NEET UG is usually held in May. That leaves roughly six months from now, which is enough time to cover the syllabus properly, as long as each month has one clear job.
The exact 2027 date is not out yet. Watch the official National Testing Agency (NTA) announcements, and when the date and the information bulletin are published, fix your calendar around them.
Here is a plan you can start today.
The plan at a glance
- Now to December: finish the NCERT chapters, with 10–20 questions per chapter.
- January and February: one full-length timed test every week, and fix the weak chapters it shows up.
- March and April: full mocks under exam time, plus revision.
- May: light revision, rest and exam-day preparation.
Now to December: finish NCERT, chapter by chapter
This is the longest phase, and the most important one. The aim is simple: every chapter of Physics, Chemistry and Biology read, understood and tested at least once.
Make a list of every chapter in the three subjects and tick each one off as you finish it. Count the chapters left and the weeks left until the end of December, and you know how many chapters you need each week.
For each chapter:
- Read the NCERT chapter carefully, including the diagrams, tables and examples.
- The same day or the next, answer 10–20 questions on that chapter.
- Look at every question you got wrong and find the line in the chapter that answers it.
- Write down one or two points you want to see again before the exam.
Ten to twenty questions is enough to tell you whether a chapter has really gone in. If you get most of them right, move on. If not, re-read the parts you missed and try another set.
Don't spend this phase on full-length tests. A full test before you have covered the chapters mostly tells you what you haven't studied yet.
January and February: one full test a week
With the chapters covered, start sitting one full-length test every week, timed, in one sitting, without breaks or a phone nearby.
Pick a fixed day, for example every Sunday morning, so the test becomes a habit and not a decision.
The test is only half the work. Spend about as long reviewing it as you spent sitting it. For every mark you lost, decide why:
- I didn't know it.
- I knew it, but misread the question.
- I ran out of time.
- I guessed and got it wrong.
Each reason has a different fix. "Didn't know it" means a weak chapter. Go back to the NCERT chapter and do another 10–20 questions on it before the next test. Misreading and running out of time are habits, and the next test is where you practise fixing them.
Keep a short list of your weakest chapters. Each week, aim to move at least one or two off that list.
March and April: full mocks and revision
Now the tests should feel like the real thing. Sit full mocks for the full exam duration given in the NTA information bulletin, ideally at the same time of day as the exam, so your concentration is used to that slot.
One or two full mocks a week is a sensible rhythm. More than that leaves too little time to review them properly.
Between mocks, revise:
- the one or two points you wrote down for each chapter;
- questions you got wrong earlier, answered again from scratch;
- the NCERT diagrams, tables and summaries.
This is also the time to settle how you handle questions you are not sure about. NEET marks +4 for a correct answer and −1 for a wrong one, so guessing is a real decision. Our post on when to guess under +4 / −1 marking walks through the maths.
May: the last weeks
Keep revising, but stop starting new topics. Sleep normally, keep a steady routine, and check the official exam-day instructions and your exam centre details as soon as they are published.
If you fall behind
Most plans slip somewhere. If you are behind, don't drop a phase: shrink it. Cover the remaining chapters with fewer questions each, then start the weekly tests anyway. Tests will show you which chapters need more time, which is better than guessing.
Start with one chapter today. The first tick on the list is the hardest one.