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I have taken Biology as an 'OPTIONAL ELECTIVE' Am I eligible for NEET 2022?


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Swati Sharma 10th Apr, 2022
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ADITYA KUMAR Student Expert 10th Apr, 2022

Hi


Yes, yes you are eligible for NEET 2022 even if you have studied Biology as an additional /optional subject

This is because,

The eligibility of students with Biology as an additional / optional subject  is in the supreme court but until it gives its judgement students, these students are eligible for neet

Here's the eligibility criteria for NEET :-

-----------) Qualification required :-As per Neet eligibility to be eligible you must be either appearing for 12th board examination  or should have passed 12th board examination from a recognised board with physics, chemistry ,biology/biotechnology and English as core subject.

††Important Note :- Students who have passed Biology as an additional subject are also provisionally eligible for neet until Supreme Court gives its judgement.

-----------)  Percentage required :- You must get

  • at least 50 % in aggregate of PCB i.e Physics, Chemistry and Biology/Biotechnology in 12th examination if belongs to general category

  • at least 40% in aggregate of PCB if belongs to st/Obc/ Sc

  • at least 45 % in aggregate of PCB in case of pwd candidates to be eligible.


-------------------)  Age limit :-

  • Lower age limit:- to be eligible for neet  one has to be at least 17 years old or more by 31st December in the year of appearing for the examination .

  • Upper age limit :-There's no upper age limit for NEET. Earlier there was upper age limit  of 25 years which was pending in supreme court, on 9th march 2022 NMC in its notice has removed upper age limit. For details about it checkout :- https://medicine.careers360.com/articles/neet-number-of-attempts-and-age-limit

--------------------) There's no attempt limit for neet.

For detailed information about neet examination eligibility go through our page for which link is provided below; -

https://medicine.careers360.com/articles/neet-eligibility-criteria

>>>>>>>>>>> NEET 2022 examination important dates are given below:-

  • Application form release:- 6th April 2022

  • Last form filling date:- 6th May 2022 upto 11:50 pm

  • Last date to pay application fee :- 7th May 2022 upto 11:50 pm

  • NEET 2022 Examination date :- 17th july 2022

Application form filling process is provided below:-

----------------------------------) visit the official website of neet i. e neet.nta.nic.in and register yourself

----------------------------------) fill in your details in the application form

----------------------------------) upload your documents

----------------------------------) pay the application fee

----------------------------------) take a printout of the confirmation page


To get complete information about documents to be uploaded and application form filling process go through

https://medicine.careers360.com/articles/neet-application-form/amp

Thank you


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