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NEET 2018: Application Form Released, Exam Dates, Pattern.

NEET 2018 Application Form has been released now. It is the national level examination for admission to MBBS & BDS courses. CBSE is the conducting authority which organizes the NEET examination every year in various cities across the country. NEET exam is the only gateway for admissions into medical & dental UG courses offered by various government and private medical colleges of the country. All medical institutions consider NEET score for providing admission in MBBS/BDS courses.

NEET 2018 New Changes Introduced

Andhra Pradesh and Telangana have joined 15% All India Quota scheme. Candidates of these states need not to submit Self Declaration form now. Candidates from J&K state only, have to submit self declaration form for seats under 15% All India Quota.

Indian students who wish to pursue MBBS/BDS from a foreign Medical Institute, they have qualify NEET (UG) examination.

The attempt limit has been removed from 2018. Now, candidates may attempt the NEET exam maximum times untill the 25 years of age (30 years for SC/ST/OBC/PwD).

NIOS or State Open School or private candidate are not eligible for NEET 2018 exam.

There will be one set for question paper in all languages.

As per officials the exam will be bilingual (except language chosen in English).

NEET 2018 Exam Dates

Events	Dates (Announced)
Application form release	8th February 2018 (Released)
Last date for filling the application	9th March 2018 (11:50 PM)
Last date to submit the application fee	10th March 2018 (11:50 PM)
Correction Window Open	12th to 16th March 2018
Release of admit card	2nd week of April 2018
Exam date	6th May 2018 (10:00 AM to 1:00 PM)
Result announcement	5th June 2018
1st Round Counselling starts	12th June to 24th June 2018

Counselling Dates:

Schedule For Admission	Central Counselling		State Counselling
Schedule For Admission	All India Quota	Deemed + CI	State Counselling
Conduct of Exam	By 6th May 2018
Declaration of Result	By 1st Week of June
1st round of Counselling	12th June – 24th June	12th June – 24th June	25th June – 5th July
Last date of Joining	3rd July	3rd July	12th July
2nd round of Counselling	6th July – 12th July	6th July – 12th July	15th July – 26th July
Last date of Joining	22nd July	22nd July	3rd August
Mop-up round	–	12th August – 22nd August	4th August – 8th August
Last date of Joining	–	26th August	12th August
Forwarding of list of students in order of merit, equaling to ten times the number of vacant seats to the medical colleges by the counselling authority.	–	27th August	13th August
Last date of Joining	–	31st August	18th August

Eligibility Criteria

Students should check the eligibility criteria before applying for NEET exam. The eligibility criteria for appearing NEET exam is given below:

Nationality:

Nationality: Candidates must be an Indian citizen. OCIs/NRIs/PIOs/FNs candidates are also eligible to apply.
J&K: Such candidates are eligible for All India 15% quota only (also eligible for admission in AFMC, Pune) on the basis of self-declaration.
Aadhaar Card Requirement: Indian National candidates must have an Aadhaar Number to apply for NEET exam (except J&K, Assam and Meghalaya). For any Aadhaar related issue, Kindly see Aadhaar FAQs.

Age Limit:

Candidates must born on or between 07.05.1993 and 01.01.2002 for General category.
Candidates must born on or between 07.05.1988 and 01.01.2002 for SC/ST/OBC/PwD category.

Qualification:

Examination: Candidates should have qualified 12^th or equivalent exam.
Subjects: Subjects Should be Chemistry, Physics, Biology/Biotechnology with English as a compulsory subject.
10+2 appearing students are also eligible to apply.
Marks Required: In the qualifying exam (PCB group), students should have obtained at least 50% marks for general, 45% marks for general-PH and 40% marks for SC/ST & OBC.

NEET 2018 Exam Pattern

The exam pattern for NEET 2018 examination is mentioned below:

No. of Question: Total 180 questions will be asked in the exam.
Exam Mode: Exam will be conducted through offline mode (pen and paper based mode).
Type of Question: There will be objective type questions (four options with one correct answer).
Subjects: Questions will be asked from Physics, Chemistry & Biology (Zoology & Botany) subjects.
Exam Duration: The exam duration will be 3 hours.
Language: Question paper will be asked in 11 languages like English, Hindi, Tamil, Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Oriya, Urdu Marathi and Telugu languages.
Marking Scheme: Four marks will be given for each correct answer (+4 Marks).
Negative Marking: One mark will be deducted for each wrong answer (-1 Mark).

Section	No. of Question	Marks
Chemistry	45	180
Physics	45	180
Zoology	45	180
Botany	45	180
Total	180	720