TamilNadu Medical Admissions 2009

The Directorate of Medical Education has printed an additional 2000 copies of medical application forms than normal expecting a trend reversal from engineering to medical colleges this year. Medical application forms are also available online. The global economic downturn has forced parents and students to think twice before opting for a course in engineering. In several engineering colleges the students who will pass out in 2009 have received very few placement opportunities and will join the job waiting queue that will increase in length over the next 2 years. Even though long term prospects in IT, Telecom and Electrical engineering are looking good students are circumspect about the near future. The number of companies visiting popular campuses this year has gone down drastically and the companies even if they visit pick up a trifling number of students only. If this is the case for top colleges think about the plight of the middle and lower tier institutions. This has turned all the attention towards medical careers. But the cutoff marks are expected to be high this time around. Even some students who dropped their MBBS seats and opted for engineering last year are willing to sacrifice an year and come back to medical stream. This will put a lot of pressure on the medical rank list this year. Nearly 1745 MBBS seats are up for grabs in 15 medical colleges across TamilNadu and severe competition is expected this year. Good luck to all the medical aspirants...!