NEET UG Mop-Up Round Before Vacancy List In Madhya Pradesh, Directorate of Medical Education Issues Schedule

Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh: The Directorate of Medical Education (DME) has scheduled a mop-up round of counselling for NEET UG aspirants, even before releasing the official vacancy list. This comes after two previous rounds of counselling. However, states like Rajasthan have already conducted a third round of counselling.

According to the schedule, online registration for the mop-up round will be open from September 28 to October 2. The revised state merit list is expected to be released on October 3. After that, candidates will have the chance to fill and lock their preferred college choices from October 4 to October 7. It is crucial for registered applicants to lock their choices within this window, as failure to do so will lead to non-allotment of seats.

The seat allotment process is set to begin on October 10, and candidates will need to report in person to the allotted colleges between October 11 and October 14.

Dr Akash Soni, a national spokesman for the Federation of All India Medical Association (FAIMA), expressed concern over the decision to release a mop-up counselling round and a choice-filling window before publishing a comprehensive vacancy list. He criticized this approach, stating that it creates a "blind lottery" scenario that disadvantages candidates. Without a verified seat matrix, candidates may waste valuable preference choices on colleges with no actual openings while missing out on realistic options.