Mumbai admissions: Hope floats despite high cut-offs

Though more than 85% of seats have already been allotted in the first general merit list announced on Friday, students who have scored in 80s and even a little above 90s can still hope to get admission in top colleges.

While the cut-offs in prominent colleges shot up by 2 to 3% this year, students still have a chance to get a seat in the prominent colleges as nearly 40 to 60 seats in the top-rung colleges have not been allotted yet.

In the first merit list, 1,19,824 seats have been allotted. Last year, the number was 1,62,027. Around 784 seats were surrendered from management quota seats, and 23, 985 seats surrendered from minority quota.

Jai Hind College principal Kirti Narain said, “There are vacant seats in our college. It is a good news that the top colleges will be open for admissions in the subsequent rounds.”

TA Shivare, principal of Hinduja College, said “Only 50 to 60% allocation is given in the first general merit list. After the first round of admission is over, there will be cancellations, rejections and even more seats will be vacant for the second list.”

In St Xaviers College, Fort, only 165 seats were available for open category students. 

On the other hand, students are disappointed with the high-cut offs. “Students who have scored in 70s and 80s are not bad students. We have worked as hard as anyone else. I scored 82% but still cannot find a seat for arts. It is a ruthless system, I am really scared now that I will not get a seat in any college,” said Dinesh Agarwal, a student of St Xaviers, Vile Parle.