add more seats to the existing colleges, build new colleges or allow private ones, but agriculture-related courses have gained the maximum attention as there are additional seats. In 2013, four private colleges affiliated to state agricultural university offered these courses and seats were filled through government counselling. Now, 26 private colleges offer these courses. Besides, eight deemed universities have started offering these courses as the demand shot up post-NEET.
In the past two years, there has been a 20% increase in the number of applications for BSc agriculture, horticulture, forestry, bio-technology, food, nutrition and dietetics courses.
Unlike self-financing colleges which offer 60-120 UG seats per batch, deemed varsities offer 400-600 seats every year. “The issue with increasing the number of seats at such a high rate is that it shouldn’t lose its sheen three or four years down the line like engineering,” said TNAU dean S Mahimairaja.
Even now, the employment scenario has not improved on par with the demand or the number of seats offered. “Many end up clearing Union or Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission Exams as they don’t find a courserelated job on completion,” said Moorthy Selvakumaran, an educational consultant.
At 429 marks, open MBBS seats in govt colleges taken
Students With Lower Scores Have To Settle For Vet Or Agri Courses
Team TOI
Many open category MBBS aspirants who walked into the government multi-specialty hospital with the hope of getting admitted to a government college looked disappointed by around 1pm on Tuesday as seats in the category in all 22 staterun colleges were taken. The cut-off for open category in the first round was 55 marks higher than the cut-off at the end of 2017 admissions.
The selection committee awarded the last open category seat to Dhaiyanitha G, who scored 429 marks in NEET and was ranked 784. She got a seat in ESIC College. The next OC candidate, Monisha V G had to opt for self-financing colleges although three other students below her with the same score managed government seats using their community rank.
“You can opt for government seats in selffinancing colleges now. If the Directorate General of Health Services returns all-India quota seats that are not taken, you will have a chance to upgrade,” counsellors told students who were not eligible for reservation.
At the end of the day, there were 1,118 seats in government medical colleges including 250 seats in BC, 58 in BCM, 370 in MBC. The cut-off across categories will be at least 50 marks more.
This means that for than 25,000 students with mediocre NEET scores options will be veterinary sciences, agriculture and pharmacy courses. But are roughly 10,000 seats available for these candidates.
Cut-throat competition in vet
Although the cut-off for open category in veterinary colleges is likely to be at least 1.5 marks lower compared to 198.75 in 2017, competition will be cut throat. University vice-chancellor C Balachandran said 9,647 students will compete for 288 BVSc (academic) seats this year. There are 13 candidates between 199.67 and
199. Students ranked between 14 and 51 have scored between 198.75 and 198 and the student in the 288th rank has a score of 195.50. “The score is unlikely to be below 187,” said a senior official at the university.
Agri courses gain traction
The state has no plans to add more seats to the existing colleges, build new colleges or allow private ones, but agriculture-related courses have gained the maximum attention as there are additional seats. In 2013, four private colleges affiliated to state agricultural university offered these courses and seats were filled through government counselling. Now, 26 private colleges offer these courses. Besides, eight deemed universities have started offering these courses as the demand shot up post-NEET.
In the past two years, there has been a 20% increase in the number of applications for BSc agriculture, horticulture, forestry, bio-technology, food, nutrition and dietetics courses.
Unlike self-financing colleges which offer 60-120 UG seats per batch, deemed varsities offer 400-600 seats every year. “The issue with increasing the number of seats at such a high rate is that it shouldn’t lose its sheen three or four years down the line like engineering,” said TNAU dean S Mahimairaja.
Even now, the employment scenario has not improved on par with the demand or the number of seats offered. “Many end up clearing Union or Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission Exams as they don’t find a courserelated job on completion,” said Moorthy Selvakumaran, an educational consultant.
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