Get the most out of FindMyBranch for NEET-MDS

Last updated 8 Oct 2026 · Reviewed by Dr. Rajiv Marechal
How to use the MDS options page, step by step. Everything named here is on the site today. Counselling rules are from MCC’s NEET-MDS Counselling 2026 bulletin (listed under Sources).

MDS options does one job well: it checks your rank against the official MDS allotment results and sorts every seat you can take into very likely, possible and hard. It does not fill choices or register you anywhere. Use it to find and sort your seats, then do the rest on MCC’s and your state’s own sites.

Got your rank? See which seats closed near it.

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The season in seven steps

When	What to do	Where
1. After the result	Download your NBEMS scorecard (it stays up for six months) and read how MCC counselling works.	After your result, How it works
2. Papers	Get the PwD, OBC or EWS certificates, internship and registration papers in the right form.	Documents checklist
3. Answer the questions	Rank, category, the counsellings you can join, seat kind, special seats, branches in order of liking.	Section 2 below
4. Read the results	Check the free cards and the real counts, then decide on the full list.	Sections 3 and 4
5. Build your list	Turn very likely, possible and hard into safe, moderate and dream; MCC advises 30 to 40 choices.	Choice filling
6. Each round	Freeze or Float, and know when leaving costs the deposit.	Free exit and deposit
7. Late rounds	A joined Round 3 seat is final; the stray round is only for people holding no seat.	Round 3 and stray

1. Pick the right rank first

The first screen asks which rank you have. MDS seats are filled through two separate exams:

NEET-MDS rank: MCC’s All India counselling (All India Quota, central universities, deemed universities) and the state counsellings.
INI-CET rank (dental seats): the MDS seats at AIIMS, JIPMER and PGIMER. That path asks for your INI-CET rank, category, PwBD, branches and institutes.

The two exams have different rank scales. The site never puts them on one list.

2. Answer each step carefully

Which counselling. Pick All India (MCC), and any of the 15 state counsellings we have lists for: Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Puducherry, Punjab, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Uttarakhand and West Bengal. A state seat assumes you meet that state’s domicile and eligibility rules.
Rank. Enter your overall NEET-MDS rank from the NBEMS result, not a category rank and not a state rank. NEET-MDS 2026 gives only the overall rank.
Category (MCC) and PwD. Answer your real category. A reserved candidate can also get an open seat on merit, and the site checks both. Deemed university seats have no category reservation, so they are judged on open seats only. A PwD seat is kept inside your own category.
Your category in each state. Each state has its own list of categories. Pick yours there; the site uses that state’s open seats plus your own category’s seats.
Tamil Nadu. Tamil Nadu does not rank on the NEET-MDS rank. Enter its Government Quota rank (GRANK) and, for management seats, its separate Management Quota list rank. They are never compared with your NEET-MDS rank.
Government seats, paid seats, or both. Paid seats (deemed university, NRI, minority, management) are a different price class. With “both”, government seats come first and paid seats are tagged, never mixed in.
Special seats. Some seats are only for certain candidates: the DU, BHU and AMU internal quotas, Armed Forces seats, the Jamia Millia Islamia quotas, NRI and minority seats, and some state quotas. Tick only what you truly qualify for. MCC says the universities, not MCC, set internal quota rules.
Branches, in order of liking. The order you tap is your order of preference. Leave it open on your first run, see what your rank reaches, then narrow.
Colleges. Leave it on “Any college” first.

