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You cleared NEET UG. Great. Now comes the part nobody really prepares you for \u2014 the waiting, the portal-refreshing, the endless WhatsApp forwards claiming counselling “starts tomorrow for sure.” None of that is confirmed yet. What is confirmed: MCC NEET Counselling 2026 is what decides everything from here on out, your college, your quota, whether that rank you worked so hard for actually gets you a seat. NTA put out the result on 16 July 2026. MCC hasn’t opened registrations. People are guessing Round 1 for Delhi’s AIQ, DU, and IPU seats lands somewhere in late July or early August, but that’s still an estimate, not an announcement. As for which colleges everyone’s eyeing in Delhi \u2014 AIIMS New Delhi, obviously, then MAMC, then VMMC & Safdarjung close behind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why Delhi Wins \u2014 And What This Guide Covers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Why Delhi though? A few honest reasons. The clinical training is genuinely strong, the fees won’t put your family in debt, and there’s no forced rural service bond waiting for you after graduation like there is in several other states. That’s a rare combination. This piece covers where the schedule actually stands right now, how the quota maze works, what closing ranks looked like the last time counselling wrapped up, and a way to build your preference list that doesn’t feel like guesswork. Don’t want to handle the registration and choice-locking bit alone?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where Things Stand Right Now<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
What<\/td>Status<\/td><\/tr>
Re-NEET exam<\/td>Held 21 June 2026, after the original 3 May 2026 paper got cancelled over leak allegations<\/td><\/tr>
Result declared<\/td>16 July 2026, at neet.nta.nic.in. Roughly 11.2 lakh out of about 20 lakh candidates qualified<\/td><\/tr>
NEET 2026 qualifying cutoff category wise<\/td>General category cutoff moved up this year, now sitting at 715\u2013213 marks, along with a revised seat matrix<\/td><\/tr>
MCC NEET 2026 counselling schedule soon<\/td>Still hasn’t been announced officially. Round 1 registration is expected sometime late July into early or mid-August at mcc.nic.in<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

A lot of students assume clearing NEET<\/a> automatically enrols them in counselling. It doesn’t. You still have to register separately on the MCC portal, pay the fee, go through the whole process again basically \u2014 and even then there’s no guarantee of a seat, just a shot at one. If you qualify for both AIQ and Delhi’s DU\/IPU quotas, don’t lean on last year’s dates. The calendar’s already shifted once this cycle because of the re-exam. Check the portal itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Delhi’s Government Medical Colleges: How the Last Round Closed<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Nobody has 2026 numbers yet, so most aspirants fall back on the previous completed cycle’s Round 1 General category closing ranks (AIQ \/ Central seats) as a rough map. Here’s what that looked like:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rank<\/td>Institution<\/td>Location<\/td>Closing Rank (AIR)<\/td>Seats<\/td>Est.<\/td><\/tr>
National Tier<\/td>AIIMS, New Delhi<\/td>Ansari Nagar East<\/td>48<\/td>132<\/td>1956<\/td><\/tr>
1<\/td>Maulana Azad Medical College (MAMC)<\/td>Near ITO<\/td>103<\/td>250<\/td>1958<\/td><\/tr>
2<\/td>VMMC & Safdarjung Hospital<\/td>Safdarjung Enclave<\/td>132<\/td>170<\/td>2001<\/td><\/tr>
3<\/td>ABVIMS & Dr. RML Hospital<\/td>Connaught Place<\/td>215<\/td>100<\/td>2019<\/td><\/tr>
4<\/td>University College of Medical Sciences (UCMS)<\/td>Dilshad Garden<\/td>559<\/td>170<\/td>1971<\/td><\/tr>
5<\/td>Lady Hardinge Medical College (LHMC, women only)<\/td>Connaught Place<\/td>1,128<\/td>240<\/td>1916<\/td><\/tr>
6<\/td>NDMC Medical College & Hindu Rao Hospital<\/td>Malka Ganj<\/td>1,744<\/td>60<\/td>2013<\/td><\/tr>
7<\/td>Dr. B.S.A. Medical College<\/td>Rohini<\/td>1,772<\/td>125<\/td>2016<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Worth repeating: this is old data, not this year’s. We’ll update it the second MCC puts out real numbers. Also \u2014 deemed universities and dental colleges, think MAIDS or Jamia Millia Islamia, run on a completely different reservation setup, so they’re not part of this table at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What Makes Each College Different (Beyond Just the Rank)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
College<\/strong><\/th>AIQ Closing Rank (Approx)<\/strong><\/th>Additional Quota Information<\/strong><\/th>Key Notes<\/strong><\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
AIIMS, New Delhi<\/strong><\/td>48<\/td>100% Central Quota<\/td>Strong research culture, PG preference, top choice for many.<\/td><\/tr>
MAMC<\/strong><\/td>103<\/td>DU Quota (stretches > 1,900)<\/td>High patient load; attached to Lok Nayak Hospital, GB Pant, and Guru Nanak Eye Centre.<\/td><\/tr>
VMMC & Safdarjung Hospital<\/strong><\/td>132<\/td>IPU Quota<\/td>Known for excellent clinical exposure via Safdarjung Hospital.<\/td><\/tr>
ABVIMS & Dr. RML Hospital<\/strong><\/td>215<\/td>IPU Quota<\/td>Modern campus, established 2019, central hospital backing.<\/td><\/tr>
UCMS<\/strong><\/td>559<\/td>DU Quota<\/td>Attached to GTB Hospital in Dilshad Garden.<\/td><\/tr>
LHMC<\/strong><\/td>1,128<\/td>DU Quota (stretches > 5,500+)<\/td>Women-only institution; one of the oldest; tied to SSK and Kalawati Saran hospitals.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

AIQ vs DU Quota vs IPU Quota: Making Sense of It<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Delhi runs its own dual state-university counselling system layered right on top of the central AIQ \u2014 but here’s the good part, all of it still goes through one single portal, MCC. So it’s less complicated than it sounds once you break it down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n