NEET SS 2024 Qualifying Cutoff Reduced; NBE Allows All Candidates to Apply for Stray Round Counselling

NEET SS 2024 qualifying cutoff reduction, however, does not bring any change in the NEET SS question paper group-specific rank. Check who can apply for the NEET SS 2024 stray vacancy round counselling process and admission details here for super speciality courses and details here. 

NEET SS 2024 Cutoff Reduced: The National Board of Examinations in Medical Sciences (NBEMS) has reduced the National Eligibility Entrance Test - Superspecialty (NEET SS) percentile for 2024 session examination. Students who have an eligible broad speciality degree are now eligible to participate in the NEET SS 2024 stray round counselling process. As per the official notification, students who had appeared for NEET SS exam 2024 with an eligible broad speciality degree (MD/ MS/ DnB) can participate in the stray round counselling process. 

“The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare has allowed all the candidates who had appeared for NEET SS 2024 exam with an eligible broad speciality degree (MD/MS/DNB) to participate in the stray round of NEET SS super speciality counselling 2024. The medical board clarified that there will be no change in the NEET SS question paper group-specific rank,” the NBEMS official notification reads.

NEET SS Qualifying Cutoff Reduced 2024: All Candidates Eligible for Counselling 

Students who have an eligible broad speciality degree (MD/MS/DNB) can participate in the counselling process conducted by the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC).

MCC, through an official notification dated July 2, 2025, postponed the stray round counselling process for Super Speciality Courses in compliance with the directions of the Supreme Court of India to conduct Round-2 of vacant in-service seats of Tamil Nadu. Now, the authorities will conduct the stray round NEET SS counselling 2024 for all eligible candidates. Meanwhile, the authorities are expected to announce the NEET SS stray round counselling dates 2024 anytime soon at mcc.nic.in. 

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