In the first phase of counselling for medical seats, a total of 177 seats from MMC, 133 from Stanley and 52 seats from Kilpauk Medical College were allotted on Saturday.
“A total of 510 candidates were called in today,” said Director of Medical Education, S. Geethalakshmi.
Even though the government quota of seats at the eight self-financing medical colleges were on display, very few were opting for them, said Secretary of the Selection Committee Usha Sadasivan.
“Most students are opting for the Chennai colleges first,” she added. Allotment orders, however, will not be given until after Monday, as per court observations.
Of the 510 students, eight were absent, and at the end of the day, 502 candidates were allotted their seats. Of these, 501 chose government colleges, and one candidate chose a private college – PSG Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Coimbatore, said Dr. Usha.
Earlier in the morning, Health Minister C. Vijaya Baskar and Health Secretary J. Radhakrishnan visited the venue Of the 2,655 seats, 398 are reserved for the all India quota, the remaining 2,257 being available for Tamil Nadu students across 20 government medical colleges.
A total of 597 seats were available at eight self-financing colleges. With one dental seat going to an ex-serviceman’s child on Friday, there are 84 seats now available at the Government Dental College, with 15 going to the all-India quota. From the 18 self-financing dental colleges, 1,020 seats will be available, said Dr. Usha.
Counselling for the general category is scheduled to go on until June 25. The second phase has tentatively been scheduled from July 22 to 27.
