NEET UG counselling 2026: frequently asked questions

No. Round 1 allotted candidates have a free exit option - you can leave without forfeiting your security deposit. If you want to keep the seat and not upgrade, report physically at the college as a Freeze candidate. If you want to upgrade, give willingness online as a Float candidate, and no physical visit is needed.

No. Candidates who registered for Round 1 and were not allotted a seat do not need to register again, and neither do candidates who did not report. Only candidates who never registered in Round 1 need a fresh registration with full payment of fees.

No. Fresh choice submission is required for every round. If you do not submit fresh choices during the choice-filling window, you will not be considered for allotment in that round and will simply retain the seat you already hold, if any.

Only if you are actually upgraded. If no seat is allotted to you in Round 2, you retain your Round 1 seat; if none in Round 3, you retain your Round 2 seat. But when you are upgraded, the earlier seat is cancelled automatically and given to another candidate, and you have no claim over it. Fill only choices you genuinely prefer over your current seat.

Yes. You can join the college directly on an upgraded seat.

It means leaving a seat allotted in Round 2 or a later round without joining it, and losing the security deposit you paid. Round 1 carries a free exit instead. Candidates who forfeit and then want to participate in Round 3 must pay a fresh security deposit.

You can submit willingness for upgradation to Round 3. But if you join and then resign, you forfeit your security deposit.

No. Once you join a Round 3 seat you cannot vacate it. If you exit with forfeiture of the security deposit, you are eliminated from all further rounds.

Yes. After the Round 3 provisional allotment result, physical reporting is mandatory for all Round 3 allotted candidates, and for Float candidates from Rounds 1 and 2 who did not get upgraded.

Seats left vacant by non-joining or non-reporting after Round 2 are published in the seat matrix for Round 3, and the same principle carries into the stray round. Fresh registration and fresh choice filling are required for the stray round.

MCC suggests looking at the composite allotment lists from previous years on its website, along with the course and category-wise opening and closing ranks in the Download section. Those are indicative only, with no guarantee for the current year - cutoffs move every year with the number of candidates and seats.

No, you can fill as many as you want. They must be in genuine preference order, because allotment works strictly down your list. One common software covers AIQ, Deemed, Central Universities, B.Sc. Nursing, AIIMS, JIPMER, AMU and BHU.

No. Once locked, choices cannot be modified or unlocked - not even by MCC. If you do not lock them yourself, they are locked automatically as per schedule. Review the whole list before locking, and do not leave it to the last minute.

There is a reset initialisation option on the registration page that clears your quota choice, available once only. After using it you have to register afresh and pay the full fee again.

The joining window is fixed in the counselling schedule and MCC will not extend it under any circumstances. Contact the college as soon as the result is out - some colleges need 2-3 days for admission formalities, and local holidays and working hours vary. Do not aim for the last day.

Enter the information you provided at registration along with your security question and answer. If it matches the registered database, you can set a new password. Note that passwords are case-sensitive - MCC suggests using the shift key rather than caps lock when creating one.

Usually a mismatch with your NTA application form - use the same spellings and the same date format. An interrupted internet connection also changes the IP address the counselling software is monitoring, which expires the session. Use a stable connection on a laptop or desktop with an updated browser.

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