NEET Counselling

Following the release of the NEET 2024 results, the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) will publish the NEET 2024 counselling dates, most likely in July 2024. Last year, the MCC released the NEET counselling dates exactly one month after the NEET results were made public. The state medical authority will handle the counselling process for the 85% of state-quota seats. The state and federal deadlines for submitting admissions applications differed. Four to six rounds of NEET counselling are required for admission to medical and allied programmes, such as MBBS, BDS, BAMS, BUMS, BHMS, BSMS, and BSc Nursing.

No, the candidate will have to take the "upgraded" seat if they receive a better option and the seat that was previously assigned to them would be cancelled. Anyhow, the "upgrade" candidate will not be permitted to hold the original seat. The candidate must therefore use extreme caution while selecting the "upgrade" option.

CENTAC will announce the dates for institute reporting separately for each round. In general, the institute reporting process is conducted for three to four days for each round. Candidates will have to check the important dates carefully and report to the institutes within the deadline. In certain cases, the last date of reporting to the institutes is extended. There may be a possibility that CENTAC Puducherry will conduct institute reporting separately for courses or candidate categories.

Yes, after the declaration of the CENTAC NEET counselling seat allotment result, candidates will be given the option to upgrade the seat choice. Based on that, the counselling authorities will upgrade the seats based on the choices entered by candidates, in case the desired seat is vacant after the institute reporting process is concluded. Candidates must note that the seat upgradation facility will be available till the second last round only, after which, the counselling process will be concluded. 

Yes, it is mandatory to carry the original documents at the institute reporting process of the CENTAC NEET UG counselling process. Although candidates can carry the photocopies as a backup, but during document verification, they will have to present the original documents. In case some of the documents such as the Class 12 marksheet, or any category certificate is not there, candidates should carry the provisional marksheet, or alternate documents for verification purposes. 

No, candidates have to register online to participate in the CENTAC NEET counselling process. The counselling process including the registration, choice filling and locking, as well as the seat allotment result will be declared on the official website of the exam. However, the final step, which is the document verification and the admission fee payment process will be conducted in an offline manner, where candidates will have to visit the institutes for the verification and admission process. 

Sadly, you can not appear for NEET 2024 with the said plan, as mentioned. As per the eligibility criteria, one must have passed class 12th with either PCB or PCM with Biology as an additional subject from a recognised board, in the same tenure. Thus, this is not practically possible to appear for NEET 2024 as of now.

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While there is no upper age limit for participating in the CENTAC NEET counselling process, a lower age limit is applicable, as per the NEET UG eligibility criteria. Candidates must be of at least 17 years of age as on December 31 of the year of admission. On the other hand, ther is no upper age limit for participating in the CENTAC NEET counselling for any of the courses. 

Yes, CENTAC follows vertical reservation system for the Scheduled Caste (SC), Scheduled Tribe (ST) and Other Backward Classes (OBC) for the MBBS admission process. The percentage of reservation is given in the below table. 

Eligible candidates willing to participate in the CENTAC NEET UG counselling process will have to fill and lock the choice of seats based on the seat matrix. If a candidate fulfills the cutoff or admission criteria of the institute of their choice, they will be allotted the seats. The factors which are considered for the seat allotment are cutoff and availability of seats.