NEET PG 2025 Choice Filling and Locking: Round 3 Choices Filling

NEET PG 2025 Choice Filling and Locking: Round 3 Choices Filling

Shamshad Ali DarUpdated on 15 Dec 2025, 12:19 PM IST

The Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) conducts choice filling for NEET PG 2025 at mcc.nic.in. The round 2 choice filling of NEET PG 2025 counselling has been closed on December 14, 2025. Based on the choices filled by the candidates, the seat allotment of round 2 NEET PG seats will be done by the MCC.

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  1. NEET PG Choice Filling 2025 Schedule
  2. NEET PG 2025 choice filling & locking
  3. What is choice locking in NEET PG 2025?
  4. NEET PG 2025 choice filling: How to modify choices?
NEET PG 2025 Choice Filling and Locking: Round 3 Choices Filling
NEET PG 2025 Choice Filling and Locking: Round 1, 2 & 3

Through NEET PG choice filling, candidates can fill their course and college preferences, based on which MD, MS and DNB seats are granted in the NEET PG counselling process. The NEET PG 2025 choice filling is done after the registrations. To grab a seat in top medical colleges in India, candidates who qualify NEET PG exam have to select their preferred colleges and courses once the facility opens. However, candidates must lock the choices within the stipulated time. Once the choices are locked, they cannot be modified. To know NEET PG 2025 choice filling and locking in detail, candidates can go through this article.

NEET PG Choice Filling 2025 Schedule

The NEET PG 2025 counselling has commenced. Candidates participating in the counselling must fill choices and lock them on or before the last date. Candidates can check the important dates of NEET PG choice filling 2025 in the table below.

NEET PG Choice Filling 2025 Date

Particulars

Details

NEET PG round 1 choice filling/locking 2025

November 20 to 21, 2025

Round 2 NEET PG registrations

December 5 to 9, 2025

Round 2 choice filling/locking

December 6 to 14, 2025

NEET PG round 3 registrations

To be announced

Choice filling/locking round 3

To be announced

Stray round registrations

To be announced

Stray round choice filling/locking

To be announced

NEET PG 2025 choice filling & locking

The NEET PG choice filling is an integral part of the postgraduate counselling process. Candidates must submit their preferred choices of colleges and courses within the given dates. Based on choices filled, candidate’s rank and availability of seats, the seat allotment is done. Candidates can check the given below steps to exercise the NEET PG choice filling facility.

Fill choices of colleges and courses: Registered candidates need to log into their account on the MCC website and fill their preferred choices of colleges and courses from the list of participating institutions. Candidates need to select their colleges that match their preferences.

Arrange choices in the order: Candidates can arrange the choices in the order. The choices filled can be rearranged or removed before the locking period. No modification will be allowed in the filled choices after the last date under any circumstances.

Lock choices: Once the choices are filled, aspirants need to lock them to complete the process. In this step, candidates have to login and proceed to lock the choices as no modification can be done after the locking period. In case candidates fail to lock the choices before the deadline, they will be automatically locked.

What is choice locking in NEET PG 2025?

Choice locking is the final stage where candidates lock the preferred choices of colleges and courses to complete the process. Candidates must review the choices and lock them before the deadline. To avoid the auto-locking, candidates must lock the choices in the NEET PG 2025 counselling within the stipulated time. Candidates will not be allowed to modify the choices after the locking period.

NEET PG 2025 choice filling: How to modify choices?

Once the NEET PG choice filling process is over, the modifications can be done on or before the last date. Candidates can check the steps to modify the choices in the NEET PG 2025.

  • Visit the official website, mcc.nic.in.

  • Login by entering the credentials such as NEET PG roll number, password and security pin.

  • Click on the ‘Modify Selected Options’ tab’ to check the choice filling list.

  • Candidates must carefully review the choices to ensure filled preferences must be useful.

  • Rearrange the order by clicking, drag and drop them into the desired position.

  • Add preferences as many as they can from the list to increase chances of grabbing a seat.

  • Review and check all the changes in the window.

  • Once changes are done, click on the submit button to save the choices filled in the NEET PG counselling process.

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