The All India Institute of Medical Sciences was established by an Act of parliament of 1956 as an autonomous institution of National Importance. By virtue of this Act, the Institute awards its own medical degrees, diplomas and other academic distinctions. The degrees...

The All India Institute of Medical Sciences was established by an Act of parliament of 1956 as an autonomous institution of National Importance. By virtue of this Act, the Institute awards its own medical degrees, diplomas and other academic distinctions. The degrees and diplomas awarded by the Institute under the All India Institute of Medical Sciences Act are recognized medical qualification by the Indian Medical Council Act. 

The Medical Science practiced and taught here is highly advanced making AIIMS the most sought after Medical Institute. The Institute is also Ranked as the Best Medical College of India by the NIRF Ranking 2018. It has campuses in the following places:

• New Delhi
• Bhubaneshwar
• Patna
• Raipur
• Rishikesh
• Jodhpur
• Bhopal
• Guntur
• Jhajjar

AIIMS Eligibility Criteria requires a candidate to complete a minimum of 17 years of age on December 31, 2017. The candidates aspiring to appear for AIIMS examination should have cleared 12th Grade or equivalent from the Board recognized by AIIMS Delhi. Candidates must have studied Physics, Chemistry, English, and Biology as mandatory subjects in Class 11th and 12th.

AIIMS Exam Pattern consists of 200 questions that are Multiple Choice and Reason Assertion based. For every correct response,1 mark would be given while every incorrect response would carry 1/3 marks. It would consist of the following subjects – Physics, Chemistry, General Knowledge, Biology and Aptitude & Logical Reasoning. Physics, Chemistry and Biology section comprises of 60 questions each and 10 questions each are asked in General Knowledge and Aptitude sections.

AIIMS Entrance Exam for New Delhi and eight other AIIMS will be conducted through Online Computer Based Test mode only. The Examination is proposed to be conducted in two shifts at different centers all over India. The examination for the academic year 2018 is scheduled to be conducted on May 26 & May 27, 2018.

The Course duration of the AIIMS MBBS also known as Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery shall be for a minimum of 5 and a half academic years inclusive of one year's compulsory internship.

The application form for AIIMS Registration needs to be filled as per the directions mentioned in the prospectus. The Application Fee payment is payable online or through Debit/Credit Card. Conveying any false information in the form can get the candidate disqualified or rejected from writing the AIIMS exam.

It is mandatory to carry the AIIMS Admit card to the examination hall without which the candidate would not be able to write the exam. AIIMS Cutoff has been fixed as a minimum of 50% for the General Category to get selected in the further procedures.

The Overall Merit list for the AIIMS Exam is prepared by merging the percentiles of the scores in a total of the shifts in which the exams were conducted. In the event of resolving ties Percentile in Biology would be the first determinator followed by Chemistry, Physics and Age Seniority.

The AIIMS notification was released on February 2, 2018, wherein admission would be offered at AIIMS New Delhi and 8 other AIIMS Campuses. This year 2 new campuses have been added further providing more opportunity to the applicants. The AIIMS Examination would be held for 2 days instead of one.

There would be 2 shifts on both the days May 26 and May 27, 2018, on which the AIIMS Examination would be conducted. Please refer AIIMS 2018 Important Dates mentioned below. A strong grasp of the fundamental concepts of AIIMS MBBS subjects – Physics, Chemistry, and Biology which at 10+2 level is necessary for candidates to do well in the examination. The sections such as General Knowledge, Aptitude and Logical Thinking should also be studied well by the candidates in addition to gaining knowledge on the above-mentioned subjects.

The AIIMS 2018 Important Dates are as follows:

The AIIMS Result is scheduled to be announced on June 18, 2018. In the previous year, the AIIMS Result was announced on June 15. Since the fate of a lot of applicants depends significantly on results alone, the institute may take some time to run it to avoid any kind of issues. Once the AIIMS Result has been announced, candidates can log in and check the same from the AIIMS Official website. There are a total of 807 seats in all the AIIMS Campuses, the main one in New Delhi and 8 others.

The scores of the candidates shall be announced initially after which the merit list shall be released. The AIIMS MBBS Merit list shall contain the names of only those candidates who are qualified. 

