NEET Counselling 2021: Medical Counseling Committee (MCC) conducts the counselling process for the NEET 2021 exam on behalf of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS). Soon after the NEET 2021 Result will be released tentatively in October last week, the MCC will start the counselling process for NEET candidates. Only the candidates who have qualified in the NEET exam can take part in the NEET Counselling process. However, candidates who appeared for the NEET 2021 exam have to currently complete the phase of the NEET 2021 registration process before they are provided with their NEET 2021 scorecard. The registration for the counselling process has to be done online on the official website – www.mcc.nic.in.
MCC will conduct the counselling process for 15% All India Quota seats in three rounds, and the state-level NEET Counselling 2021 is conducted separately by the respective state authorities. The state authorities will provide admission in all government and private unaided/aided minority /non-minority medical/ dental colleges. The MCC will conduct centralized counselling for NEET candidates from all categories. It is also important to note that the state of Jammu and Kashmir is not a part of the All India Counselling process. Online MCC Counselling and Seat Matrix for 15% All India Quota/Deemed/Central Universities/ESIC and AFMC (MBBS/BDS) seats will be released on the official website at mcc.nic.in.
Candidates can go through this article on the MCC NEET Counselling process to know about the registration, choice filling, result, and admission dates. Continue reading this article to find out everything about the NEET UG Counselling 2021.
Latest: NEET Phase 2 Registration 2021 began on October 1. The last date to fill the phase 2 details was October 10, 2021.
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MCC NEET Counselling 2021
This section has provided you with all the latest data regarding the MCC NEET Counselling 2021-22. You can click on the respective link to check the information you need.
NEET Stray Round
| Notice and seat matrix for Stray Round | To be announced |
| Eligible candidates for AMU Stray Round | To be announced |
| Eligible candidates for DU CW Stray Round | To be announced |
| Eligible candidates for ESIC IP Stray Round | To be announced |
| Eligible candidates for Open Seats Stray Round | To be announced |
| Guidelines for AIIMS Stray Round | To be announced |
NEET UG Counselling
| Particulars | Links |
| Seat Allotment Mop-Up Result for MBBS and BDS | To be announced |
| Seat Matrix for NEET Mop-Up Round | To be announced |
| List of Candidates Joined after Round 2 | To be announced |
| Seat Allotment Round 2 Result for MBBS and BDS | To be announced |
| Seat Addition for NEET UG counselling 2021 for Round 2 | To be announced |
| Seat Allotment Round 1 Result for MBBS and BDS | To be announced |
| Details related to the reporting for AIIMS institutes | To be announced |
NEET 2021 – Exam Highlights
Before we get into the full details of the NEET counselling procedure, let us first have a quick overview of the exam:
| Name of the Exam | National Eligibility Entrance Test (NEET) |
| Conducting Body | National Test Agency (NTA) |
| Exam Mode | Offline (Pen and Paper-based) |
| Exam Date | September 12, 2021 |
| Result Date | To be announced |
| NEET Counselling Conducting Authority | Director-General of Health Services (DGHS) on behalf of the Medical Counselling Committee (MCC). |
| NEET Counselling Website | mcc.nic.in |
The seat allotment through NEET 2021 is done based on the candidates’ NEET rank, score, vacant seats in the college, and the preferences made by the candidate.
NEET 2021 Counselling Dates
NEET counselling schedule 2021 will be released by the authorities. You can find the updated counselling dates in the following table below:
NEET Stray Round
| Events | Dates |
| Fresh Registration & Payment for Stray Vacancy Round | To be announced |
| Publishing of the Vacant Seats | To be announced |
| Forwarding the list of students | To be announced |
| Physical Reporting at the Institutes | To be announced |
| Start of Session for UG Courses | To be announced |
NEET UG Counselling Schedule
| NEET UG Counselling Schedule Events | Dates |
|---|---|
| Declaration of NEET Result | October last week |
| First Round of Counselling | |
| MCC UG Counselling Registration | To be announced |
| Choice Filling Starts | To be announced |
| Choice Filling Ends | To be announced |
| Processing of seat allotment | To be announced |
| NEET Counselling Seat Allotment List | To be announced |
| Reporting to the Allocated Institute | To be announced |
| Second Round of Counselling | – |
| Release of Seat Matrix for the Second Round | To be announced |
| MCC UG Counselling Registration | To be announced |
| Choice Filling Starts | To be announced |
| Choice Filling Ends | To be announced |
| Processing of seat allotment | To be announced |
| NEET UG Counseling Seat Allotment List | To be announced |
| Reporting to the Allocated Institute | To be announced |
| Mop-up Round for Deemed Universities/Central Universities/ECIC Colleges | – |
| NEET UG Counseling Registration | To be announced |
| Choice Filling Starts | To be announced |
| Choice Filling Ends | To be announced |
| Processing of seat allotment | To be announced |
| Seat Allotment Result | To be announced |
| Reporting to the Allocated Institute | To be announced |
NEET MCC Counselling 2021: Eligibility Criteria
Candidates who qualified in the NEET 2021 UG exam will only participate in the NEET UG Counselling process. They should fulfil the following criteria.
