my dob year is 2006 and i am filling 2005 in neet form 2022 can i correct this at time of counseling from 2005 to 2006
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Hi
If your date of birth is 2006 then extremely sorry, you are not eligible for neet and thus can't appear in it, leave counselling alone.
This is because,
To be eligible for neet 2022 one has to be at least 17 years old by 31st in the year of appearing for the examination i. e 31st December 2022 which means you should have been born on or before 31st December 2005
For your reference,
Here's the eligibility criteria for NEET 2022 :-
--------------------------) Qualification required :-As per Neet eligibility to be eligible for neet 2022 you must be either appearing for 12th board examination 2022 or should have passed 12th board examination with physics, chemistry ,biology/biotechnology and English as core subject.
†††Important Note :- Students with Biology as an additional subject are also provisionally eligible for neet until Supreme Court gives its judgement over it.
-------------------------) Percentage required :- You must get
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at least 50 % in aggregate of PCB i.e Physics, Chemistry and Biology/Biotechnology in 12th examination if belongs to general category
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at least 40% in aggregate of PCB if belongs to st/Obc/ Sc
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at least 45 % in aggregate of PCB in case of pwd candidates to be eligible.
-------------------------) Age limit :-
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Lower age limit:- to be eligible for neet 2022 one has to be at least 17 years old by 31st in the year of appearing for the examination i. e 31st December 2022 in case of neet 2022
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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
Just to be eligible if you fill wrong date of birth i. e 2005 then your candidature will be cancelled at the time of counselling/admission. No, you can't change DOB in counselling.
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