NEET 2023 Counselling Round 2 Choice Filling and Locking Process Ends Today at 11.55 PM
NEET 2023 counselling Round 2 choice filling and locking process is scheduled to conclude today, August 15. The choice filling process had started on August 10. The choice locking has to be done today, between 3 PM and 11.55 PM. The Round 2 registration process for NEET 2023 counselling was conducted from August 9 to August 14. Know the details here.
The NEET 2023 counselling Round 2 choice filling and locking process is ending today, August 15 at 11.55 PM. The choice filling process commenced on August 10. The choice locking process has to be completed today, between 3 PM and 11.55 PM. MCC released the seat matrix for the second round.
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Prior to locking the choices, candidates must ensure that they have chosen the colleges and courses carefully as modifications will not be allowed in the choice locking process for NEET counselling 2023. Unless they lock the choices, MCC will consider the last saved order of preference. Only those candidates who have registered for NEET counselling 2023 Round 2 will be eligible to fill and lock choices.
The NEET counselling is segregated into two categories: central or national, and state counselling. The central counselling for NEET is conducted by the Medical Counselling Committee. The NEET counselling process conducted by MCC is for the admission to the 15 per cent All India Quota seats. On the other hand, State Authorities or the Education Department of various states conduct NEET state counselling for the 85 per cent state quota seats. MCC conducts the NEET counselling for MBBS, BDS and B.Sc. Nursing courses. On the other hand, the State Counselling Authorities conduct the admission process for MBBS, BDS, BAMS, BHMS, and other medical or allied courses.
The eligibility factors to participate in the NEET counselling are:
- They have to qualify for the NEET by securing the cutoff marks
- They have to register on the official website of MCC
- They should be fulfilling other eligibility requirements of NEET
How to Fill Choices for NEET Counselling 2023
Candidates will have to follow the below steps to fill choices for NEET UG counselling 2023:
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Visit the official website of MCC – mcc.nic.in.
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Click on the ‘New Registration’ tab and click on ‘Sign in’
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Enter the NEET UG 2023 Roll Number, Password and Security Pin
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Click on the link ‘Available Choices’.
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On clicking the “Choice Filling” icon, the choices as per individual criteria of eligibility would be displayed to the candidate on the left side basket and on clicking the button for the required choice, it will be selected. The choice chosen will be removed from the left basket and gets added to right basket.
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Candidates will have to click on the ‘Save & Continue’ tab.
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Candidates may change the order of preference of choices by clicking on the Upper Arrow/button to move up, Down Arrow button to move down and the Delete button to delete the pre-selected choice of institutes.
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The choice Interchange (Swapping) could be carried out by selecting appropriate choices as source and destination to enable their swapping and reorder all the choices.
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If a candidate desires to delete a specific or a group of choices, the candidate can click the appropriate box, for deletion of the one choice. Further, if the candidate, desires to delete multiple choices, in one go, he/she can click the appropriate boxes for deletion and confirm the same, so that all unwanted choices could be deleted by this operation.
How to Do Choice Locking Process for NEET Counselling 2023
Candidates have to follow the steps given below to complete the choice locking process:
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Visit the official website of MCC – mcc.nic.in
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Click on the tab ‘Online Registration’ at the bottom of the page
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Log in with the registration credentials
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Click on the tab indicating Choice Filling
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Check the entered choices carefully and submit
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Click on the lock button
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If a candidate does not lock the choice submitted by him/her, it will be automatically locked as per schedule
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Take a printout of the locked choices
The Round 2 registration process for NEET 2023 counselling was conducted from August 9 to August 14. MCC will process the seats from August 16 to August 17 and the Round 1 seat allotment result will be declared on August 18. The institute reporting process for this round will be held from August 20 to August 28.
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No, candidates need not report or join the allotted college of NEET counselling Round 1 since there is free exit. However if they want to retain the Round 1 seat and upgrade in Round 2 they have to physically join the college of Round 1 and give up-gradation willingness for Round 2 at the time of admission. In case candidates decide to resign the seat allotted to them in the first round, then they can do so prior to registering in the next round of NEET counselling.

The registration process for NEET UG counselling is completely online. The step by step process to register for NEET UG counselling is as follows:
Candidates must ensure that they have completed the registration process. Otherwise, they would not be able to proceed towards choice filling, which will ultimately result in the non allotment of seats.