You can take Open seats on merit as well as seats reserved for your category. A PwD category adds the PwD seats in both.
DNB and Deemed/Paid seats are open to all. NRI, Muslim Minority and Jain Minority seats need proof of that status. AMU, BHU, Delhi University and IP University seats are internal quotas for their own graduates. The MCC information bulletin has the exact rules.
From MCC's tentative All India quota schedule dated 7 October 2026. Times are MCC server time. MCC can change the schedule, so check mcc.nic.in before each deadline.
For every quota, seat category and branch, I measured how far the last rank moved from Round 1 to Round 2 in 2024 and in 2025, then applied both shifts to the 2026 Round 1 last rank. The low end assumes a Round 2 like 2024 (few seats added); the high end one like 2025 (many seats added). Tested on 2025, the 2024 shifts predicted Round 2 last ranks with a median error of —%, and 80% of branches were within —%.
This is an estimate, not an MCC figure. The 2026 Round 2 seat matrix (expected around 6–7 November) shows how many seats are vacated and added; more added seats push results toward the high end.
Add seats from the Round 2 forecast, then put them in the order you will fill them. The list is saved only in this browser; fill your real choices on the MCC site.