Coimbatore Corporation school student gets admission in Stanley Medical College

Coimbatore Corporation school student gets admission in Stanley Medical College

Nov 18, 2020, 07.45 PM IST

COIMBATORE: Coimbatore Corporation school student J Dharani has secured a seat in the Stanley Medical College, Chennai, under the horizontal reservation for the government school students. She secured 461 marks in the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET).

Dharani attended medical counselling for the 7.5% reservation for government school students that took place at the Jawaharlal Nehru Outdoor Stadium in Chennai on Wednesday. She secured 22nd in general ranking and 10th in BC community ranking under the horizontal reservation.

The 20-year-old was a student of Corporation Girls Higher Secondary School at RS Puram and completed her Class XII in 2017. Since then, she has been taking the NEET and preparing on her own with available books. Due to poor performance, she joined a private coaching centre in 2019 with a scholarship she obtained.

“It’s my dream to become a doctor and I always wanted to get admission in Stanley or Madras Medical College. If not for the reservation, I might not have got a medical seat at all because of the increase in cut-off marks,” she said.

She is one of the three corporation school students who were eligible to apply for medical admission under the reservation in the city. While J Swetha Bhagyam from Corporation Girls Higher Secondary School at Ramakrishnapuram is attending the counselling on Thursday, V Hemalatha from of SRP Ammaniammal Girls Higher Secondary School is waiting for a call letter.