- The first and foremost criterion to participate in NEET Counselling is that candidates must secure at least the minimum cutoff percentile in NEET 2021 exam.
- Candidates must register themselves online at the official website of MCC within the specified time.
During the NEET Counseling procedure, the candidates’ preferences will also be considered an essential factor for seat allotments.
Central University Eligibility Criteria For NEET Counselling
| Delhi University (LHMC, UCMS, MAMC) | 15% Seats will be contributed to All India Quota, and for the rest 85% institutional quota seats, only those candidates are eligible who have studied 11th and 12th grade in Delhi. |
| Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) | The university will have 50% Institutional reservation for the candidates who have studied from their schools for the last three years. The remaining 50% of seats will be open to all NEET qualified candidates. |
| BHU | All candidates eligible for NEET counselling will also be eligible to participate in BHU MBBS Counseling 2021 for all seats offered in the university. |
| Faculty of Dentistry, Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi | A total of three seats of BDS are under the internal quota of Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi, and 47 seats of BDS seats will be open to all. Students of Jamia who have passed their qualifying examination (Class 10 or 12) from Jamia Schools as regular students will be eligible to get admission under the internal quota of Jamia Millia Islamia, Delhi. |
| VMMC & SJH | 15% seats will be applicable for the All India quotas and the rest 85% as Institute Quota for the students who have passed 10+2 from Delhi. |
NEET UG Counselling Procedure
The MCC NEET UG Counselling procedure will include registration, counselling fee, seat allotment, etc. Here is the complete process in detail.
1st Step: NEET Counselling Registration 2021
Candidates who qualify in the NEET 2021 are required to register themselves for the NEET Counselling process. They have to visit the official website of MCC at mcc.nic.in. Candidates will then have to register by filling in their personal details and clicking on the Submit button.
The NEET-UG Counselling Registration fee, as well as tuition fee after selection, are as under:
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Non-Refundable Registration Fee |
15% AIQ/ Central Universities |
Fee |
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UR |
1,000 |
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SC/ST/OBC/PwD |
I500 |
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Deemed Universities |
Fee
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All Categories |
5,000 |
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Refundable Tuition Fee |
15% AIQ/ Central Universities |
Fee |
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UR |
10,000 |
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SC/ST/OBC/PwD |
5,000 |
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Deemed Universities |
Fee
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All Categories |
2,00,000 |
2nd Step: Fee Payment
After filling the registration form for NEET Counselling successfully, candidates will have to pay the NEET UG Counselling registration fee. The registration fee is nonrefundable. Candidates can use Debit Card, Credit Card or Net Banking for making the fee payment.
3rd Step: Choice Locking
This step will include the process of choosing the preferred courses and colleges. Candidates will be able to see a list of the colleges for which they are eligible. Then they are advised to select the preferences in order of their priority.
Please be careful at the time of submitting your choices and make sure you double-check all the options. Once the choices are locked, or the dates of choice filling for NEET Counselling is over, you won’t be able to make any changes after that.
4th Step: Seat Allotment Result
The NEET seat allotment process is done per the authorities’ merit list based on NEET 2021 scores. The MCC released the seat allotment list that highlights the admission seat status made by the candidates for the respective round. After processing all the choices and the merit list, authorities will announce the NEET Seat allotment result.
The next step regarding accepting the seat is reporting at the allotted institute, which is discussed in the next step.
5th Step: Report to the College
Once the NEET Seat allotment process is done, the candidates must report to the allotted college within the specified time. The time frame of 10 to 11 days is given to the candidates to confirm seats and report to the allotted institute.
6th Step: Payment of Fee
Candidates will have to pay the tuition fee and confirm their admission. The tuition fee will vary as per the owner of the institute. Candidates joining the colleges under 15% AIQ/Central Universities need to pay INR 10,000/- if general and INR 5,000/- if reserved. Moreover, Deemed University candidates of all the categories are supposed to pay INR 2,00,000.
Documents Required For NEET Counselling
Selected students must report to the college within the specified time. Also, at the time of the reporting, candidates must carry important documents as per the instructions. We are providing the list of the documents necessary for your reference:
- NEET Score Card
- Class 10 and 12 Scorecards and Certificate
- ID Proof
- Passport Size Pictures
- Provisional Allotment Letter
- Caste Certificate (if any)
- Physically Disabled Certificates (if any)
NEET Counselling 2021: Process Of Free Exit and Forfeiture
Let’s quickly go through the process of candidates getting a free exit and exit with forfeiture under the NEET 2021 counselling process.
- Free Exit (Applicable for Round 1 only) – If a candidate has been allotted a seat in Round 1 but he/she do not wish to report or join the allotted institute, then he/she would not be penalized. In this case, the security deposit will not be forfeited. Such candidates will be eligible for the subsequent rounds of NEET counselling.