The components of the AIIMS Result have been explained as below:

• Raw Score: Raw Score shall be calculated on the basis of the correct and wrong answers that are given by the candidate. It shall predominantly be the individual score obtained by all candidates.
• Percentage: The Percentage of the AIIMS Result shall be calculated on the basis of total marks obtained by the candidate and total marks of the question paper.
• Percentile: The AIIMS Percentile would be calculated on the basis of total marks obtained by the candidate and the total marks of the question paper.
• AIIMS Merit List shall be made on the basis of marks obtained by the candidates across two shifts. The merit list shall be a combination of the candidates who would have written both the shifts.

The AIIMS 2018 was held on May 26 & May 27, 2018, and the students had a mixed response as to the AIIMS Exam Pattern. The Dates table below illustrates important timelines relating to Application, Examination, AIIMS Result and Counseling.

AIIMS MBBS Result is scheduled to be declared on June 18, 2018.

The exam convening authority will release a rank list of the candidates on the official website. Candidates would be able to check their roll numbers in the list that has been provided. Once the AIIMS Result stands declared, the candidates can check information relating to AIIMS Cutoff and the Counseling procedure. The seat for them would be allotted on the basis of AIIMS MBBS Rank. The Merit Lists that are prepared as follows:

1. Common Merit List
2. Scheduled Caste Candidates List
3. Scheduled Tribe Candidate List
4. OBC Candidates List

In every category, the number of candidates called for counseling would be 4 times the total number of seats available across all categories.

The Table below illustrates the reservations for all seven campuses of AIIMS. 

AIIMS New Delhi:

With 100 seats for Indian Nationals and 7 seats for Foreign, 15 are reserved for SC, 8 for ST, 27 for OBC and 50 for General category. A 3% reservation has been provided to the OPH.

AIIMS 8 campuses:

In the remaining AIIMS Campuses, with an intake of 100 students, the reservation policy that is followed is 15% SC, 7.5% ST and 27% OBC for Indian Nationals.

Other Backward Classes (Non-Creamy Layer)

Certificate to be produced during counseling to this effect that is not older than a year.

SC/ST

Certificate establishing that the candidate belongs to this category needs to be submitted.

OPH

The candidate should bear a valid document certifying his/her physical disability as per the Judgement was given by the Supreme Court of India. The Disability certificate needs to be certified by an authorized Medical Board.

The candidates called for AIIMS 2018 counseling should report at the venue site at the time on the date indicated in the call letter with the below-mentioned documents:

1. AIIMS MBBS Admit card.
2. AIIMS Call letter 
3. Date of Birth Proof.
4. 10+2 Certificate
5. Migration Certificate 
6. Category certificate if applicable
7. Current passport size photos (6 copies)
8. Self-attested copies of certificates

AIIMS Exam was held in multiple cities all over India. AIIMS Applicants are required to indicate his/her choice of the examination at the time of filling the Application Form. The chosen city shall be allotted subject to availability of nodes in the respective cities. Once the Exam City is allotted, the centre of the examination shall not be changed therefore the applicants must make their choices very carefully.

In AIIMS MBBS 2017, out of 3.6 Lakh eligible candidates, 2.84 Lakh candidates gave the AIIMS exam with a composition of 1.5 Lakh women,1.3 Lakh men and 11 of the third gender category. The AIIMS MBBS 2017 was held on May 28, 2017, to determine admission for 700 seats at AIIMS Delhi and six other AIIMS campuses in Bhopal, Bhubaneshwar, Jodhpur, Patna, Raipur and Rishikesh.

About 1.7% of the total number of candidates who gave the exam qualified for the same and were subsequently eligible for counselling. In the initial round of counselling, the number of candidates called will be 4 times the number of seats for every category. A detailed schedule of counselling for the same would be published on the official site for the students.

In the previous year, out 1.89 Lakh candidates, 7137 candidates qualified which is more than the current year. About 2000 candidates were called for the counselling session in 2016. About 672 seats were on offer on a collective basis across all AIIMS Campuses.

