Hi

To become a doctor you need to do mbbs and for that you need to be eligible for neet.

Yes you can definitely pursue MBBS and become a doctor even after BSc  optometry provided you fulfill Neet eligibility criteria.

But yes,

Even after bsc you will have to take the same route of qualifying neet as of that of class 12th student.

Here's how you can get admission in MBBS :-

------------------------------) Appear in Neet examination

• To be eligible for neet one must be either appearing for  12th board examination  or should have passed 12th board examination with physics, chemistry ,biology/biotechnology and English and must have got at least  50  % in aggregate of PCB  i.e Physics, Chemistry and Biology /biotechnology in 12th examination  if belongs to general category , or   at least  40%  in aggregate of PCB if belongs to  Obc/ Sc /st category. Also needs to be at least 17 years old. You can get complete eligibility criteria at https://medicine.careers360.com/articles/neet-eligibility-criteria

------------------------------) Qualify neet examination. Qualifying cut off in neet is given below

• General :- 50th Percentile

• OBC:-  40th Percentile

• SC :-40th Percentile

• ST :-  40th percentile

To be on the safer side, out of 720 marks, target at least around 580 -630 marks for state quota seats and 650 marks in neet for All india quota seats if you belong to general category.

------------------------------) Participate in neet counselling. There are 2 counsellings -

• Mcc counselling :- It is conducted for 15% AIQ seats, 100% Deemed Universities seats, Central Universities  seats (Delhi University, AMU & BHU ), 100% ESIC seats , AFMC  seats (only Registration Part) & I.P University (VMMC & SJH AND ABVIMS & RML & ESIC Dental, Delhi (15% AIQ + 85% Institutional Quota ) ,100% AIIMS seats & 100% JIPMER seats

• state counselling for 85% state quota seats :- you are eligible in the state you hold the domicile of. You can get domicile criteria at https://medicine.careers360.com/articles/neet-domicile-criteria

Detailed information about counselling is available at

https://medicine.careers360.com/articles/neet-seat-allotment

------------------------------) In the counselling, you can get a seat in a college on the basis of your rank in NEET examination and the category you belong to .

------------------------------) Then you have to report to the college and get your documents verified.

------------------------------) After document verification, finally you get admission in the college for mbbs.

To help you in your neet preparation , we have neet knockout for you for which link is given below :-

https://learn.careers360.com/knockout-neet

Thank you