S. Vishnu Sharma
AIQ NEET UG 2024 Counselling schedule will likely be out on 6 July 2024. Once the schedule is out, students can start applying for the counselling.
More than 20 lakh students appeared for NEET UG 2024 which was conducted on 5 May 2024 by National Testing Agency (NTA). The next big thing would be release of NEET UG 2024 result.
Exam results for NEET UG in 2024 were announced on 4 June 2024. The process of conducting counselling would follow soon and that is where AIQ NEET UG 2024 Counselling assumes significance.
What is AIQ NEET UG 2024 Counselling?
This is All India Quota NEET UG 2024 Counselling. Needless to say, counselling, is the process where candidates get an opportunity to choose the course and the college where they desire to study the course.
All India Quota also known as AIQ in short will be conducted by Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) which comes under the control of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) of Ministry of Health And Family Welfare of Government of India.
Students who wish to study undergraduate medicine (MBBS) in central government institutions, deemed or central universities located across India can submit application for AIQ NEET UG 2024 Counselling.
The applicants can likely opt to study in state government medical colleges also under the AIQ, as many of them are said to offer certain portion of their seats through AIQ.
Who can apply for AIQ NEET UG 2024 Counselling?
Students must have completed plus two from a recognized educational institution anywhere in India in science stream with biology, physics and chemistry as subjects.
They must also have passed NEET UG 2024 with required qualifying marks to submit AIQ NEET UG 2024 Counselling application. There is more to it than meets the eye.
When to Apply?
The process to apply for AIQ NEET UG 2024 Counselling can start a few days after the release of NEET UG 2024 results. Exam results will be announced on 14 June 2024.
Procedure to register for AIQ NEET UG 2024 Counselling will likely start a week or two after the results are declared.
Last year, AIQ counselling application was opened on 20 July 2023, the same is expected this year too with regards to AIQ NEET UG 2024 Counselling.
More about counselling
AIQ NEET UG 2024 Counselling will be conducted in more than one round. Process usually has four rounds, three of them are regular and one would be stray round.
Candidates have to take up registration for each round of AIQ NEET UG 2024 Counselling and then take up choice filling and locking.
Choice filling and locking is where the candidates get to choose colleges and course they wish to study there and then lock them. A list of chosen candidates (those who have been allotted a seat) is released.
They can also likely indicate the order of their preference of colleges in any round. Applicants can opt for any one college or choose to move to next institution as a part of choice filling and locking.
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Individuals whose numbers or names are found in the list can convey the acceptance of the seat and then pay the fees and visit the institution where they have been allotted a seat for further process.
Candidates who do not get a seat in the college of their choice in the initial round, can register and try in subsequent rounds of AIQ NEET UG 2023 Counselling.
Criteria for selection
The criteria to provide a seat in the college in AIQ will be based on few factors like – score in NEET UG, score in qualifying exam, candidates choice of the course and college, existing vacancies in the colleges, existing rules of reservation and prevailing demand trends among the candidates.
Colleges
The colleges candidates can apply through AIQ NEET UG 2024 Counselling are mentioned below for the sake of the students:
# University College of Medical Sciences
# Lady Hardinge Medical College
# Maulana Azad Medical College
# Aligarh Muslim University
# Banaras Hindu University
# Jamia Millia Islamia
# Vardhaman Mahavir Medical College and Safdarjung Hospital
How to apply for AIQ NEET UG 2024 Counselling?
The process to register for AIQ NEET UG 2024 counselling is online and candidates have to visit the official websites.
The website for AIQ counselling registration is ‘https://mcc.nic.in/#/home’
1. The URL mentioned above must be typed into the browser and the webpage must be allowed to download.
2. Once the webpage is ready, candidates can click the button UG Medical
3. This will open another webpage with a different URL ‘https://mcc.nic.in/ug-medical-counselling/’
4. After the webpage opens, candidates have to click the link for AIQ NEET UG 2024 counselling and take up registration and create an account with username and password and also pay the registration amount.
5. Candidates can login after creating an account and take up choice filling and locking at the appropriate time.
6. Required documents must also be uploaded when required while taking part in AIQ NEET UG 2024 Counselling.
Link to Apply For AIQ NEET UG 2024 Counselling is Here
Documents
Candidates have to produce documents while taking part in the AIQ NEET UG 2024 counselling. They are mentioned below:
# Valid ID card like Aadhar, PAN, Voter ID
# Class 10 mark sheet
# Class 12 mark sheet/suggested alternatives if the mark sheet is yet to be obtained
# NEET UG 2024 admit card
# NEET UG 2024 scorecard
# Call letter for NEET UG 2024 counselling
# Community certificate (if applicable)
# Physically challenged certificate (if applicable)
Registration Charges
This is also known as counselling fee and has to be paid while applying for AIQ NEET UG 2024 Counselling.
Candidates from Unreserved category havs to pay Rs 1000 while applying for AIQ NEET UG 2024 Counselling if applying in Central Universities.
The same for SC/ST/OBC/PwD category applicants is Rs 500. The fees is Rs 5000 for all category applicants, if applying in deemed universities.
Point to remember
The fee to be paid while applying for AIQ NEET UG 2024 Counselling due to various reasons.
Candidates can refer the information bulletin in the official website mentioned above for updates.