By: R Chandrakala on May 28, 2018

The cutoff score is the lowest possible score a candidate must secure to qualify the entrance examination. The cutoff is based on multiple aspects like - number of candidates, seats, marking scheme and difficulty level. According to the information brochure of AIIMS, a candidate who belongs to the general category would have to secure a minimum of 50% and candidate belonging to SC/ST Category would have to obtain a minimum of 40%. 

Based on the qualifying marks in AIIMS, a merit list would be declared consisting of candidate's name, AIR, and Date of birth. 

AIIMS, New Delhi has declared pre-determined qualifying marks of AIIMS MBBS for different categories. Candidates can check qualifying marks for different caste categories:

• General/General OPH - 50%
• SC/ST/SC OPH/ST OPH - 40%
• OBC/ OBC OPH - 45%

Candidates can check below the last rank cutoff for different categories in 7 AIIMS institutes across the country.

List of Previous Year Cut Off:

AIIMS New Delhi cutoff

AIIMS Jodhpur cut off

AIIMS Bhubaneshwar cutoff

AIIMS New Delhi, the exam conducting body, of AIIMS will detail the AIIMS MBBS Cutoff. AIIMS New Delhi would be processing admissions for 807 seats across 9 AIIMS Campuses. This is inclusive of 2 new AIIMS Campuses in Nagpur and Guntur. Candidates should note that securing the specified AIIMS Cutoff would help them qualify but cannot guarantee a place in the merit list. For the same, the candidates would have to ensure that they have a separate merit cutoff to determine candidates eligible for counseling. 

Only the candidates who score equal or more than AIIMS MBBS Qualification Cutoff in terms of percentage of marks, the merit cutoff in terms of the percentile would become eligible for AIIMS Counseling.

Qualification Percentile of AIIMS MBBS

AIIMS MBBS 2018 will be held in two shifts, specifically, morning and afternoon shifts, over two days and question papers are required to be utilized for each of the four shifts. The percentile scores corresponding to the percentage cutoff specified in the above table will be utilized to decide qualification. To level the differences which may emerge because of variables, for example, difficulty levels of every one of the four question papers, number of candidates showing up in each shift and so forth, a normalized system will be utilized to decide the right AIIMS MBBS 2018 cutoff percentile in the light of which candidates will be declared qualified in the exam and later on, be eligible for AIIMS Counseling.

Normalization technique will be brought into effect when the percentile equivalent for AIIMS MBBS cutoff 2018 rate for every one of the four shifts turns out to appear as something else. In such a case, the lower of the four percentiles acquired from both the shifts is probably going to be pronounced as the final cutoff of AIIMS MBBS 2018 over each of the four shifts.

For example, if over the four shifts, Unreserved candidates qualify AIIMS MBBS exam in the 80th percentile, 82nd percentile, 90th percentile and 95th percentile separately by acquiring at least half AIIMS MBBS 2018 cutoff, at that point because of distinction in percentiles from the four shifts, standardization method will be utilized and 80th percentile will turn into the cutoff percentile of AIIMS MBBS 2018.

This strategy for deciding cutoff of AIIMS MBBS guarantees that elements, for example, exam difficulty level, number of candidates, preparedness of test takers, and so forth are thought about while deciding AIIMS MBBS cutoff criteria.

AIIMS MBBS 2018 Cutoff: Method of tie-breaking

Applicants who score least required AIIMS MBBS Cutoff 2018 and furthermore the merit percentile cutoff will be incorporated into the counseling merit list prepared by AIIMS New Delhi. Admissions will be done on basis of the same.

On the off chance that two candidates score the same percentile in AIIMS MBBS 2018 examination, at that point their order of rank in the merit list will be controlled by considering tie-breaking elements as mentioned below:

Percentile in Biology: First of every one of candidates' percentiles in Biology subject in the entrance test will be considered. Candidate with a higher percentile score in Biology will be put in higher at the request of merit.

Percentile in Chemistry: In the event that the tie continues in the wake of thinking about Biology percentile, at that point candidate's percentile in the subject of Chemistry in AIIMS MBBS passageway will be considered. An applicant with higher percentile in Chemistry will be put in higher in request of the legitimacy list.

Percentile in Physics: If the tie still holds on, candidates' percentile in Physics will be considered. Those with higher percentile will be submitted higher in the order of merit.

Percentile in General Knowledge: If tie circumstance still holds on, candidates' percentile in General Knowledge will be considered. Candidates' with higher percentile in General Knowledge will be submitted higher in the order.

Age: Finally, if the tie circumstance between two candidates holds on, even after every single factor, at that point a candidate senior in age will be put in higher in order of merit.

AIIMS MBBS Previous Qualification and Merit Cutoffs

The cutoff in straightforward terms implies setting a benchmark for something, with the end goal that anything equivalent to or over that level qualifies. AIIMS MBBS Cutoff 2018 has been set by AIIMS New Delhi as minimum marks which must be scored out of aggregate 200 marks in AIIMS MBBS entrance. Just the individuals who acquire marks equivalent to or more than AIIMS MBBS cutoff necessity will be announced qualified for admission process.

After this comes the AIIMS MBBS Merit cutoff percentile. According to the AIIMS strategy, up to 4 times the number of candidates get shortlisted for guiding as the number of seats in their specific categories. The percentile score acquired by the last candidate in every category will accordingly become the AIIMS MBBS merit cutoff.