I am going to give NATA exam in july. What is the counselling process for NATA someone please tell me.
On some sites it is showing to apply separately to different institutes and on some it is showing that NATA will conduct it's own counseling. Please help me.
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Sharath H Aithal B.Arch,M.Arch,AIIA,AIIID,AIIV,MIIE,MISTE,MISTD | Scholar-Level 17
6 years agoHi,
NATA does not conduct counseling. State regional authorities conduct counseling process. Second round of counseling will include all second round NATA scores that will be held in July. -
NATA is an exam to just make you eligible to take admission in architecture colleges. In some entrance exams like WBJEE COMEDK, MHT CET etc., there is no paper for architecture courses like in JEE Mains (paper 2). So, if you have appeared in any entrance and you are interested in architecture courses, then this NATA score is must. Best of luck.
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