NEET MDS Cut off 2024 (Reduced): Check Qualifying Percentile & Scores

The cut off for every institute is different. It denotes the rank of the candidate who was last admitted to the institute. Candidates can use this data to predict which college they will get for the rank they have obtained in NEET MDS.

The NEET MDS 2024 cutoff was released by the National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) on April 3, 2024, along with the result. The category-wise NEET MDS cutoff percentile for both original and revised are given below. 

NBE or the National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS), the NEET MDS exam conducting authority, releases the cutoff scores or the qualifying scores along with the result. The NEET MDS 2024 result was released on April 3, 2024. The NEET MDS 2024 cutoff has also been released on the same date. However, on September 17, the Ministry of Health released a notice stating the reduction of the NEET MDS 2024 cutoff percentile by 21.692 percentile for all categories. 

The cut off of NEET MDS determines the minimum marks that a candidate needs to score to clear the examination and participate in the counselling process. A candidate who scores less than the NEET MDS cut off is not eligible to attend the counselling.

The factors which determine the NEET MDS cutoff are as follows:

• Difficulty level of the examination
• Total number of seats available
• Number of candidates who appeared for the examination
• Number of candidates who clear the examination 

No, candidates have to qualify NEET MDS 2024 to become eligible for NEET MDS 2024 counselling.  It is also to be noted candidates have to qualify NEET MDS exam with the minimum cut off which vary for each category. The minimum cut off percentile for general category candidates is 50 while for SC/ST, the cut off is 40th. Elligible candidates have to register on the official website, mcc.nic.in to participate in the counselling for NEET MDS 2024. Registration is followed by choice declaration. Candidates can declare as many choices as they want to in order of their prefrences.

The National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS), the exam conducting body reduced the NEET MDS 2023 cutoff as per the advisory by the Ministry of Health and Family Welface (MOHFW). Announcing the reduction in the NEET MDS cutoff 2023, NBE had stated, "In accordance with the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Govt. of India letter No. V. 12025/14/2023-DE dated 21st September 2023, the minimum qualifying percentiles have been lowered [in pursuance of the 2nd Proviso in clause 7 (1) of DCI’s Master of Dental Surgery Course (1st Amendment) Regulations, 2018] for NEET-MDS 2023."However, there was no change in the rank list. 

Yes. NEET MDS 2023 cut off was revised by the Ministry of Health. The cut off was reduced by 31. 807 for each category. NBE had released the revised NEET MDS 2023 cutoff on September 21, 2023. For the newly qualified candidates, the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) conducted additional rounds of counselling. 

The NEET MDS 2024 cutoff percentile for OBC candidates was originally 40, which has now been reduced to 18.308 and the cutoff score is 164. The Ministry of Health has announced the reduction of the cutoff percentile by 21.692 percentile. The NEET MDS 2024 cutoff was released by NBE on April 3, along with the result. Only those candidates from the OBC category, who have secured this score out of 960, will be eligible to participate in the NEET MDS 2024 counselling process.

The NEET MDS 2023 cutoff was reduced for each category by 31.807 percentile. Based on that, the NEET MDS 2023 cutoff for General, reserved category (SC, ST, OBC, PWD) and UR-PWD categories are 168, 125 and 149 respectively. As far as the percentiles are concerned, these are 18.193, 8.193 and 13.193 respectively. 

On analysing last three year cutoffs, the expected NEET MDS ranks for DY Patil Pune cutoff 2024 for R1 for the General category All India students may range as follows for top courses:

• For MDS in Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics may range between 4357 and 5773.
• For MDS in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery may range between 3304 and 6308.
• For MDS in Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics may range between 4140 and 7695.
• For MDS in Oral Medicine and Radiology may range between 12191 and 14143.
• For MDS in Periodontology may range between 9767 and 13098.

Candidates seeking admission to DY Patil MDS course must have a valid score in NEET MDS. The final admission to the university is based on NEET MDS Counselling results. Candidates with 10108 rank and above can get the following specialisations for General category All India Quota:

Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences offers admission to MDS programme through Faculty of Medical Sciences, DU. The institute considers NEET MDS score for admission to MDS programme. MDS is a competitive programme and candidates must score well to get a seat. Below is NEET MDS cutoff for MAIDS Delhi MDS:

The expected closing ranks for NEET MDS cutoff for AMU MDS R1 for OBC Category can be anticipated from the last three year cutoff ranges as mentioned below: 

• For MDS in Conservative Dentistry and Endodontics it must range around 49
• For MDS0 in Periodontology it must range around 275
• For MDS in Paedodontics and Preventive Dentistry it must range around 198
• For MDS5 in Oral Medicine & Radiology it must range around 341

DU offers MDS in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery through affiliated colleges Lady Hardinge Medical College, University of Delhi and Maulana Azad Institute of Dental Sciences, MAMC. Tabulated below  is NEET MDS cutoff for MDS in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery offered at DU: