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Now, I am completing my 10th boards! It’s my humble request to you to tell me how much should we score in 12th boards for further medical education.

To get admission in medical courses such as MBBS, BDS etc candidates have to appear and qualify in entrance examination conducted by AIIMS or NEET.

The eligibility to appear for various medical examination is candidate must have passed 12th with PCB as main paper. The minimum required aggregate to appear for examination varies :-

NEET - 50%.

AIIMS - 60%

For admission in BAMS, BHMS etc candidates have to qualify in entrance conducted by various institutes.

There is no admission on aggregate basis in medical courses.

If you want to study a medical course after passing your 12th standard then you need to pass your 12th standard with physics, chemistry , biology and English from a recognised board.

You must have scored at least 60% marks if you belong to general and OBC category. Minimum 50% is required for SC / ST candidates.

Minimum age required to appear in this entrance exam is 17.

If you want to opt for MBBS or BDS after completion of 12th standard then you need to appear for medical entrance examination like NEET (National Eligibility Cum Entrance Test) or AIIMS (All India Institute of Medical Science) after passing your 12th standard.
To appear for NEET, you need to have at least 50% aggregate marks in Physics, Chemistry and Biology in you 12th standard.
And to appear for AIIMS, you need to have at least 60% aggregate marks in Physics, Chemistry and Biology in your 12th standard.

Followings are the eligibility criteria for NEET:
>A candidate must be an Indian citizen
>Candidate should have qualified 12th standard or its equivalent with Physics, Chemistry, Biology and English an mandatory subjects from a recognized board.
>Candidate should have scored at least 50% marks in the aggregate of aforesaid subjects.
>There is a 10% marks relaxation for the candidate belonging from SC/ST/OPH categories.
>Age of the candidate should not be less than 17 years.
>The upper age limit for candidates seeking admission in MBBS/BDS seats shall be 25 years as on the date of examination with a relaxation of 5 years for candidates belonging to SC/ST/OBC category.
>There will be only three attempts for students to qualify NEET exam.

Following are the eligibility criteria for AIIMS examination:
>A candidate must be an Indian citizen
>Candidate should have qualified 12th standard or its equivalent with Physics, Chemistry, Biology and English an mandatory subjects from a recognized board.
>Candidate should have scored at least 60% marks in the aggregate of aforesaid subjects.
>There is a 10% marks relaxation for the candidate belonging from SC/ST/OPH categories.
>Age of the candidate should not be less than 17 years.

In order to opt for medical stream you should have completed your 12th standard in Physics, Chemistry and Biology subjects from a recognized board. You should have scored minimum 50% marks in PCB subjects taken together. As you are studying in 10th standrad now, so after completing that you can opt for PCB subjects in 12th and score minimum 50% marks in board examination.

You should try to score as well as possible in your 12th boards as the competition level is quite high nowadays. Even 90% marks in your 12th boards is not enough.

You should however try to score more than 95% in order to get admission in any good institute after clearing your NEET examination, otherwise you might not get admission in good colleges/institutions.

In medical entrance exam like NEET, class 12th marks are also important and performance in the entrance exam will also be counted. Hence, make sure you have good marks in both.

There is a minimum criteria of 50% marks in class 12th, to become eligible for NEET or any other medical entrance exam.

It is very good to hear that you want to study in Medical line and you are very much concerned about your career.
In order to study Medical, you must have to opt Science stream in class 11th studying Physics, Chemistry and Biology as a subject combination in class 11th and 12th.
Candidates those who have completed their class 12th in Science stream studying PCB as a subject combination from a recognised Board scoring a minimum of 50% of marks in it are eligible to apply for Medical course in future.

To get admission in medical courses candidate have to appear and qualify in entrance examination, admission is not conducted on aggregate in board examination.

The eligibility to appear for examination is candidate must have passed 12th from a recognised board with Physics, Chemistry and Biology as main paper.

The minimum required aggregate to appear for examination is between 50% - 60% ( varies with institutes ).So, you can visit official website of respective institute to get admission in medical course.