Second list out for FYJC admissions Cut-off scores for Arts stream vary at popular city colleges

Despite variations in Arts stream at some colleges, St. Xavier’s College—which is sought after for its Arts stream—the cut-off dropped merely from 93.4 per cent to 91.4 per cent. The cut-off for women’s seats remained at 93.4 per cent.

Similarly, at Ramnivas Ruia Junior College, cut-off score for Arts stream dropped from 92.4 per cent to 92 per cent. Among other popular colleges for Arts, the cut-off score for Arts stream at Jai Hind College dropped from 89.2 per cent to 83 per cent, recording a drastic drop. Similarly at Mithibai College, which is popular sub-urban college, the cut-off score for Arts stream dropped from 88 per cent to 83.8 per cent.

For Science stream, the cut off score at Ruia College dropped marginally from 94.4 per cent to 93.4 per cent. For women’s seat, the cut-off score for science stream is 93.6 per cent.

At St. Xavier’s College, the cut-off score for science dropped from 93.4 per cent to 91.4 per cent. At D G Ruparel College, the cut-off score dropped from 92.2 per cent to 90.8 per cent.

Accoridng to principals, the cut-off scores in the second merit list reflect tough competition to bag seats in city’s popular colleges. However, there is no way of knowing yet if all these students are from Mumbai or the lot also includes outsiders, since FYJC admissions is a centralised process for candidates from across the state.

Principal of N M College Dr. Parag Ajgaonkar said, “There is no way to determine this as yet. But it is unlikely that students and parents would choose faraway colleges for FYJC admissions as this is only for two years.”

Even as a total of 2,71,060 seats were up for grabs in Mumbai region for the second round of admissions, a total of 79,403 candidates were allotted seats in Mumbai region, of whom 37,845 candidates were allotted seat in their first prefered college. This includes 18,442 allotmentsin commerce stream, followed by 14,651 in science and 4,752 in Arts stream. All these candidates have to confirm their admission on the allotted seat as per rule, otherwise they will be out of the admission process for the subsequent round.

Among total seats allotted in Mumbai region, the highest allotment (43,354) are in commerce, followed by 28,822 in science and 7,227 in Arts stream.

Across Maharashtra, a total of 2.5 lakh candidates have been allotted seats the second round of FYJC admissions. Among the eight divisions in Maharashtra, Mumbai region had the highest allotment at 79,404, followed by 43,702 allotments in Pune region.