What is a Safe/ Good Score in NEET UG 2025 for General, OBC, ST and ST Category?
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What is a good score in NEET? This question can be answered depending on the college the candidate wants to attend. To attain one's goals, one must set lofty goals and work hard to obtain them.
The NEET exam date 2025 was May 4, 2025. The National Testing Agency (NTA) released the NEET 2025 result on June 14, 2025. The total marks of NEET are 720, and students often wonder, What is a good score in NEET? Since the NEET cutoff varies for each category, hence questions like what is a NEET score for General category, or what is a NEET safe score for OBC category are top-searched questions. Given the huge competition in NEET, candidates are sceptical about their performance and score.
This year, the highest score obtained in NEET was 686 out of 720. Moreover, the NEET 2025 cutoff has substantially reduced from last year. Hence, the concept of a good score in NEET or a safe score in NEET has changed this year. The threshold of the NEET 2025 good score has been extended this year.
What is the NEET cutoff 2025 for MBBS government college? Is 550 a good score in NEET? Will I be able to secure admission to a good college with a NEET score of 400 and subsequent rank? Will I get MBBS admission if I have a NEET score of 300-400? These are a few of several other questions that are on the minds of the candidates who appeared for the NEET 2025. Students are also curious to know about the NEET 2025 safe score by category.
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Candidates belonging to the General category should secure 50 percentile. Those belonging to the PwD General category has to secure 45 percentile. The NEET cutoff percentile for the reserved category candidates is 40. The exact qualifying marks or cutoff scores will be announced by NTA along with the scorecards. This year, General category candidates had to score minimum 137 marks to qualify for the exam. The highest score secured in NEET 2023 was 720 out of 720, obtained by two candidates.
According to the reports, this year saw the highest number of NEET applications and appearance for the exam. A total of 24,06,079 candidates applied for the exam, out of which 23,33,297 candidates appeared. The exam was originally conducted on May 5, 2024, in 571 cities across India and abroad. A re-test for 1,563 candidates who were awarded grace marks on May 5, was conducted on June 23, 2024. In this exam, 813 candidates had appeared.
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Candidates will be allowed to enter three cities in the order of their preference. Till last year, candidates could select two cities only. Earlier, till 2022, candidates could enter as many as four cities. The list of exam cities in the dropdown menu will be based on the permanent and present address entered by candidates in the registration form of NEET. This would ensure that candidates are allotted a city in or near their present and permanent address. This also led to reduction in choosing other cities mistakenly.
Yes, AIIMS Raipur accepts NEET scores. There is no other entrance exam conducted by AIIMS Raipur or AIIMS institutes for MBBS admission. Although earlier AIIMS used to conduct its own entrance exam, but it was scrapped in 2020. The admission to AIIMS Raipur takes place through NEET counselling, conducted by the Medical Counselling Committee. AIIMS Raipur seats are a part of the 15 per cent All India Quota (AIQ) seats. Candidates must secure a NEET score above 700 in order to have a chance to get admission to the MBBS course in this coveted medical institute of India.
Yes, there can be more than one topper in NEET. Basically, any NEET taker, who has scored 720 or close to that, and has ranked between 1 and 10, are considered as NEET toppers. Since NEET is an objective-type multiple-choice question (MCQ) test, there is a possibility that more than one candidates can score full marks. In that case, the tie-breaking criterion will be applied to determine the All India Rank (AIR) of the toppers. In rare scenario, two NEET toppers can be given AIR 1. For instance, in NEET 2023, two candidates scored 720 and both of them secured AIR 1. On the other hand, the third candidate scored 716 out of 720 and was allotted AIR 3.
- What is a Good Score in NEET 2025?
- NEET Safe Score for General Category Candidates
- NEET Safe Score for SC and ST Category Candidates
- Is 400 a Good Score in NEET 2025?
- Is 550 a Good Score in NEET 2025?
- Is 600 a Good Score in NEET 2025 for Government Medical College?
- Is 700 a Good Score in NEET 2025 in Government Medical College for MBBS?
