Mumbai: 

Big brother: A police officer checks the admission form of his sister outside Jai Hind college at Churchgate

Parental guidance: Parents assist their children in filling admission forms for FYJC outside K C College at Churchgate

Mera number kab aayega? Students stand in a queue outside Jai Hind College at Churchgate to collect admission forms for FYJC. The SSC results were announced on Thursday. PICs/BIPIN KOKATE

Afraid that the FYJC admission forms sent through mumbaiapplication.com would not reach colleges, SSC-passed students and parents queued outside colleges to fill and submit the forms on the first day itself.  

Moreover, the website has instructed students to be patient while filling admission forms, as an overload of forms could slow down the site. CBSE and ICSE students have also been asked to submit their forms only after 8 pm.    

Borivli resident Vinay Airan (16), and his parents queued outside colleges to get admission forms. "My mother set out at 8 am from home to get FYJC admission forms from colleges in Malad and Borivli. My father and I left home at 8:30 am to buy forms from N M and Mithibai colleges in Vile Parle," added Vinay.

Airan added, "I registered myself to the website, but didn't fill the form. I am not sure if it will get submitted. With so many applicants, the server might hang."

Mahim resident Ashray Khanderkar (16) was standing since one-and-a-half-hours outside Ruia College. He said, "I don't want to take any chances. I am buying forms from colleges and will also fill the form online."

Rajeshri Wagle, a parent said, "Many students would apply for admission. Hence, I would prefer submitting an online application as well as buy admission forms for my daughter."

Jitendra Shah, the chief technical advisor and architect of mumbaiapplication.com feels that students and parents who couldn't get through online need not worry. "As mentioned on the site, instead of starting at 2 pm, the system started at around 4.30 pm yesterday as we had to key in data sent by some sought after colleges. Apart from this, there were some technical issues that delayed the whole process."

However, Shah said that despite the delay, "the response has been good so far. There have been 20,000 students who have registered themselves to the site. We have already received 4,000 to 5,000 paid application forms."