First merit list of FYJC admissions finally declared

Now, after admissions under CAP round 1 are finalised, the vacancy list for round 2 will be declared on July 9.

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The FYJC merit list, which was earlier scheduled to be out on June 26, was delayed due to technical snags. (Source: File)

After a prolonged delay, the first merit list of the First Year Junior College (FYJC) admissions was finally declared on Saturday — 59 per cent of the total applicants for the Common Admission Process (CAP) round 1 have been allotted seats. All these students have until July 7 to confirm their admissions in the allotted seats.

In all, 10,66,005 candidates had applied for FYJC admissions under CAP round 1, including 2,31,356 for Arts, 2,24,931 for Commerce and 6,09,718 for Science. Of the total applicants, 6,32,194 have been allotted seats in CAP round 1 — 1,49,791 in Arts, 1,39,602 in Commerce and 3,42,801 in Science.

In all, 4,57,841 candidates have been allotted seats in their first college of preference. This includes 1,35,620 allotments in Arts, 82,594 allotments in Commerce and 2,39,627 in Science. As per rules, all these students have to confirm their admissions in their allotted seats.

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Meanwhile, out of 1,45,225 applications received under the in-house, minority and management quota of junior colleges, 60,487 admissions have been confirmed in round zero, which takes place before CAP round 1.

Now, after admissions under CAP round 1 are finalised, the vacancy list for round 2 will be declared on July 9.

Available seats allotted

Arts	72855	16602
Commerce	232150	69107
Science	162715	54234
Total	467720	139943

Mumbai suburbs	199210	64887
Palghar	62930	15093
Raigad	48220	13837
Thane	157360	46126

The FYJC merit list, which was earlier scheduled to be out on June 26, was delayed due to technical snags. The office of deputy director had announced that the list will be out on June 30, but it was declared on Saturday evening.

With slight variations, cutoffs of popular city colleges have gone up marginally. For example, at the city’s most popular St Xavier’s College, cutoff for Arts remained the same as that of last year’s – 94.3 per cent. Whereas in Science stream it has gone up from 91.6 per cent to 93. At Ruia College, cutoff for Arts increased marginally from 92.2 per cent to 92.4 whereas in Science it has gone up from 93.4 per cent to 94.4.