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Shriwam Shrivastav 4th Jul, 2022
Hi Aspirant,

Greetings

NEET is an entrance exam particularly for admission in courses like MBBS BDS BAMS etc

It is not compulsory for any PCB student,it just an entrance exam to get admission in various medical courses.

You have a lot of option if you are from PCB stream and doesn't want to attempt for NEET examination.

B.Sc (Hons.)
B.Sc ( Nursing)
Bachelor of pharmacy
Diploma in pharmacy
Bachelor of physiotherapy
Diploma in various medical fields (radiology, OT technician,lab technician)
DNYS
Nutritionist
Doctor of pharmacy
Diploma in pathology
Diploma in audiology and speech therapy

The following courses doesn't requires NEET entrance exam and have great career opportunities.

You can check the link to know about different career options without NEET
http://medicine.careers360.com/articles/medical-courses-without-neet

Hope this information will help you.Thank you

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pdwords Student Expert 4th Jul, 2022

Hello,

NEET is mandatory only in case of following courses;

  • Bachelor of Medicine and a Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS)
  • Bachelor of Dental Surgery (BDS)
  • Bachelor of Ayurvedic Medicine and Surgery (B.A.M.S)
  • Bachelor of Homeopathic Medicine and Surgery (BHMS)
  • Bachelor of Naturopaathy and Yoga Sciences (BNYS)
  • Bachelor of Unani Medicine and Surgery (B.U.M.S)
  • Bachelor of Siddha Medicine and Surgery (BSMS)

Apart from aforementioned courses, NEET scores are also accepted for 15% AIQ seats for Bachelor of Veterinary Science and Animal Husbandry(BVSc & AH), in states like Maharashtra it's accepted for Bachelor of Physiotherapy (BPT), from last year even admission into BSc Nursing is being done in various colleges such as JIPMER/GGSIPU/BHU to name a few, in institutes like Jamia Hamdard NEET scores are accepted for BPharm admission. in all these courses NEET scores are accepted however it isn't mandatory,

now to answer your question being PCB student it depends you're choosing which career path, if you're aiming for BSc Hons in any subject of your choice, BSc-MSc integrated courses, BS course for four years, BS-MS dual degree to name a few which are more academically inclined in the sense, then it's either done through entrance test conducted by the institute or it's based on the merit of the last qualifying examination, NEET isn't compulsory for every course, it depends entirely on what career path you want to pursue ahead, but yes in terms of pursuing medical courses as I have specifically mentioned above candidates need to appear for NEET, qualify the exam with required cut-offs against their respective category,

check out our page at https://medicine.careers360.com/articles/courses-under-neet to know more details regarding this;


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