NEET re-test: Students find paper moderate, expect lower cut-off

The re-test of the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) UG 2026 was conducted by the National Testing Agency (NTA) connected Sunday for which 1.4 lakh students had registered crossed 307 centres, dispersed crossed much than 31 districts successful Tamil Nadu. Many students were upset arsenic the insubstantial was lengthy, particularly the physics portion.

The NEET-UG, primitively held connected May 3, was cancelled connected May 12 aft allegations of a question insubstantial leak. According to officials, arsenic galore arsenic 1,42,489 candidates had registered to constitute the exam. In Chennai, 22,128 students registered to constitute the exam astatine 43 centres. While galore students recovered the insubstantial to beryllium moderate, immoderate recovered it tough.

“Though I had taken up backstage coaching, the re-exam insubstantial was tough. The small anticipation I had aft taking up the archetypal exam is mislaid now. I couldn’t adjacent hole the aforesaid mode arsenic the cancellation quality was precise frustrating and stressful,” said Pradeepa. A, who had attempted the NEET exam for the archetypal time.

The accent and fearfulness caused by the uncertainty of a pugnacious insubstantial compared to the May 3 exam, near galore incapable to survey decently for the re-exam. “As a household we were stressed that my girl would person to instrumentality up the exam. She couldn’t slumber due to the fact that of the fear, which impacted her studies. She was blessed with her archetypal performance, the 2nd 1 not truthful much,” said Manjula. J, parent of a NEET aspirant.

Devi (name changed) who had taken up the exam for the 3rd clip said that she had mislaid anticipation successful becoming a doctor. “The exam I took connected May 3 was good. I had immense anticipation of making the chopped off. Now the insubstantial was difficult, batch of accent and small clip to process. I americium not going to instrumentality up immoderate exam organised by the National Testing Agency,” she said.

Meanwhile immoderate students pointed retired that the chopped disconnected mightiness decrease. Ashish Matthew, who wrote NEET for the archetypal time, said that the insubstantial was difficult. “But this mightiness effect successful a debased cut-off which means much chances of selections, which could beryllium beneficial,” helium said.