NEET: The Gateway to Medical School in India

When you hear NEET, National Eligibility cum Entrance Test, the single medical entrance exam for all MBBS and BDS seats in India. Also known as National Medical Entrance Test, it’s the gatekeeper to every government and private medical college in the country. No matter where you live—Delhi, Chennai, or a small town in Bihar—you must pass NEET to become a doctor. This isn’t just another exam. It’s the make-or-break moment for hundreds of thousands of students every year.

What most people get wrong is the myth about attempt limits. There’s no cap on how many times you can take NEET. Coaching centers love to scare students with fake rules like "only three attempts"—but that’s not true. The National Testing Agency (NTA) lets anyone who meets the age and qualification criteria keep trying. That’s why you’ll see 22-year-olds and even 25-year-olds sitting for NEET again. What matters isn’t how many times you’ve tried—it’s what you learned from each attempt. Every retry gives you sharper focus, better time management, and a clearer sense of where you’re losing marks.

And once you clear it? That’s where the real questions begin. What’s the salary of a fresh MBBS graduate? In government hospitals, you’ll start around ₹30,000 to ₹50,000 a month. In private hospitals in cities like Mumbai or Bangalore, it can jump to ₹70,000 or more. But here’s the catch: those numbers don’t include night shifts, on-call duties, or the years of residency you’ll work before becoming a specialist. The real earning power comes after specialization—after you’ve done MD or MS. A senior doctor in a metro city can pull in over ₹5 lakhs a month. But that’s not luck. It’s the result of years of grinding through NEET, then cracking postgraduate exams, then surviving hospital rotations.

NEET doesn’t just test your knowledge of biology or chemistry. It tests your endurance, your discipline, and your ability to handle pressure. The posts below cover what actually works: how to plan your study hours, why chemistry is the most scoring subject in NEET (yes, it’s true), and how to avoid burnout when you’ve failed once—or twice. You’ll find real stories from students who cracked it on their fourth try, and data on what salary you can expect after passing. There’s no magic trick. Just clear facts, no fluff, and no lies from coaching ads.

What you’re about to read isn’t advice from some distant expert. It’s from people who’ve been where you are—staring at a clock at 2 a.m., wondering if it’s all worth it. And they made it. You can too.