1st merit list: Cut-offs may be lower

Junior college cut-offs are likely to fall, given the way offline admission list cut-offs have fallen in the past ten days, said principals on the eve of the first merit list on Tuesday.
The first merit list is scheduled to be announced at 5pm on Wednesday.
Cut- offs for minority and in-house lists at top colleges across the city – including St Xavier’s, Jai Hind, Mithibai and Sathaye – fell, sparking speculation of lower first list cut-offs for the general merit lists too. This year, Class 10 state board (SSC) students scored less than last year, with fewer students scoring 90% and above.

“The trend in the minority lists showed a fall, so I think it might be a similar case for the general merit list,” said Swapna Durve, junior college coordinator at Mithibai College, Vile Parle.
In the first year two years of the online process in 2009 and 2010, announcement of the first list had resulted in chaos, with students being allotted wrong colleges, the server crashing and other technical difficulties.
However, on the eve of the first list, the education department appeared confident that the process would go off smoothly on Wednesday evening. “Results will be released in time, we are not expecting any problems,” said a senior official from the education department.
Students can check their status online, and colleges might also put up their merit lists on the premises.