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Divya kushwah 22nd Oct, 2021
Hello aspirant,
I hope you are doing well and good. So sorry to say but you're not eligible for NEET examination.
According to current guidline which are announced ny exam department that the candidates must have completed the age of 17 years by December 2021.

Goodluck!
ADITYA KUMAR Student Expert 22nd Oct, 2021

Hi

Yes, you can definitely appear in NEET examination even if you are 18 year old

This is because,

As of now there is no upper age limit for Neet examination.

Here's the eligibility criteria for NEET :-

-----------) Qualification required :-As per Neet eligibility to be eligible you must be either appearing for 12th board examination  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

  • 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 st/Obc/ Sc

  • at least 45 % in aggregate of PCB in case of pwd candidates to be eligible.

- ----------)  Age limit :-

  • Lower age limit:- to be eligible for neet  one has to be at least 17 years old or more by 31st December in the year of appearing for the examination .

  • Upper age limit :-The upper age limit  is 25 years as on the date of neet examination and there's relaxation of 5 years for obc ncl/SC/ST /PwBD students means upper age limit is 30 years for these categories.

†††† But since 2018, the case of upper age limit is pending in supreme court , and so there's no upper age limit as of now until supreme court gives its judgement over it.

-----------) 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


Thank you


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Garvita 22nd Oct, 2021
Hello,

Yes you can give NEET UG if your age is 17 years as the age limit to appear for NEET UG exam is that the candidate must have completed 17 years of age as on 31st DECEMBER 2021, the minimum educational qualification required to appear for NEET UG exam is that the candidate must have passed their 10+2 with Physics, Chemistry, Biology and English as compulsory subjects, those who are  appearing in class 12th  with Physics, chemistry, biology and English subjects are  also eligible for NEET UG exam.

For more relevant information, you may visit here:
https://medicine.careers360.com/articles/neet-eligibility-criteria


Hope this helps, all the best.

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