Safe Score in NEET 2021 for General Category Candidates to Get Government Medical College Admission
National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test 2025 ( NEET )
Counselling - 16 Oct '25
This article aims to answer one of the most common questions of NEET aspirants, which is, what is a safe score in NEET 2021 for General category candidates to get admission to a Government medical college.
Safe Score in NEET 2021 for General Category Candidates to Get Government Medical College Admission
What is a safe score in NEET 2021 for General category candidates to get Government medical college admission? This is a common question in the minds of NEET 2021 candidates who have qualified in the exam but are not sure of their admission chances at a Government medical college. Given the demand for government college seats, it is given that the NEET cut offs would be high. However, the silver lining is that since the qualifying cut offs were lower this year, the Government medical college cut offs for the General category candidates may also be lower. This article of Shiksha endeavours to bring the data on safe score NEET 2021 cut off for General category candidates at Government medical colleges across India.
As per the previous year’s NEET cut off, the safe score for General category candidates to get Government medical college admission can be assumed to be 560 and above. The top colleges’ NEET cut off ranges from 600 and 720. The NEET cut off for colleges depend on the factors such as the colleges rank and number of seats.
Safe score in NEET 2021 for General Category Candidates for Government Medical College Admissions
The following table brings the last year’s NEET cut off for the SC category candidates for some top government medical colleges across India. This will help students estimate their admission chances for NEET 2021 and gauge the safe score in NEET 2021 for SC category candidates to get Government medical college admission.
| College |
State |
NEET Cutoff Score for General Category |
|---|---|---|
| Andhra Pradesh |
588 |
|
| 617 |
||
| Government Medical College, Government Gen. Hosp. Road, Ananthapur |
583 |
|
| 584 |
||
| Assam |
586 |
|
| 683 |
||
| 585 |
||
| 601 |
||
| Bihar |
657 |
|
| 617 |
||
| 601 |
||
| 590 |
||
| Chhattisgarh |
598 |
|
| 590 |
||
| 588 |
||
| 587 |
||
| Delhi |
687 |
|
| 675 |
||
| 661 |
||
| 660 |
||
| Goa
|
605 |
|
| 568 |
||
| Gujarat |
606 |
|
| 630 |
||
| 621 |
||
| 611 |
||
| Haryana |
618 |
|
| Employees State Insurance Corporation Medical College, Faridabad |
607 |
|
| 605 |
||
| 609 |
||
| Himachal Pradesh |
630 |
|
| 603 |
||
| 600 |
||
| 601 |
||
| Jharkhand |
596 |
|
| 614 |
||
| 598 |
||
| Karnataka |
644 |
|
| 594 |
||
| 598 |
||
| 589 |
||
| Kerala |
606 |
|
| 614 |
||
| 627 |
||
| 618 |
||
| Madhya Pradesh |
594 |
|
| 600 |
||
| 592 |
||
| 619 |
||
| Maharashtra |
608 |
|
| 615 |
||
| 613 |
||
| 614 |
||
| Manipur |
611 |
|
| 616 |
||
| North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences, Shillong |
Meghalaya |
620 |
| Mizoram |
611 |
|
| Odisha |
612 |
|
| 612 |
||
| 626 |
||
| Pandit Raghunath Murmu Medical College and Hospital, Baripada |
612 |
|
| Indira Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute, Kathirkamam |
Puducherry |
620 |
| Punjab |
632 |
|
| 637 |
||
| 629 |
||
| Rajasthan |
644 |
|
| 624 |
||
| 623 |
||
| 632 |
||
| ESIC Medical College and Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Chennai |
Tamil Nadu |
624 |
| 625 |
||
| 638 |
||
| 631 |
||
| Telangana |
630 |
|
| 660 |
||
| 613 |
||
| 612 |
||
| Tripura |
611 |
|
| Uttarakhand |
620 |
|
| 619 |
||
| Autonomous State Medical College and Associated Teaching Hospital, Bahraich |
Uttar Pradesh |
616 |
| 647 |
||
| 665 |
||
| 627 |
||
| West Bengal |
632 |
|
| 635 |
||
| 631 |
||
| 622 |
Get the complete list of NEET cut off for Government medical colleges here.
Candidates may note that majority of the Government medical colleges of India have a NEET cutoff score above 600 for the General category candidates. Hence, those with scores in the range of 500 may not be able to get a seat in their dream college, but the chance to get a government medical college seat is still not lost.
NEET aspirants must note that the above mentioned cut off marks for the General category is that of last year, i.e. 2020. The NEET 2021 cut off marks will be updated soon after it is officially released.
The NEET 2021 counselling for the 15 per cent All India Quota (AIQ) seats is expected to be announced by the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) in the second week of January 2022. The state-level counselling for the 85 per cent seats is underway for certain states.
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