- NEET 2025 Cutoff
- NEET Cutoff 2025 for MBBS Government College (Expected)
- NEET Cutoff Score of Previous Years
What is a Good Score in NEET 2025?
To determine what is a good score in NEET, we have to analyse the previous trends. Besides the score, the All India Rank is also considered. The Rank is totally different from the score. Below is the table based on the analysis of the previous year's scores and trends:
| NEET Score Type |
NEET Score Range |
|---|---|
| Very Good Score |
550 to 680 |
| Good Score |
400 to 500 |
| Average Score |
300 to 400 |
| Low Score |
200 to 144 |
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Anything you would want to ask experts?Answered 23 hours ago
NIMS University NEET UG cutoff 2024 was released for admission to the MBBS and BDS courses. The NIMS University BDS Cutoff 2024 was 766583 in the last round closing cutoff as per the NEET UG examination for the General Al quota. For the General HS quota, the last round closing rank was 572020 for BD
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Answered Yesterday
The Jaipur National University NEET Cutoff 2024 for the General category candidates under the All India quota was 1106920 as per the last round closing rank. Whereas, for the General Category female candidates, the NEET Cutoff 2024 was 975413. For the students belonging to the General HS quota, the
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered Yesterday
The Jaipur National University NEET Cutoff 2024 for the General category candidates under the All India quota was 1106920 as per the last round closing rank. Whereas, for the General AI quota female candidates, the cutoff was 975413.
Among the General HS quota, the NEET Cutoff 2024 for admission to
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered 3 days ago
Students who either are born in Gujarat or hold a domicile in the state are eligible to appear for Gujarat NEET UG Counselling for MBBS and BDS courses. Moreover, students need to clear the NEET UG exam to take part in the state counselling.
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Beginner-Level 5
Answered a week ago
The minimum qualifying percentile for OBC category in NEET UG exam is 40th. In NEET 2025, the cutoff score for OBC was 143-113. The NEET percentile of OBC remains the same every year. However, the scores get changed.
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Beginner-Level 5
Answered a week ago
The minimum qualifying percentile for NEET UG exam is shared below-
Category | NEET 2025 Cutoff percentile |
|---|---|
UR/EWS | 50th |
OBC, SC, ST | 40th |
UR/EWS-PwD | 45th |
OBC/SC/St-PwD | 40th |
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Beginner-Level 5
Answered a week ago
The NTA NEET UG 2026 exam city slip will be released around 10 days before the exam. Students will get to know the allotted exam city through the city intimation slip. The NEET exam centre will be located at the allotted city.
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Contributor-Level 10
Answered a week ago
The NTA will release the admit card for the NEET 2026 around three to four days before the exam. The NEET admit card will be displayed at neet.nta.nic.in. Registered students can download their hall tickets using the login details.
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Beginner-Level 5
Answered a week ago
The NEET 2026 exam pattern has not been released as of now. The NTA will mention the pattern in the information bulletin. The change in the NEET pattern will be known after the release of notification. The NTA changed the NEET question paper pattern in 2025. The NTA removed the optional questions an
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Beginner-Level 5
Answered a week ago
Candidates can fill the NEET form using the process shared below-
- Visit neet.nta.nic.in.
- Click on the registration link.
- Read the instructions carefully and acknowledge them.
- Register for the exam and generate a password.
- Enter the OTP to verify the details.
- Log in with the registration details.
- Fill the c
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Beginner-Level 5
No, candidates will not be allowed to appear for the examination without a valid photo ID. Candidates were advised to keep the following three things ready with them, a day before the examination; a valid photo ID proof, NEET admit card 2025, and a recent passport-sized photograph. These are the mandatory documents to be produced during entry to the NEET exam centre. The valid photo identity card which will be allowed at the NEET 2025 exam centre include Aadhaar card/ Driving Licence/ PAN Card/ Passport/ Voter Id, etc. The NEET 2025 admit card is also required to have the passport and postcard-sized photographs pasted on it.