Choudhry, RGarg, KGaur, UAnand, C1997-02-012009-05-311997-02-012009-05-311997-02-01Choudhry R, Garg K, Gaur U, Anand C. Academic performance of various categories of students admitted to Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi. Journal of the Indian Medical Association. 1997 Feb; 95(2): 45-7http://imsear.searo.who.int/handle/123456789/96495A retrospective study of 4 consecutive academic batches of students was conducted to analyse the performance level of students in 3 university examinations of MBBS. The students were divided into 3 categories based on the criteria of entrance into the medical college. The category I included students who entered through a tough pre-medical test, category II comprised those nominated by government and defence personnel and category III included the Schedule Caste and Schedule Tribe students. The results of the category I was remarkably better than that of II while that of category III was dismal. The last two categories had a large number of students leaving the college without completing their course resulting in 5.4% wastage of precious medical seats and psychological distress. Necessary remedial measures must be planned at the earliest.engAdultEducational StatusFemaleHumansIndiaMaleRetrospective StudiesSchool Admission Criteria --statistics & numerical dataSocial ClassStudent Dropouts --statistics & numerical dataStudents, Medical --statistics & numerical dataComparative Study