If you're allotted this seat and a better one might open the next round — do you hold it and stay in for the upgrade, or let it go?

Round 1 is a free exit — not joining costs nothing. From Round 2, not reporting to an allotted seat forfeits your ₹2 lakh security deposit. At Sree Balaji Medical College, about half kept it; half upgraded out — of 251 allotted in 2025, 110 reported and kept it; the rest upgraded out. Across counselling last year, 6,686 students let a Round-1 seat go chasing better — and 6 in 10 of them ended the year with nothing. So name it now, in the calm: a seat you'd hold, or one you'd release. The safe way to reach higher is to report and stay in for the upgrade — you keep this while you try to move up. On result day you get hours, not days.

Where does this college go on your list — a reach you'd take, or an anchor you're glad to hold?

MCC walks your list top-down and gives you the highest seat your rank reaches — nothing below it is ever looked at. The order is the seat, not the rank. Students who took Sree Balaji Medical College in 2025 had placed it at a median of #5 on their list, and 18% put it at #1. Put a seat you'd settle for above one you'd choose, and it's the one you get. Name where this goes — above the seats you'd rather have, or below them as the anchor you're sure to hold.

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Sree Balaji Medical College, Chennai

Chennai, Tamil Nadu · 250 MBBS seats

245 students took this seat last year. 84 gave it up to try for something better — 44 ended the year with no seat at all.

The other 40 did find a seat elsewhere — at SRM Medical College and Hospital, Chennai; ACS Medical College and Hospital, Chennai; Chettinad Hos. and Res. Inst., Kancheepuram.

33 kept this seat and still moved up to a better one later.

The students who took it ranged from AIR 40,618 all the way to AIR 707,998 — the same seat, very different starting points.

General · 2025 ranks

AIR 122,806 – 854,232

Paid seat · fee

₹30.5L/yr

Deposit

₹2,00,000

Report & keep

1 in 2

After allotment: report, keep, or upgrade

Most upgrade out to a higher choice

Of 251 who got a seat here in 2025, 110 reported and kept it — 1 in 2. Most upgraded to a higher choice — for many, this seat was a step, not the finish.

NRI fee

US$60,000/yr

2025 NRI ranks

AIR ~1,140,071

Both are required — NRI eligibility and a rank that reaches. NRI seats are a pool under MCC (not a separate counselling): you need the NRI / NRI-sponsored documents test and a rank inside the NRI close (AIR ~1,140,071 in 2025). Never a fallback for a general candidate.

At AIR 690,000, students chose Sree Balaji Medical College, Chennai — at ₹30.5L/yr. Why this one?

Order these — the highest your list reaches is yours

At AIR ~690000, this is what actually sat on the list.

Sree Balaji Medical College, Chennai

Tamil + English ₹30.5L/yr bond not listed main city TN PG quota

Shri Sathya Sai Medical College, Kanchipuram

Tamil + English ₹22L/yr bond not listed not a main city TN PG quota

Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute, Pondicherry

Tamil + English fee not listed bond not listed not a main city PY PG quota

Sri Lakshmi Narayana Institute of Medical Sciences, Pondicherry

Tamil + English ₹26L/yr bond not listed not a main city PY PG quota

Bharath Medical College, Chennai

Tamil + English ₹27.5L/yr bond not listed main city TN PG quota

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Sree Balaji Medical College, Chennai

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