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| Sunday, Jun 11, 2006
Admissions possible with less marks
Chennai: In the last academic year 2005-06, a student with 296 marks out of 300 could not get into any of the Government medical colleges as the number of outstanding performers was high.
This year, a student with only 292 marks is likely to get the most coveted seat.
The cryptic message is: the dip in performance by students in this year's Standard XII public examination as also in the Tamil Nadu Professional Courses Entrance Examination (TNPCEE) is leading to a dramatic four or five marks reduction in the minimum score (cut-off) for entering MBBS and BDS courses in the State.
Also, the likely increase in the number of seats in Government medical colleges will also bring down the cut-off marks.
This trend will be reflected in all the colleges and in all categories of students, says career consultant Jayaprakash Gandhi, who analysed the Plus Two and TNPCEE results.
To buttress his point, Mr. Gandhi notes that in the prestigious Madras Medical College, the last OC candidate's score last year was 298.83. "But this year this can come down to even 294.50, because the number of high scores in the Biology paper in Plus Two as also the TNPCEE is much lower than last year... "
Similarly, in the Government Stanley Medical College, Chennai, the figures last year were 298 for OC candidates, 297.67 for BC, 296.75 for MBC and 293.66 for SC category students. For each of these categories, the cut-off this year will come down by four to 4.5 marks, including for BDS programme.
Engineering stream
Mr. Gandhi notes that the trend may not be very different this year even in the engineering streams.
For example, he notes that in the College of Engineering, Guindy, the most popular institution for engineering course aspirants, OC category students with 286.89 marks out of 300 last year got into Computer Science and Engineering programme.
This year even those with 284 plus marks can get into this course.
In the ECE programme, the cut-off marks for the OC, BC, MBC and SC categories last year were: 290.38, 286.34, 281.56 and 266.73.
This will come down to 287+, 283.5+, 278.5 and 263 in the respective categories.
The Hindu EducationPlus supplement will on Monday carry the other cut-off scores for the most popular branches in some of the Government-run colleges.
Courtesy: The Hindu
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