Competition for College Admissions may intensify in Mumbai

Updated on: Thursday, May 28, 2015

As more students passed HSC this year, the race for admissions to good degree colleges will hot up in Mumbai. Cut-offs for admissions to degree courses are likely to inch up. The number of students who scored distinction and first-class in the city has also risen from the previous year by 2% and 3%, respectively. By contrast, fewer students failed, or got pass and second grades. In the state, too, the number of students who scored a distinction has risen, though marginally. So far, ISC students have scored the best results in the state.

Compared with ISC's success rate of 98.8% and CBSE's 91.6%, the state's is still on the lower side at 87.94%. For securing admissions to IITs, state board Science students have to fall in the Top 20 percentile or score over 75%. The state board is still to release cut-offs for its Top 20 percentile to decide the eligibility. But for admissions to NITs, where JEE (Main) ranks largely depend on Class XII scores (40% weightage is given to the score), state students will be at a disadvantage compared with the other two boards.

Last year, the HSC topper from HR College did not get a seat of his choice in a self-financed course at his own college as the cut-offs were higher than his score. "Most seats were taken by ISC and CBSE students," said principal Indu Shahani. Jyoti Thakur, executive co-ordinator at Jai Hind College, said this year cut-offs in self-financed courses will be higher than last year. While students in ISC and CBSE schools are fewer in comparison to HSC, their numbers will only impact admissions in top-rung city colleges.

Competition for College Admissions may intensify in Mumbai

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