429 students gain MBBS admission

429 students gain MBBS admission

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Chennai:02.12.2020

The selection committee allotted MBBS seats to 429 students and waitlisted nine candidates during the single window counselling on Tuesday. One candidate opted out of the counselling nine others did not turn up, a release from the committee said. The scrutiny committee has rejected a total of five applicants so far for not producing sufficient documents proving their nativity.

Counselling opened with 2,059 MBBS seats in government colleges and 1,060 seats in self-financing colleges. Students who scored between 916 and592in NEET2020werecalled for seat allotment. While 406 students were allotted seats in government medical colleges, 23 were accommodated in self-financing medical colleges.

By the end of the day, OC seatsin all government colleges, BC seats in all four Chennai colleges and in Madurai, Thanjavur, Chengalpet, Coimbatore, Salem and Trichy were taken. There were 541seats for BC, 89 for BCM, 507 for MBC, 409 for SC, 80 for SCA and 27 for ST category students in government colleges.

On Wednesday, when students with NEET score between 591 and 575 come for counselling, the committee will display 1,653 seats in government colleges and 1,037 seats in self-financing colleges. There are 151 BDS seats in government colleges and 985 in self-financing colleges.