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NEET PG 2024: Over 24,000 seats vacant in MCC round 3 counselling

NEET PG 2024 Counselling Round 3: Candidates have time till January 16 up to 8 am to fill the choice in the order of preference.

The MCC had revised the NEET PG counselling schedule due to a reduction in the cut-off scores.(Representative image/ Express photo)

NEET PG 2024 Counselling Round 3: The Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) will fill 24, 314 seats in round three of the NEET PG 2024 counselling. After a reduction in the cut-off, there are 15902 seats from the virtual round, 8313 seats from the clear vacancy round and 999 newly added seats making the total 24,314 vacancies for round 3.

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Candidates have time till January 16 up to 8 am to fill the choice in the order of preference. The MCC had revised the NEET PG counselling schedule due to a reduction in the cut-off scores.

This change allowed more aspirants to take part in the admission process and ensure that PG seats in medical colleges do not remain vacant.

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The processing of the seat allotment will be done between January 16 and January 17. The reporting and the joining at the allotted colleges will be done between January 18 and January 25.

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For the NEET PG 2024, the cut-off for general category candidates has been lowered to the 15th percentile. Candidates belonging to the SC, ST, and PwD categories will be eligible with a minimum cut-off of the 10th percentile. Those who qualify under the revised cut-offs must utilize the counselling facility before the deadline.

Last year, the NEET PG qualifying percentile was brought down to zero across all categories. The NEET PG cut-off for general category candidates was reduced from the 50th percentile to 35th in 2022. The cut-off for unreserved PwD candidates was dropped from the 45th percentile to the 20th percentile and for students belonging under SC, ST and OBC (including PwD of SC, ST, and OBC), the cut-off was reduced to the 20th percentile from 40th.

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