NEET Counselling

The Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) released the complete schedule for NEET UG counselling 2024 on July 29, 2024. The process began on August 14, 2024. On September 13, 2024, MCC revised the NEET 2024 counselling dates for Round 2 onwards on account of the change in the seat matrix. The dates for NEET 2024 counselling for the first four rounds, namely, Round 1, Round 2, Round 3 and Stray Vacancy Round have been announced, which concluded November 5, 2024. Later, the NEET 2024 counselling Special Round schedule was announced on November 16, 2024, which is scheduled from November 20 to November 30, 2024. The NEET 2024 counselling Special Stray Vacancy Round 2 was conducted from December 9 to December 16, 2024. The NEET 2024 counselling process commenced on August 14, 2024. So far, six rounds have been conducted. The NEET 2024 counselling Special Stray Vacancy Round 3 is likely to be the last and final round.Each round involves the following stages:RegistrationChoice filling and lockingResultInstitute reporting

Candidates who have been allotted seats at the end of a round of NEET counselling conducted by the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) need to bring their original certificates at the time of reporting. Candidates who have deposited their original documents with any other Institute/College/University and come for admission with a certificate stating that "their original certificates are deposited with the Institute /College/University" will not be allowed to take admission in allotted Medical/Dental College. Hence, they must ensure that the original as well as the photocopies of the important documents are carried to the allotted institutes. In case of the documents, they must retrieve those, or request to issue a duplicate copy from the concerned authorities.

Yes, medical aspirants can participate in the state as well as the All India NEET counselling processes simultaneously. In general, the dates of state and the All India NEET counselling rounds will be different.Before participating in either of the NEET counselling processes, candidates must ensure that they fulfill the eligibility criteria. For the State NEET counselling processes, candidates must belong to the domicile. Students not belonging to the state may also participate in the particular NEET state counselling, provided they register and participate from the NRI quota. Apart from that, other eligibility criteria are the same. 

NEET counselling or the NEET UG All India counselling and the NEET state counselling process are conducted for the admission to MBBS, BDS, AYUSH and other courses. The NEET UG All India counselling is conducted by the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) for the 15 per cent All India Quota (AIQ) seats. On the other hand, the state NEET counsellings are conducted by the State Authorities such as the Department of Medical Education (DME) for different states and Union Territories (UTs) for the 85 per cent State Quota (SQ) seats. The timeline and processes may vary for the NEET All India counselling and the state counselling for NEET. In general, there are three to four rounds for both counselling types. In the state counselling for NEET, the authorities release a merit list for registered eligible candidates. But MCC does not release merit list. The other steps involved in both counselling types are similar, including registration, choice filling, releasing of seat allotment and institute reporting. 

The terms Clear Vacancy and Virtual Vacancy are related to the NEET seat matrix, which is released prior to each round of counselling. Clear Vacancy means empty or unclaimed seats at the end of the institute reporting process conducted at the end of each round. After the declaration of the seat allotment result, if a candidate exits the seat, then those seats come under the Clear Vacancy category. On the other hand, Virtual Vacancy refers to the seats which are considered to be available, if candidates allotted those seats opt for upgradation. In case their seat is not upgraded then the virtual vacancy will not be applicable anymore. 

NEET counselling seat matrix refers to the number of seats offered across the participating institutes for each course. The seat matrix is released by the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) before the commencement of the counselling process. The seat matrix is released in institute-wise categories for the types of institutes such as Deemed universities, or AIIMS & JIPMER, etc. For NEET 2023 counselling, the primary seat matrix released by MCC was of two categories, for Deemed Univeristy and AIQ seats. After that, for the second and third round, MCC released the list of newly added seats along with the clear vacancy and virtual vacancy.