Your NEET score earns the rank. Counselling converts the rank into a seat, and every year students with good ranks lose seats to pure process mistakes: a missed registration window, a thin choice list, a missing certificate. This guide walks the whole pipeline in plain words.
| Track | Who runs it | What it covers |
|---|---|---|
| All India Quota (AIQ) | MCC (mcc.nic.in) | 15% of government seats in every state, plus deemed universities, central universities, AIIMS, JIPMER and ESIC seats |
| State quota | Each state's medical education authority | 85% of that state's government seats and state private college seats, usually with domicile rules |
Order choices by what you actually want, not by what you think you will get. The algorithm gives you the highest choice your rank can reach, so listing a dream college first never hurts you. Use the previous two years of closing ranks for each college and quota as your map, and put every acceptable option on the list, because an unallotted round with an empty list is a wasted round.
For what those closing ranks mean in marks, read the NEET cut-off guide. And if you are starting your prep now for NEET 2027, the study plan shows the road to a rank worth counselling with.
Yes, and you should. AIQ and state quota are parallel processes. You register separately for each and can hold the better outcome as the rounds progress, within each process's exit rules.
No separate exam. Crossing the NEET qualifying percentile makes you eligible for counselling. Your NEET rank then drives the allotment.
AIQ is 15% of government seats nationwide plus central and deemed institutions, run by MCC and open across states. State quota is the remaining 85% of state government seats plus state private colleges, usually requiring domicile in that state.
Choose the upgradation option when accepting. You keep your Round 1 seat as a fallback while staying eligible for a better allotment in Round 2, as per that year's MCC and state rules.
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