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| 10th
Aug 2010 / Times of India / Mumbai Edition |
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General merit list brings SMILES TO MANY FACES
Relieved Junior College Aspirants Cant Wait To Begin
Classes After Fears Of High Cut-Offs,Delays & Court
Battles
Mumbai: The long road to junior college admissions was
fraught with delays,court battles and fears of exceptionally
high cut-offs.But on Saturday, most junior college aspirants
were elated when the first general merit list was put
up without much ado. In fact, the merit list was put up
on the website almost two hours before the scheduled time.
Besides the fact that cutoffs had risen only marginally,
there were no delays.We were made to wait for hours before
the bifocal lists were put up last week. I was expecting
a similar nail-biting situation,but colleges had put up
the list on time, said one student who was allotted a
college of his choice.
Another student, Aditi Joshi, who had scored 95.45% in
her board exams, said: The entire online procedure was
a little daunting. I was shocked but happy when I found
out that I had been allotted a seat in the college I had
opted for in the preference list. Many junior college
aspirants, like Aditi, were bracing themselves for a long
fight to grab a coveted seat in a top college,and were
elated that their struggles and worries are finally over.
My school teacher had warned me in advance that cut-offs
for bifocal seats would be high. So I applied for a seat
in the general merit list. Id rather study an extra language
in a good college than get a bifocal seat in some unheard
of institution. Besides, as most of the high scorers had
opted for the bifocal course, the race for the general
category seats became less competitive, said Rutuja Naik,
who bagged a seat in the science section of Ruparel College
with 96.02%.
It was a perfect birthday for Sachi Pandey who managed
to bag a seat in N M College, which was her second preference
in the list of colleges. I had decided to check the website
only after my birthday celebrations were over. But my
mother logged in around 4 pm and was surprised to see
that the lists were already out, she said.
There are, of course, many students who were left disappointed
when they failed to get into their chosen college despite
high scores. Ameya Vedpathak scored a relatively high
91.82% in his Class X board exams, but was unhappy that
he did not get into a top college. His hopes now rest
on the second general merit list, which will be announced
on August 19 at 5 pm.
Mistakes and bloopers creep in
Only time will tell whether the online admission procedure
to junior college went off smoothly this year. But already,
students have discovered anomalies. Thane girl Priyanka
Nair, despite scoring 92%,was shocked when she found that
the she did not make it to any of the colleges she had
applied to. I had listed 15 college options on my online
admission form, and I ended up getting a seat in Anand
Vishwa Gurukul Junior College. I have never even heard
of this college, she said.
When Nair and her father contacted the Thane education
office, they were asked to call on Tuesday.
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