Hello,

No, if a student gets a better rank in NEET and wants to go to a better college for MBBS, they do not need to study the 1st year again and waste a year. They can directly join the higher-ranked college and continue their studies from where they left off like in your case 1 year.

Hope this helps you,

Thank you

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