i was born on 16/02/2005 am i eligible for the neet 2021??

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The minimum age as on December 31, 2021 must be 17 years to be eligible to appear for NEET UG 2021. Your age as on December 31, 2021 will be 16 years 10 months 15 days. According to the eligibility criteria you are not eligible to appear for NEET UG and get admission based on merit in NEET UG 2021. You can appear for NEET UG 2022. You must have also passed 10+2 with English, Physics, Chemistry and Biology from a recognized board. If you belong to general category you need to score minimum 50% aggregate marks in Biology, Physics and Chemistry, if you belong to SC/ST/OBC you need to score minimum 40% aggregate marks in Biology, Physics and Chemistry and for PWD it is minimum 40% aggregate marks in Biology, Physics and Chemistry. Candidates appearing in 10+2 examination are also eligible but the admission will be given only if she/he fulfill the eligibility criteria.
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Hi

No,you are eligible for Neet 2021 examination with your date of birth on 16th february 2005

This is because,

To be eligible for Neet examination one needs to be at least 17 years old by 31st December the year in which one is attempting Neet i. e To be eligible for Neet 2021 examination one needs to be at least 17 years old by 31st December 2021

But you fail to fulfill this criteria with your date of birth on16th february 2005as you will be 17 years old on16th february 2022 i. e after 31st December 2021 and thus you are not eligible for Neet 2021 examination with your date of birth.

But yes, you will be eligible for Neet 2022 and onwards with your date of birth as you will turn 17 years on16th february2022

Also,

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
• at least 40% in aggregate of PCB if belongs to Obc/ Sc /st category
• at least 45 % in aggregate of PCB in case of pwd candidates to be eligible.

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

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

Now that you are not eligible for Neet 2021 examination and you will be appearing for Neet 2022 so I would suggest you to focus on your preparation

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