NEET

As per the NEET 2025 eligibility criteria, the minimum age limit of candidates should be 17 years. Hence, candidates must be born by December 31, 2008, in order to be eligible to appear for NEET 2025, which was scheduled for May 4, 2025, for the academic year 2025-26. Any NEET aspirant who is born beyond this date, will not be eligible for NEET 2025, and should prepare to appear next year. 

The NTA generally provides two to three days window to submit objections against the provisional NEET answer keys or OMR sheet responses. Candidates need to submit the NEET answer key objections online along with the evidence.  

No, you cannot apply for the NEET exam if you failed in chemistry in 12th. Students are required to pass 12th with Physics, Chemistry, and Biology as compulsory subjects, and failing in any one of these makes you ineligible to apply. So you are advised to reappear for your compartment chemistry paper and qualify it, and then you'll be able to apply for NEET. Always refer to the latest NEET eligibility criteria released by the National Testing Agency (NTA) for accurate information.

With  427567 rank and 377 marks in NEET, you are likely to get a private college only. Your rank is quite low to get a governemt college due to high cuoffs and private colleges generelly have a expensive fees structure only. So you can afford to take a drop year, you are suggested to take a drop year to attempt NEET 2025 to potentially get a seat in a government medical college with lower fees. However,   you are adviced to carefully weigh the pros and cons of each option before making a decision.

With 372 marks in NEET, you can easily get admission in MBBS colleges with the SC category. You have good chances of getting a private seat and low chances of getting a government seat. The chances for a government seat are lower because of the high cutoff of government colleges due to the low availability of seats and high competition. As you belong to the SC category, this will help you to secure the seat more easily as compared to other categories.

No, you'll not be join a medical college if you have scored 126 marks & 39.27 percentile in NEET even if you belong to PWD category. The minimum qualifying marks for this category is 45% which means you need to score slightly higher to qualify. So you are suggested to reappear for the exam and score a higher rank to get admission into a medical college. 

No, JIPMER Puducherry doesn't accept students on the basis of NEET for the B.Sc. in Optometry course. Rather, admissions are held on the basis of the entrance exam of JIPMER or according to the institute's admission policy. Applicants should have a 10+2 with Physics, Chemistry, Biology/Botany/Zoology, and English as core subjects. The selection process normally consists of an online entrance examination followed by counseling. Eligibility criteria, pattern of exams, and admission process can be altered every year, hence it's advised to refer to the official JIPMER website for updates.

Yes, you can easily get admission in medical colleges with 438 marks in NEET. The college will be private or government; it depends on your state and category, but talking in general terms, your score is sufficient to get admission into any normal college. If you belong to the reserved category, then you have a chance of getting a government seat also, and if you belong to the general category or EWS, you'll only get a private one. However, the cutoff varies every year, and only predictions can be made based on the previous year's cutoffs.