Sri Sankara Dental College, Thiruvananthapuram

Planning around Sri Sankara Dental College, Thiruvananthapuram is difficult. The OPEN cutoff has swung by 19,915 ranks across 3 years of data, which is a 67% coefficient of variation. Students should keep a wider safety margin when including this college on their preference list and avoid placing it as their sole target in any rank band.

There is a modest 257-rank opening between early and later rounds in 2025. Later rounds can help if you narrowly missed Round 1, but the window is tight.

Category matters significantly at this college. The ST cutoff is 11.0× the OPEN cutoff, meaning reserved category students have a dramatically wider rank window. If you belong to ST, this college is accessible at ranks that would be far out of reach for general category candidates.

Rank-based planning: AIR 8,611 or better = safe (high probability of allotment). AIR 8,611–12,301 = target (likely but not certain). AIR 12,301–25,289 = reach (possible in later rounds only). These bands are derived from 3 years of closing rank data.