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To become a doctor you need to do MBBS ( in case,if you want to become a dentist then you need to do BDS, BHMS to become a homeopathic doctor, BAMS to become Ayurvedic doctor ,BVSc to become a veterinarian ). Admission in all the medical colleges for Mbbs/ bds / bams etc is through NEET examination
Here's how you can become a doctor
------------------------) Y ou need to choose science stream BIOLOGY group i.e you should have Physics, Chemistry and Biology along with English for your 11th & 12th
------------------------) Along with your 10+2 keep preparing for Neet examination. You become eligible for neet in the year of appearing for 12th board examination.
------------------------) Appear in Neet examination
To be eligible for neet one must be either appearing for 12th board examination or should have passed 12th board examination with physics, chemistry ,biology/biotechnology and English and must have got at least 50 % in aggregate of PCB i.e Physics, Chemistry and Biology /biotechnology in 12th examination if belongs to general category , or at least 40% in aggregate of PCB if belongs to Obc/ Sc /st category. Also needs to be at least 17 years old as on 31st December of the year of examination. You can get complete eligibility criteria at https://medicine.careers360.com/articles/neet-eligibility-criteria
------------------------) Qualify neet examination. Qualifying cut off in neet is given below
General :- 50th Percentile
OBC:- 40th Percentile
SC :-40th Percentile
ST :- 40th percentile
To be on the safer side, out of 720 marks, target at least around 580 -600 marks for state quota mbbs seats and 650 marks in neet for All india quota mbbs seats if you belong to general category.
------------------------) Participate in neet counselling. There are 2 counsellings -
Mcc counselling :- It is conducted for 15% AIQ seats, 100% Deemed Universities seats, Central Universities seats (Delhi University, AMU & BHU ), 100% ESIC seats , AFMC seats (only Registration Part) & I.P University (VMMC & SJH AND ABVIMS & RML & ESIC Dental, Delhi ,100% AIIMS seats & 100% JIPMER seats
state counselling for 85% state quota seats :- you are eligible in the state you hold the domicile of. You can get domicile criteria at https://medicine.careers360.com/articles/neet-domicile-criteria
Detailed information about counselling is available at
https://medicine.careers360.com/articles/neet-seat-allotment
------------------------) In the counselling, you can get a seat in a college on the basis of your rank in NEET examination and the category you belong to .
------------------------) Then you have to report to the college and get your documents verified.
------------------------) After document verification, finally you get admission in mbbs in college
------------------------) Pursue your mbbs which is a 5.5 year long course in which the last 1 year consists of internship and after the completion of mbbs you become a doctor and can practice.
------------------------) For specialisation, after mbbs, you can go for PG courses - MD ( Doctor of Medicine) , MS (Master of Surgery ) . For example, if you want to become heart surgeon then you need to go for Ms Cardiology after your mbbs. For details checkout :- https://medicine.careers360.com/articles/specialisation-after-mbbs
------------------------) After PG, you can further go for super specialisation courses - DM i. e Doctorate of Medicine and Master of Chirurgiae (surgery) .For details checkout https://medicine.careers360.com/articles/medical-pg-courses-moving-towards-super-speciality
To help you in your neet preparation , we have neet knockout for you for which link is given below :-
https://learn.careers360.com/knockout-neet
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