Cutoff Falls Sharply in Mop Up Round
The mop-up round of NEET PG 2025 counselling in Madhya Pradesh has recorded an unprecedented drop in qualifying scores. Candidates scored as low as 14 marks out of 800 and still secured postgraduate medical seats in certain specialties.
According to the counselling data, 14 marks were enough for seats in Pathology and Anaesthesiology, marking one of the lowest threshold scores observed in recent years.
Low Scores Secure Clinical and Non-Clinical Seats
The report highlights that a score of 15 marks enabled students to secure seats in Ophthalmology as the state attempted to fill vacant PG positions.
Non-clinical subjects also saw low entry scores. Government colleges admitted students with 20 to 40 marks in departments such as Community Medicine, Biochemistry, and Forensic Medicine.
Seats continued to fill in districts such as Chhindwara, where MD Microbiology was allotted at 23 marks, and Gwalior, where MS Anatomy was given at 26 marks.
Why the Cutoff Dropped This Year
According to the officials and reports, the drastic drop is due to a combination of vacant PG seats and declining interest in certain medical specialties. The mop-up round is designed to ensure all available seats are filled before the counselling cycle concludes.
Another contributing factor is the increased number of total seats compared with the number of candidates choosing specific branches, especially non-clinical subjects.
What This Means for Aspirants
The exceptionally low cutoffs signal shifting preference trends in postgraduate medical education and highlight continued challenges in filling seats across several disciplines. Students with lower NEET PG scores found larger opportunities in this round, particularly in less-demand branches.
