India, Nov. 27 -- The cutoff for Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) admissions in Maharashtra has dropped sharply this year, with the State Common Entrance Test Cell announcing a lowest qualifying score of 504 for government medical colleges, a steep fall from last year's 629 (at the end of stray vacancy round).

For private unaided medical colleges, the cutoff slid to just 118 marks (in institutional quota round), marking one of the biggest year-on-year declines in recent admission cycles. The CET Cell is conducting admissions for 8,535 MBBS seats across 64 medical colleges, including 4,936 in government institutions and 3,599 in private ones.

Officials said the decline has been observed across government, aided, and un...