Marginally low third list disappoints

Updated on: Tuesday, June 28, 2011

The marginal drop in cut-offs of the third list for degree colleges disappointed several students hoping to get into the top colleges. Some colleges also closed the admission process to most unaided courses as all their seats got taken.

"We have no vacant seats in the Bachelor of Management Studies (BMS) and BSc-IT courses and are almost done admitting students in the Bachelor of Accounting and Finance (BAF) course. The cut-offs hardly came down by four to five marks even in the third list," said Vijay Joshi, principal of K J Somaiya College of Science and Commerce , Vidyavihar. St Xavier's College at Dhobi Talao announced on their website that admission to all their courses was closed as there were no vacant seats left.

While the fourth merit list is scheduled to be out on July 29, most colleges are not sure if they need to put up another list. "Our seats are almost full, so we are only waiting to see if all students whose names appeared in the third list confirm their admissions tomorrow," said Rekha Bahadur, vice-principal of HR College, Churchgate. She added that cut-offs for their courses came down by just 1-2 %.

There are ample seats still available in most colleges in the pure science and commerce streams but very few takers for the same.

"There's no dearth of seats in any stream but students are just too choosy about the colleges they opt for. There are ample seats in aided courses at various colleges but everybody wants to rush to only the top 10 colleges," said the principal of a Thane College.

However, many principals added that students often withdraw admission. "Many BSc, IT students withdraw admission once they get through engineering institutes. We end up giving last minute admissions to students till July," said Marie Fernandes, principal of St Andrew's College, Bandra.

T A Shivare, principal of K P B Hinduja College added that seats are often vacant even under various reserved quotas. "Students who apply to colleges under the reserved quotas get through colleges even if they score less. So, many end up withdrawing admissions at the last moment and we put up these seats in the open category."

Barcode stress

When results for thirdyear BSc were declared on June 24, several students were declared absent despite appearing for the exams (as in Jaihind). Elsewhere, (like in K C College) those who got less than 20% were declared passed. Parents and education associations are blaming the university's new barcode system, introduced to ensure results were declared early and errors minimized.

Times of India

Marginally low third list disappoints

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