40% of MBBS students in ’20 are passouts of previous years!

40% of MBBS students in ’20 are passouts of previous years!

1,800 Took Drop, Bettered Score To Get Into Colleges With Lower Fee

Bharat.Yagnik@timesgroup.com

Ahmedabad:  23.12.2020

It may come as a surprise but a good 40% of the 4,446 students who were granted admission in medical colleges in the current academic year had actually passed their class 12 board exams in 2019, some dating back to even 2016. The primary reason for these 1,800 students who took a drop and prepared hard to better their National Entrance Examination Test (NEET) score was to get into government quota and save lakhs in fee.

As per data shared by the Admission Committee for Professional Medical Educational Courses (ACPMEC), there are 5,507 under-graduate medical seats in Gujarat. Of these, admission to 4,446 seats was granted through a centralized process by the committee.

In the current academic year, 1,800 students of 4,446 students granted admission are actually old students who took drops to better their admission prospects. Highest 1,560 students had cleared their HSC in 2019 while 198 passed out in 2018, 29 in 2017 while 13 had cleared their class 12 way back in 2016.

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300 got admission in govt colleges

This is one of the highest tally of old students getting admission in the state. Of the 1,800 students, more than 300 students have got admission in government medical colleges where the fee is nominal,” said an official of the ACPMEC.

In fact, a good 27 old students have cracked the NEET with top scores and landed admission in BJ Medical College which is the most sought after college in the state.

Neel Patel is one such student. He had scored 464 marks in NEET 2019 and was getting admission in Banas Medical College & Research Institute in Palanpur. He took a drop and worked hard to better his score. “Neel scored 651 marks this year and has got admission in BJ Medical College. By investing one year in coaching, Neel got into the best college and saved lakhs in fees,” said Neel's father Bhupendra Patel.

Ahmedabad-student Dhruvi Acharya had scored 398 marks out of 720 in NEET 2019 and was getting admission in Gujarat Adani Institute of Medical Sciences (GAIMS), Bhuj. She also took a drop for a year to better her performance and scored 598 marks in NEET 2020.

"Dhruvi was getting admission in government medical colleges in Rajkot, Bhavnagar, Jamnagar but we chose Sola Civil as we wanted her to stay in Ahmedabad. The decision to take a drop proved a blessing as Dhruvi has saved us a good Rs 60 lakh in fee," said father Pankaj.