Student of Shaheen science college scores 653 in NEET; college expects 448 MBBS seats
Shaheen Undergraduate Science College in Bidar reported strong results in the NEET examination, with top students scoring highly and hundreds expected to secure government medical seats. The institution also announced upcoming talent search exams to provide tuition waivers.
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Students of the Shaheen Undergraduate Science College, Bidar, have made remarkable performances in the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET), with Muhammad Sajid Akbar emerging as the institution’s top scorer with 653 marks.
According to the college, Sajid Akbar secured an All-India rank of 1,271 and was placed 100th in the OBC category. Other top performers include Ansari Areeb (641 marks), Aribah Azmat (638 marks), Mainak Kundu (632 marks), Syed Hamdan (629 marks), Pathan Sohail Khan (628 marks) and Adeeb Hamid (626 marks).
Chairman of the Shaheen Group of Educational Institutions, Abdul Qadeer, said around 448 students from the college are expected to secure government quota medical seats this year. He claimed that the institution would account for 13% to 14% of the government medical seats in Karnataka and has secured around 6,000 government quota medical seats over the past 12 years.
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