- Exit with Forfeiture – If a candidate has been allocated a seat in Round 2 but he/she does not wish to join the allotted college, then he/she can still exit with forfeiture. In this case, they will be losing the security amount deposited. They will have to choose this option within the specified time frame.
Please note that candidates, who have been allotted a seat in the NEET second round of counselling, will not be eligible for resigning or surrendering the seats. Furthermore, these candidates will not be allowed to participate in the state counselling as well.
NEET 2021 Counselling: Mop Up Round For Central/Deemed Universities/ESIC/ AIIMS & JIPMER Only
Here is the procedure followed for the NEET Mop-Up Round Counselling:
- – 1st Step: Fresh Registration for the Mop-up Round (Please note that registration is not required for the candidates who have resigned in the earlier NEET admission rounds).
- – 2nd Step: Once the candidates have gone through the registration, the next thing they have to do is fill in their preferences for the respective institutes and courses.
- – 3rd Step: Processing of the Seat Allotment for NEET counselling Mop Up Round.
- – 4th Step: The officials will then announce the seat allotment list on the official website in the form of PDF.
- – 5th Step: Reporting at the allotted medical or dental institute during this round.
- – 6th Step: List of the number of tray vacancies, which will be sent to Deemed/Central Universities to be exhausted in the order of merit only. This number will be ten times of the registered candidates in the mop-up round.
- – 7th Step: The vacancy round of the final stray will be conducted by the Deemed/Central Universities. Please note that there will be no fresh registration of the candidates considered in this round.
Contact Information of NEET 2021 Counselling
In case a candidate comes across any issue related to the application form of the NEET counselling 2021 or any other confusion, they can contact the official authorities of the NTA Help Desk from the information given below:
| Email ID | neetug-nta@nic.in |
| Mobile | Phone No. : 0120-4073500 TOLL-FREE NUMBER: 1800 102 7637 |
NEET 2021 State Wise Counselling
For the remaining 85% of seats in the government medical colleges, the counselling will be conducted by the respective state counselling authorities. The authorities of respective state counselling will be or have already started with the process by releasing the state-wise NEET 2021 Merit List, Counselling Schedule, Application Form and Seat Allotment List. Every state has its own domicile rule, which must be followed in the state-level NEET 2021 Counselling process.
Candidates who wish to secure their admission in MBBS/BDS courses in Government Colleges in the respective states must fulfil the eligibility criteria as specified by their respective states. To participate in the state-level counselling, candidates will have to fill out the application form within the prescribed dates as directed by the authorities. You can check the state-wise NEET Counselling for the current year 2021-22 below.
NEET State Wise Counselling Links
NEET Counselling 2021: NEET Cutoff
The NEET 2021 cut-off is based on several factors, including the number of NEET candidates who appeared in the test, the difficulty level of the NEET exam, and seat availability at the participating colleges. Candidates can go through the qualifying NEET 2020 cut-off in the table below.
NEET Cutoff Details Categorywise
| Category | Cut-off percentile | Cut-off score | Number of candidates |
| GENERAL | 50th Percentile | 720-147 | 6,82,406 |
| OBC | 40th Percentile | 146-113 | 61,265 |
| SC | 40th Percentile | 146-113 | 19,572 |
| ST | 40th Percentile | 146-113 | 7,837 |
| UR & PH | 45th Percentile | 146-129 | 99 |
| OBC & PH | 40th Percentile | 128-113 | 233 |
| SC & PH | 40th Percentile | 128-113 | 70 |
| ST & PH | 40th Percentile | 128-113 | 18 |
FAQs Regarding NEET Counselling 2021
The frequently asked questions regarding the NEET Counselling 2021 are listed below:
Ans: Candidates will have to carry the following certificates to participate in NEET 2021 Counselling:
NTA NEET Hall Ticket, NEET Rank Letter or Score Card, Class 10 & Class 12 Marksheets, Valid Photo ID Proof, 6 to 8 passport-sized photographs (preferably same as the one submitted with the NEET 2021 application form), Caste Certificate (if applicable), Disability Certificate (if applicable), Provisional allotment letter.
Ans: Only the security deposit will be refunded but only till Round 1. However, registration fees will not be refunded.
Ans: The counselling date of NEET 2021 will be conducted tentatively in the last week of October 2021.
Ans: There will be two types of NEET Counselling 2021 based on the two types of seats:
– All India Quota Seats: Admissions to 15% seats will be made in all the government medical and dental colleges. Moreover, all the seats of Central/Deemed Universities/Seats of Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) & AFMC, including Delhi University (DU), AIIMS, JIPMER, BHU, and AMU, will be done through the AIQ NEET 2021 counselling process.
– State Quota Seats: Admissions to 85% of seats will be made in Government colleges of the state. Please note that all the seats in private unaided/aided minority or non-minority medical and dental colleges in the state will be conducted as per the state NEET counselling 2021 process.
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