3. Read a result card in thirty seconds

You see	What it means	What to do with it
Very likely / Possible / Hard	Your rank against the last recorded closing rank for a seat you can take. Very likely means you are at least 5% ahead; possible means within 15% behind; hard is further.	Hard seats go first in your list, possible ones in the middle, very likely ones last.
Closing rank, year and round	The rank of the last person who got that seat, from the newest year with a seat you can take.	A Round 3 figure is usually looser than a Round 1 figure. Compare like with like.
Your room	The closing rank minus your rank. A plus number means you would have got in that year.	A small plus is not a safe seat. Look at the trend too.
Tags	“Paid seat”, “State-quota seat, private college”, and the state’s name on state cards.	Check the fee with the college before you put a paid seat on your list.
Fee, bond, leaving the seat, stipend	Shown only where we found it in an official document. Where we have no confirmed fee, the card says “Fee not confirmed — check with the college”. A missing bond, leaving-penalty or stipend line means we do not have it.	A bond or a leaving penalty is part of the price of the seat.
Trend	One bar per year for that seat.	One year is not a trend. See whether it is steady.
⚑ and residents’ comments	Reports and approved comments about the college. Each card also lets you share your own experience.	A signal to ask about, never a verdict.

Sort by “Best seats first”, by closing rank, or by your own branch order, and filter by tier or by counselling. For more on reading the numbers, see how to read a NEET-MDS closing rank.

4. Free preview, then the full list

Free	The ₹499 MDS purchase adds
Three seats in full (your best government seat, your best state-quota seat at a private college where you have one, and one stretch seat), and the true count of very likely, possible and hard seats. The public closing ranks by branch and all the guides.	Every option in every group, each round’s closing rank for the seat, and the stray-round figure (kept apart from the groups).

One MDS purchase covers both the NEET-MDS and the INI-CET dental paths. You pay once.
It is separate from the NEET-PG report and the INI-CET purchase: neither of those unlocks MDS, and MDS unlocks neither of them.
You pay with your email and mobile number. On another device, use “Already paid? Restore access” with the same email.

5. Turn the results into your MCC choice list

MCC gives you the first seat on your list that is still free at your turn. So put hard seats you want at the top, possible ones in the middle and very likely ones at the bottom.
MCC’s bulletin advises 30 to 40 choices. Add only seats you would really join.
Check each seat against MCC’s seat matrix for this round. Our numbers are past rounds; the seat matrix is now.
Write your list out and enter it on MCC’s choice-filling page yourself, then lock it before the deadline. Full detail: NEET-MDS choice filling.

6. Act correctly in each round

Round 1 has a free exit. After a Round 1 or Round 2 seat, choose Freeze to join it, or Float to try for a better seat while the college checks your documents online.
From Round 2 on, leaving costs your deposit. Only put seats you would take in your Round 2 and Round 3 lists.
A joined Round 3 seat is final: no resignation, no upgrade, no later MCC round.
Holding an MCC seat when your state result comes? Read MCC seat vs state seat before you resign anything.
Come back after each round. Run your answers again; the results use the newest data we have. For dates, check mcc.nic.in yourself.

7. The mistakes that cost MDS seats

Entering a category rank or a state rank where the overall NEET-MDS rank is asked.
Comparing a Round 3 closing rank with a Round 1 one.
Reading a deemed university paid seat’s rank as if it were an All India Quota seat.
Ticking an internal, minority or NRI quota you are not eligible for.
Putting a safe seat above better ones in the list.
Filling Round 2 or Round 3 choices you would not join.
Choosing Float, then filling choices when you wanted to keep your seat.
Getting the PwD Eligibility Certificate after choice filling has started.
Ignoring the fee and the bond until after allotment.
Joining a Round 3 seat without knowing it is final.

The one-page checklist

Scorecard saved; documents ready and in the right form.
Registered with MCC, and with your state if you can take part there.
MDS options answered with your overall rank and real category; branches in order of liking.
Choice list of 30 to 40 seats, dream first, safe last, checked against the seat matrix.
List locked before the deadline.
After each result: Freeze or Float, by the rules.

Start with your rank. See which MDS seats closed near it, in MCC and 15 state counsellings.

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Sources

The counselling rules on this page are from MCC’s NEET-MDS Counselling 2026 bulletin and NBEMS’s NEET-MDS 2026 bulletin. They are re-issued every year. The tool’s figures come from MCC’s and the states’ official allotment results.