NEET BDS SC (Scheduled Caste) Cutoff in Tamil Nadu
Colleges
23
Most Competitive
14,517
Least Competitive
26,974
Years
2025
What is SC (Scheduled Caste)?
The Scheduled Caste (SC) category in Karnataka has a 15% reservation of state quota seats. This covers all communities listed under the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order for Karnataka. Candidates must produce a Caste/Income Certificate issued by the jurisdictional Tahasildar at the time of document verification. No creamy layer criterion applies to SC candidates. Fee reimbursement at government medical colleges is administered by the Social Welfare Department (not the Backward Classes Welfare Department); check the latest Social Welfare Department notification for current income eligibility thresholds. Vacant SC seats follow the state's inter-se vacancy filling rules. SC candidates can also compete for GM seats on merit.
The SC (Scheduled Caste) category has cutoff data available across 23 dental colleges in Tamil Nadu. This data covers 1 year of counselling from 2025. Closing ranks for this category range from 14,517 (most competitive) to 26,974 (least competitive).
The most competitive colleges for SC (Scheduled Caste) in Tamil Nadu are: Tamil Nadu Government Dental College & Hospital, Chennai (average closing rank 14,517), Government Dental College, Pudukkottai (average closing rank 14,815), Govt. Dental College & Hospital, Cuddalore (average closing rank 15,646), Sri Ramakrishna Dental College & Hospital, Coimbatore (average closing rank 19,131), Chettinad Dental College & Research Institute, Kancheepuram (average closing rank 19,432). These colleges consistently attract candidates with the lowest NEET All India Ranks in this category.
Closing ranks do not move the same way across rounds at every college. Of the 23 SC (Scheduled Caste) colleges with multi-round data, 23 extended to lower ranks in later rounds. Ragas Dental College & Hospital, Chennai moved the most, widening from 17,531 in Round 1 to 25,033 by the final round.
For SC (Scheduled Caste) candidates targeting Tamil Nadu: cutoffs have remained relatively stable. Candidates with ranks between 14,517 and 26,974 had options across these 23 colleges in previous counselling cycles.