With 197 marks in NEET 2025 and belonging to the SC category, you do have a good chance to secure a B.Sc Nursing seat in some government or semi-government colleges, especially through state quota or reservation-based allotment.

You can now register for state-level counselling separately (not just MCC AIQ),choose B.Sc Nursing as your program of interest and fill out as many college choices as possible and keep tracking on each round and open seat options. You should also explore deemed or private colleges that offer scholarships or lower fees for SC category students.

To see B.Sc Nursing colleges NEET 2025 and cutoffs, you can visit this link below:

https://medicine.careers360.com/articles/neet-cut-off-for-bsc-nursing-government-colleges

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According to 2024 trends, upto 470 marks are needed for admission in B.Sc nursing in SC category.

Your score is significantly below this. You can try for private nursing colleges like Bharati Vidyapeeth, Pune which has a cutoff of around 145 marks (in 2024)

Here is a link to predict your college based on your marks