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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
Yes, you can get admission in 2025 in medical colleges for mbbs etc, as with your date of birth, you will become 17 years old on 2/7/2025 i. e before 31st December 2025 and thus eligible for neet 2025
Here's how you can become a doctor:-
------------------------) First of all pass your 10th exam
------------------------) then, you need to choose science stream BIOLOGY group i.e you should have Physics, Chemistry and Biology along with English for your 10+2.
------------------------) 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.
------------------------) Further, if you want then 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
Thank you
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