At a Glance
NEET UG 2026 counselling has not yet started. The original 3 May exam was cancelled after a paper leak; a re-exam was held 21 June 2026. The answer-key objection window closed 28 June, but no result date or counselling schedule has been officially confirmed. MCC's own portal still displays 2025 session information. Any site quoting exact 2026 counselling dates right now is not citing an official source.
Why It Matters
This year's counselling timeline is compressed and uncertain by design, not by your own delay — the cancellation and re-exam pushed everything back by roughly six to seven weeks compared to a normal cycle. That means once MCC does publish its schedule, the registration-to-reporting windows may move faster than usual, leaving less room to research colleges or gather documents at the last minute. Students who use this waiting period to get documents, bank details, and a realistic college shortlist ready will have a real advantage over those who start only after the official notice drops — because in a compressed cycle, every day of preparation lost is harder to recover than in a normal-paced year.