At least two Nashik students score over 600 marks in NEET
Nashik: At least two medical education aspirants from Nashik achieved scores exceeding 600 marks in the NEET, the results for which were announced on Saturday.
Pradeep Nahar, an instructor at a Nashik institute, said, "Yaksha Patil scored 615 marks and Nipun Bedse scored 607 marks.
Five others scored more than 550 marks from our academy.
" He said that these students achieved above 99.5 percentile points.
From his institute, 180 students participated in the examination, yielding positive results. At another institute, coach Nitin Pathak said over 40% of his students successfully cleared the examination with impressive rankings, securing positions in prestigious medical colleges. "We have Heeral Chandak scoring 578 marks, followed by Payal Chavan with 558 marks, Samruddhi Tapadia scoring 546 marks, and others," said Pathak, noting their achievement of above 99 percentiles in biology.
Roughly 80 students sat for the examinations.
Nahar said the MBBS govt medical college cut-off would likely be approximately 500 marks, while private colleges would be around 450 marks. "This year, we expect to see at least six to eight people from Nashik getting seats in the AIIMS colleges, as against three securing admissions in AIIMS colleges last year. The students worked hard, and they will be rewarded," said Nahar.
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