NEET UG Counselling 2024 Special Stray Vacancy Round Choice Filling and Locking Ends Tomorrow; Get Seat Matrix PDF

NEET UG Counselling 2024 Special Stray Vacancy Round Choice Filling and Locking Ends Tomorrow; Get Seat Matrix PDF

4 mins readComment FOLLOW US
Sreetama Datta
Sreetama Datta Roy
Manager Content
New Delhi, Updated on Nov 21, 2024 13:20 IST

The NEET UG counselling 2024 Special Stray Vacancy Round is underway since yesterday. The payment and choice filling process started on November 20, 2024. The payment window will end today, November 21, 2024, at 3 PM. The choice filling and locking window will close tomorrow, November 22, 2024, 8 AM.

NEET 2024 Counselling Special Stray Vacancy Round Choice Filling Ends Tomorrow

NEET 2024 Counselling Special Stray Vacancy Round Choice Filling Ends Tomorrow

The NEET UG counselling 2024 Special Stray Vacancy Round is underway since yesterday. The payment and choice filling process started on November 20, 2024. The payment window will end today, November 21, 2024, at 3 PM. The choice locking window has opened today at 8 AM. The choice filling and locking window will close tomorrow, November 22, 2024, 8 AM.

The Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) has released the NEET 2024 counselling Special Stray Vacancy round seat matrix, or the seat vacancies. There are a total of 319 seats available for this round. There are 73 MBBS, 178 BDS and 68 BSc Nursing seats. Along with the course and colleges, MCC has also stated the category of the seats as well. Participants of this round are advised to select the seats as per preference and category.

Click here to download the NEET UG 2024 Counselling Special Stray Vacancy Round Seat Matrix

How to Fill and Lock Choices for NEET UG 2024 Special Stray Vacancy Round

Candidates have to follow the below steps to complete the NEET 2024 choice filling and locking process. Prior to that, candidates must complete the registration process and pay the requisite fee for registration as per their category.

  • Visit the official website of MCC – mcc.nic.in or directly enter the link https://mcc.admissions.nic.in/applicant/Root/Home.aspx?enc=yVQCIiq12npg+pcvNJRdcxL4RGWRavwvITXxESt2ZELsj6tl61jSOLd8ZN3rxrts
  • Click on the ‘New Registration’ tab and click on ‘Sign in’
  • Enter the NEET UG 2024 Roll Number, Password and Security Pin
  • Click on the link ‘Available Choices’.
  • 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 seats chosen will be removed from the left basket and will be added to the right basket.
  • Candidates will have to click on the ‘Save & Continue’ tab.
  • Candidates may change the order of preference of choices by clicking on the Upper Arrow ./button to move up, the Down Arrow button to move down and the Delete button to delete the pre-selected choice of institutes.
  • The choice interchange (Swapping) could be carried out by selecting appropriate choices as sources and destinations to enable swapping and reordering of all the choices.
  • If a candidate desires to delete a specific or a group of choices, the candidate can click the appropriate box to delete 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.

Choice Locking Process

Only choice filling is not sufficient for getting seats allotted. Candidates need to lock in choices to complete the process. The NEET 2024 choice locking process is given in the steps below:

  • By clicking the Choice Lock Button and confirming the same, the choices could be locked.
  • Choices once locked can’t be unlocked. Therefore, the candidates are advised to exercise choice carefully, as the choices above the allotted choice will be processed in the second round.
  • In case candidates fail to lock choices, choices filled in by the candidate will be automatically locked at 5:00 PM of the last date of locking.
  • On clicking the “Lock Choice” button (active only on notified dates), the submitted choices will be displayed on the screen along with all restrictions, on the choices selected, if applicable.
  • During the locking process, candidates have to enter the password and then only the system proceeds with the locking of choices.
  • After locking of choices, the following message will be displayed indicating no more choice submission is possible – “Your Filled Choices have been Locked Successfully. Now you are not allowed to make any modifications in Filled Choices. After taking the Print Out Press the LOGOUT Button and close all Open Windows related to your session for Security Reasons. Click Below Link to Print Locked Choices.”
  • After locking, candidates can take a printout of locked choices, which includes the locking date and time, IP address of the computer and system-generated Unique Number.
  • After locking the choices, if a candidate logs in again, then the locked choices given by the candidate will be displayed and the choices cannot be modified or altered.

The seat allotment result for this round will be declared on November 23, 2024, and the institute reporting process will be conducted from November 25 to November 30, 2024.

Read More

Q:   What is the current scenario of NEET UG Counselling 2024?

A:

The Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) conducted the NEET 2024 Special Stray Vacancy Round counselling from November 20 to November 30, 2024. The payment process was conducted from November 20 to November 21, 2024. The choice filling and locking rounds were held from November 20 to November 22, 2024. The provisional seat allotment result was declared on November 22, 2024, and the final result was declared on November 23, 2024, followed by the institute reporting process from November 25 to November 30, 2024.

MCC conducted the NEET 2024 counselling Round 4 from October 22 to November 5, 2024. The registration and choice filling process started on October 22 and October 23 respectively. The last dates of registration and choice filling and locking were extended till October 27 from October 25 and October 26 respectively. The provisional and final result was released on October 29 and October 30, 2024, respectively.

The Round 3 was conducted from October 3 to October 19, 2024. 

The NEET 2024 counselling Round 2 concluded on September 27, 2024. The round started on September 13, 2024.

The Round 1 of NEET 2024 counselling was conducted from August 14 to August 31, 2024. 

MCC had announced that the NEET 2024 counselling dates on July 29, 2024. As of now, four rounds of counselling has been announced, which will conclue on November 5, 2024. The total number of rounds may vary based on the number of vacant seats. Ahead of the commencement of the NEET 2024 counselling process, 

Q:   When did NEET 2024 counselling process begin?

A:

NEET 2024 counselling dates were announced by the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) on July 29, 2024. NEET 2024 counselling Round 4 is being conducted from October 22 to November 5, 2024. The Round 3 was conducted from October 2 to October 19, 2024. The Round 2 registration process began on September 5, 2024 and reopened from September 13 to September 16, 2024. The Round 1 was conducted from August 14 to August 31, 2024. MCC revised the dates on September 13, 2024, with the reopening of the registration process of Round 2 due to the change in seat matrix. As per the revised dates, the last date of the counselling is November 5, 2024. The number of rounds may get extended depending on the number of vacant seats. The state medical authorities will conduct the counselling process for the 85 per cent state quota seats. The dates for counselling were different for the national level and state level admission processes. There will be four to six rounds of NEET counselling, which is the gateway for admission to medical and allied courses such as MBBS, BDS, BAMS, BUMS, BHMS, BSMS and BSc Nursing.  

Q:   Who conducts NEET counselling?

A:

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 or MCC. The NEET counselling process conducted by MCC is for the admission to the 15 per cent All India Quota (AIQ) 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.

Follow Shiksha.com for latest education news in detail on Exam Results, Dates, Admit Cards, & Schedules, Colleges & Universities news related to Admissions & Courses, Board exams, Scholarships, Careers, Education Events, New education policies & Regulations.
To get in touch with Shiksha news team, please write to us at news@shiksha.com

About the Author
author-image
Sreetama Datta Roy
Manager Content

Sreetama has over a decade of editorial experience in the higher education beat. A wanderlust by passion, she is also an avid reader and a music lover. Among friends, she is popular for her sense of humour.

Next Story