The AIIMS Exam is normally held in two shifts on account of which a Normalization Procedure is usually adopted. This would be made use of to decide the inter-se/merit ranking among the candidates who appeared for the examination. The Normalization Procedure used would be based on percentiles.

What is a Percentile Score?

Percentile Scores are those based on the relative performance of the candidates who appear for the examination. The marks that are obtained are applied on a scale ranging from 0-100 for every shift or batch of students.

The AIIMS Percentile score indicates a percentage of the candidates that have scored equal to or below that particular percentile in an examination. Therefore the topper of every group will get the same desirable 100 percentile. 

In this method of scoring the highest score in every paper, will be the 100 percentile meaning that 100% of the candidates have scores equal to or lesser than highest scorer/topper for that shift. For an example, if the highest percentage in Shift 1 is 82% and in Shift 2 is 86%, both the scores would be normalized for 100 percentile in their respective shift.

Presented below is a stepwise explanation of the same:

1. If A's percentile is 100, it indicates that among the people who have taken the examination, 100% have scored either equal to or lesser than A.
2. If B's percentile is 90,  it indicates that among the people who have taken the examination, 90% have scored either equal to or lesser than B.
3. If C's percentile is 50,  it indicates that among the people who have taken the examination, 50% have scored either equal to or lesser than C.
4. If D's percentile is 30,  it indicates that among the people who have taken the examination, 30% have scored either equal to or lesser than D.
5. If E's percentile is 1,  it indicates that among the people who have taken the examination, none have scored either equal to or lesser than E.

The basis of resolving ties-

The following methods have been adopted to resolve ties in the following order:

1. Higher Percentile scores in Biology would assign a higher rank.
2. Higher Percentile scores in Chemistry would assign a higher rank.
3. Higher Percentile scores in Physics would assign a higher rank.
4. The candidate elder by age would be ranked higher.

Step-by-step procedure for Normalization and Merit Ranking:

Distribution of examinees across two shifts

Applicants would be allotted two groups on a random basis with an equal number. They would be the First and Second Shifts. This shall also ensure, that no bias has been exercised in the distribution of the candidates across the exam.

Preparation of Results

The examination result for every shift would be prepared in the following form:

1. Raw scores
2. Percentage
3. Percentiles up to 7 decimal places for all 4 sections

The following 5 percentiles would be determined:

Total Percentile -(100* Number of candidates from the group)/Total Marks

Biology Percentile - (100* Number of candidates from the group)/Total Marks in Biology

Chemistry Percentile - (100* Number of candidates from the group)/Total Marks in Chemistry

Physics Percentile - (100* Number of candidates from the group)/Total Marks in Physics

General Knowledge- (100* Number of candidates from the group)/Total Marks in General Knowledge

Determination of Merit List

The Percentile scores for the Total Marks for both the shifts would be merged to arrive at an overall Merit List.

Tie Determination and Solving

In the case of a tie, the percentile score in Biology, Chemistry, Physics, and Age of the candidate in the order of priority would be adopted to break the tie.

Nishita Purohit was the AIIMS 2017 Topper, also a National-Level Basketball Player. She attributed the AIIMS Result that she achieved to the coaching and the support she received from her Coaching Staff. After about 6 hours of coaching and self-studying for the same measure, she recommended that Classroom Teaching and Studying by doing regular homework is essential for optimum AIIMS Preparation.

Archit Gupta scored AIR 2 and AIR 35 in JIPMER. He is very passionate about Biology and is interested in pursuing the Doctoral Field in a specialized way after Completion of AIIMS MBBS course.

Tamoghna Ghosh scored an All India Rank 3 from Kolkata. Being alumni of South Point High School, Kolkata he had taken Medical and Engineering entrances, successfully getting an admission in IIT Delhi. Scoring 99.99 percentile in AIIMS MBBS, he aims to get into the field of Oncology after his MBBS Programme of 5 years.

The tips that have been recommended by these toppers for good preparation are:

• Self- Study and Coaching both in equal measure are required to pass AIIMS MBBS.
• Practice of Previous Year Question Papers is of utmost importance.
• Accuracy and Speed, both are important parameters to pass in the AIIMS MBBS Exam.
• The Quality of Preparation is more important than the quantum.