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NEET PG cutoff 2025 MCC will soon announce the lowered cutoff for the allotment of vacant seats. Through an official statement, MCC has mentioned that the revised counselling dates for the NEET PG 2025 third round will be made public only after the new cutoff is established. The NEET PG 2025 cutoff is likely to be very much like the last year’s reduction, approximately, by 10 to 15 percent. A lowered cutoff makes the students eligible to take part in the remaining rounds of counselling for seat allocation. The first two rounds of the NEET PG 2025 counselling process were already completed.
The cutoff for NEET PG 2025 acts as the primary selection criterion for the MD/MS/PG diploma courses in India. The score of a student has to be at least equal to the cutoff score in order to be considered as passing for the NEET PG exam. Only those candidates who have scored the minimum allotted cutoff point in the NEET PG examination are eligible to be considered in the counselling process. The original cut-off for the general category candidates is the 50th percentile while for SC/ST/OBC (reserved category) it is the 40th percentile which is the minimum. Continue reading to get more information on the NEET PG cut off 2025.
MCC Declares to Lower NEET PG Cutoff 2025
MCC has given the announcement that the NEET PG cutoff 2025 will be lower for the third round to enable to find the remaining candidates. “Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) of DGHS will publish the AIQ/State schedule for Round 3 of PG Counselling 2025, as soon as the process of revised percentile eligibility for participation in Round 3 of PG Counselling 2025 is completed, said the official release.
The cutoff is reduced in the last few rounds to make participation of more qualified NEET PG students in counselling possible. Experts say that the top seats and colleges are already taken in the first and second rounds which makes the students unwilling to apply for the next rounds. That is the reason the cutoff is usually lowered.
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NEET PG Cutoff 2025: Tie Breaking Criteria
In case two students secure the same score in the NEET PG merit list 2025, then the following tie-breaking criteria will be considered for providing admission:
- More correct responses: Candidates who have a greater number of correct responses in the question paper will be placed at a better merit position.
- Fewer incorrect responses: Those with a lesser number of negative responses in the question paper will be placed at a higher rank in the NEET PG 2025 merit list.
- Age: The candidate who will be older than his/her counterpart will be preferred in case of a tie.
- Higher aggregate marks: In case of a tie, the candidate who had secured higher aggregate marks (in percentage) in all MBBS Professional Examinations will be preferred.