The second merit list for bifocal or vocational junior college courses, which was out on Monday, has left nearly 5,123 students with no option but to give up hope of securing a seat.
The second merit list for bifocal or vocational junior college courses, which was out on Monday, has left nearly 5,123 students with no option but to give up hope of securing a seat.
Reason? There was only a marginal dip in the cut-offs. In top-rung colleges, the cut-off was still around 93-94%.
“My name did not appear on any of the bifocals list. I will now have to try for general science,” said Mihir Subramanium, a student of St Xavier’s, Borivli. He had scored 91% in the Class 10 exams.
Only 3,039 students of the nearly 18,000 applicants were allocated seats in the second round of bifocal admissions. The remaining students might have secured admissions through minority or management quotas, said education department officials.
However, 609 seats in little-known colleges on the outskirts of the city are still vacant. “Not a single student has opted for these colleges. These seats will now be added to the general stream,” said a senior education department official.
“Though I scored 92.54%, I missed the cut-off in the first list by a few decimals,” said Divya Dalvi, a student of IES Modern English School, Dadar. “I did not make it to any of the colleges of my choice. I will now have to wait for the general list and seek admission in science.”
College principals had predicted that there won’t be a drastic drop in the second list. “There is hardly any difference between the first and second lists. Last year, too, the cut-offs were in the 90s. A student scoring below 90% does not have a chance in a college like ours,” said Kirti Narain, principal, Jai Hind College.
Suhas Pednekar, principal of Ramnarain Ruia College, agreed.
“After the first list, there were very few seats left. There was no cancellation of admissions in our college so I don’t think students will get a betterment choice after the second list.”
In some colleges, the cut-offs shot up by 1% to 2%. At SIES College, the cut-offs for computer science increased from 92.36% to 94.36%, and for electronics from 92.72% to 93.81%.
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