Over 70% Candidates Ranked 50,000 or lower in NEET 2025: Reveals Shiksha Poll
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The NEET 2025 result was declared on June 14, 2025. After the declaration of the result, Shiksha.com ran a poll to check the rank range of the test-takers. As per the responses, the highest votes have been given to the option of getting above 50,000 rank in NEET 2025.
Majority NEET 2025 candidates ranked below 50,000
The NEET 2025 result was declared on June 14, 2025. As per the report by the National Testing Agency (NTA), the exam has been qualified by 12,36,531 candidates out of 22,09,318 candidates who had appeared for the exam. After the declaration of the result, Shiksha.com ran a poll to check the rank range of the test-takers.
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As per the responses, the highest votes have been given to the option of getting above 50,000 rank in NEET 2025. The second-highest votes have been given to the option ‘Between 10,001 and 50,000.’ Let us analyse this Shiksha poll and the result.
NEET 2025 cutoff percentile for general category students is 50th percentile. Based on this, the NEET cutoff score 2025 for the General category is 686-144. The NEET 2025 cutoff for the General category candidates of the Physically Handicapped (PH) or the Persons with Benchmark Disability (PWBD) category candidates is 45 percentile. The subsequent NEET cutoff marks for this category is 143-127. Although the NEET cutoff percentile for the General category has remained the same, the cutoff score reduced from that of last year. This is due to factors such as tougher difficulty level, and lower number of test-takers.
Yes, NTA lowered the NEET cutoff for this year. As the difficulty level of the NEET 2025 exam was higher than last year and the number of test takers was lower, the NEET 2025 cutoff has reduced than last year. NTA determines the NEET cut off based on the factors such as difficulty level of the exam, total number of test-takers, total number of seats, candidate category and programme.
The table below brings the qualifying or pass marks of NEET over the past few years.
Category | NEET 2025 Qualifying Score | NEET 2024 Qualifying Score | NEET 2023 Qualifying Score | NEET 2022 Qualifying Score
| NEET 2021 Qualifying Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
General/Unreserved (UR) | 686-144 | 720-164 | 720-137 | 715-117 | 720-138 |
OBC/SC/ST | 143-113 | 163-129 | 136-107 | 116-93 | 137-108 |
PwD (General/UR) | 143-127 | 163-146 | 136-121 | 116-105 | 137-122 |
PwD (Reserved) | 126-113 | 141-129 | 120-107 | 104-93 | 121-108 |
Shiksha Poll: What is Your Rank in NEET 2025?
The options for this poll are given below:
- Between 1 and 1000
- Between 1,000 and 5,000
- Between 5,001 and 10,000
- Between 10,001 and 50,000
- Above 50,000
The snapshot below shows the candidate responses.
It is interesting to note that while six per cent of the respondents have secured a rank between 1 and 1,000, which is the topper group, the rank range of 1,000 and 5,000 and 5,001 and 10,000 have received four per cent votes each.
This suggests that the majority of the candidates have secured an All India Rank between 50,000 and beyond.
Candidate Reactions on NEET 2025 Result
After the NEET 2025 result declaration, Shiksha.com ran another poll asking candidates, ‘Are you satisfied with your NEET 2025 result?’ As per the responses, only 16 per cent candidates have stated that they have scored as per expectations. On the other hand, 28 per cent of candidates have voted for the option ‘Cleared cutoff, but expected better marks’.
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Majority of the candidates, accounting to 33 per cent, have voted for the option ‘Not satisfied, could not clear cutoff’. Take a look at the poll snapshot below.
Owing to a very high difficulty level of the NEET 2025 question paper, the cutoff is much lower than last year. Hence, the overall sentiment among candidates turned out to be gloomy. In fact, candidates could not score full marks of 720 this year and the highest marks obtained was 686.
The next step for candidates is the NEET 2025 counselling process, which is likely to begin in July or August 2025. The Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) is the conducting authority for the 15 per cent All India Quota (AIQ) seats and State Counselling authorities will conduct the counselling process for 85 per cent State Quota seats.
NTA released the NEET 2025 cutoff along with the result on June 14, 2025. Based on the NEET 2025 high difficulty level, the NEET cutoff 2025 is much lower than last year. Take a look at the NEET 2025 cutoff for reference.
Category | NEET 2025 Cutoff percentile | NEET 2025 Cutoff score |
|---|---|---|
UR/EWS | 50th | 686-144 |
OBC, SC, ST | 40th | 143-113 |
UR/EWS-PwD | 45th | 143-127 |
OBC/SC/St-PwD | 40th | 126-113 |
The NEET cutoff score or ranks for Government medical colleges vary for each year and rounds. Moreover, the cutoff for the top ranked colleges is higher than that of the Government colleges with comparatively lower scores. For the General category, NEET cutoff for Government colleges is generally above a score of 700 or above. For some Government colleges with a comparatively lower rank, there might be multiple rounds of NEET counselling and the final round cutoff may be around 450-500. Candidates must note that the NEET cutoff marks for Government medical colleges mentioned here is indicative and absolute. The cutoff marks and ranks change every year and vary based on factors such as number of seats, number of eligible candidates, number of participants in the counselling round, to name a few.
The cutoff for NEET is released along with the result or the scorecard. The NEET cutoff or qualifying marks vary for each category, which are General, SC, ST, OBC and PwD/PH. Along with candidates' scores, percentiles and All India Rank (AIR), NTA also indicates the Qualifying Status of candidates in the scorecard. NTA also released the NEET 2025 cutoff in the official notice along with the declaration of the NEET result. The qualifying cutoff for NEET 2025 is given below:
Category | NEET 2025 Cutoff percentile | NEET 2025 Cutoff score |
|---|---|---|
UR/EWS | 50th | 686-144 |
OBC, SC, ST | 40th | 143-113 |
UR/EWS-PwD | 45th | 143-127 |
OBC/SC/St-PwD | 40th | 126-113 |
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