Registration Window for NEET UG Counselling 2025 Gets Extended
A change in deadlines can send applicants scrambling, but this year's NEET UG 2025 candidates just caught a break. The Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) pushed back the registration and choice-filling deadline for Round 1 of the NEET UG 2025 counselling to August 3, 2025, at 1 PM IST. If you’re competing for an undergraduate medical or dental seat through the All India Quota (AIQ), this means extra days to pull paperwork together and make those all-important college choices.
Let's break it down for those feeling lost in the details. You’ll need to hop onto the MCC website (mcc.nic.in), sign in with your NEET credentials, and fill out your basic info and preferences. Remember to have your NEET UG 2025 admit card, scorecard, and a legit ID handy. Once you’ve lined up your preferred colleges and double-checked your list, don’t forget to lock your choices and take care of the non-refundable registration fee. Some miss the locking part—that’s a surefire way to have your choices auto-locked, and you may not want that.
Why the Extension and What Comes Next?
So, what’s behind this extension? It’s mostly a move to stay in sync with state-level counselling. For instance, Uttar Pradesh only kicks off its own NEET 2025 registration on August 8, a week after the original MCC deadline. Other states have shuffled their timelines too. Rather than risk confusion or students missing out due to mismatched dates, MCC has stretched the national window, giving everyone a fairer shot.
Here's what the near future looks like for applicants:
- August 3, 2025 (1 PM IST): New cut-off for registration and choice filling on the MCC portal. All documents must be uploaded and preferences locked in by then.
- August 12–20, 2025: Tentative window for Round 2 of counselling, including fresh choice filling and seat allocation. Results could appear in the last week of August.
- Early September 2025: Round 3 to fill remaining seats, followed by a stray vacancy round later that month for last-minute admissions.
- September 1, 2025: Most medical and dental colleges begin their academic session. So, don’t waste time after rounds wrap up—colleges aren’t pushing their classes back.
If you’re thinking of applying in Uttar Pradesh, don’t try to rush—the state process doesn’t start till August 8. Each state has slightly different cut-offs and timelines, so double-check those details if you’re going for a state quota seat. And whatever you do, verify your eligibility and look at the latest seat matrices on the MCC site before finalizing choices. Missing a document or misunderstanding a cutoff can take you out of the race in seconds.
Right now, thousands are filling forms, checking options, and stressing about that single dream college. But with this new deadline, there’s a little breathing space. Just don’t miss it—August 3 is coming up fast, and the process moves quickly once it closes.
