North overwhelms city colleges by degrees

Updated on: Wednesday, June 22, 2011

While cut-offs in Delhi have scaled new heights this year making it extremely difficult for students who scored even in 90s to get admission to premier colleges there, city colleges claim the effects are being felt on the first merit list that was out here on Monday. Some colleges in the city say there has been an increase in applications from Delhi and northern states, but all agreed on the overall rise in students seeking admission this year to degree colleges.

Principal of Jai Hind College, Churchgate, Kirti Narain, said, “We had many students from outside this year as compared to last year. Students from Delhi and other places might have applied to our colleges after good results in class XII in those regions. The percentages of students applying from Delhi and other states have definitely increased this year and these applicants might have possibly pushed up cut-offs in Mumbai.” She added that the cutoffs in her college for courses like BMM and BMS have shot up by 2-3 per cent. “The cut-off for science students in BMM in our college is 95%, which is unimaginable. This year we received around 2, 000 applications for 60 seats in BMM, which is very high compared to previous years,” she added.

At HR College of Commerce and Economics, Churchgate, too, there was an increase in applications from Delhi. Principal Indu Shahani said, “We had a lot of applications coming from Delhi this year and to our surprise, most of those students confirmed their admission.” She added that HR College always had students coming from Gujarat, but this year, applications have come from all over the country including Delhi and Madhya Pradesh. “After Delhi, Mumbai would have been an obvious choice, so students must have applied here as well. Also, we were not expecting all outstation students to confirm their admissions as they usually cancel after getting through colleges in Delhi and other states, but they have taken it up this time,” added Shahani.

Though other colleges have not analysed if they have got more students from other states compared to last year, but they admit there definitely has been an increase in applications. Another trend in some colleges, Shahani said, was resurgence in the demand for traditional commerce. “Out of 900 students from my college, 810 in-house students have opted for the BCom course as we encourage students to take up CA.”

North overwhelms city colleges by degrees

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