MU Merit List: ‘Some parents plan to move court’

Admission process to undergraduate courses sans CBSE and ICSE pupils this year has led to a significant drop in cutoff marks Principals and academicians have expressed fear of further chaos and problems once the results of these two nongovernment boards are out They say the Mumbai University should be delayed the processAccording to the schedule announced by Mumbai University all of its affiliated colleges published their first merit list for admissions to undergraduate UG programmes on Wednesday However the cutoff score in practically all courses whether traditional or selffinanced has decreased by 37 per cent as compared to last year Colleges said this was because the Mumbai Universityrsquos MU decision to start the admission processes before the CBSE and ICSE board results are declaredAnother reason for the drop in cutoffs in the first list is a decline in the overall score of HSC students The number of HSC board students achieving 90 per cent or above has fallen massively to 10048 this year from 91420 last year across the state In the city however the drop was not that high to 2766 in 2022 from 3110 in 2021Chaos feared later onNeha Jagtiani principal of R D National college in Bandra said ldquoThe cutoff marks for our college this year has dropped by 35 per cent as compared to last year This is because CBSE and ICSE students are missing from the process In my opinion Mu should have deferred the process to allow CBSE and ICSE studentsrsquo participation The option of opting for additional seats is not really beneficial most of the time the permission for these seats is granted almost after the third listldquoThe major problem would start when the results are announced midway The later merit lists are usually for students with lower marks But as the CBSE and ICSE students will enter the process late the cutoffs might increase to accommodate the higher number of applications Some parents are planning to approach the court and there will be further troubles if the admission process is stayedrdquo she addedMinu Madlani principal of KPB Hinduja College in Charni Road said ldquoIt would have been less chaotic if MU had waited Now it will be difficult for both colleges and students The consequences will be visible later on when cutoffs of third and fourth lists will get higher leading to HSC students with lower marks suffering We do not have options to set aside seatsrdquoldquoThis merit list is based solely on the results of the HSC board where students appeared for examination inperson after two years of online learning The consequence fewer students obtained more than 75 per cent compared to previous years The cutoff percentage has dropped significantly in almost all courses It was noticed that this year more students are choosing specialised courses over conventional ones leading to a degreerdquo said Dr Anita Kanwar principal of Vivekanand Education Societyrsquos College of Arts Science and CommerceThe CBSE is likely to announce Std XII board results on July 10 The second and third merit lists are expected on July 7 and July 14 respectivelyImportant datesThe second merit list will be released at 11 am on July 7 and the same procedure of verification and payment will be followed till July 13 up to 3 pmThe third which is usually the final merit list will be released at 11 am on July 14 The verification and payment procedure for the same will continue till July 16 The colleges have been directed to provide the enrolled candidates with a provisional admission certificate which will be confirmed later when the candidate submits a hard copy of the marksheet and all other necessary documents laterLast year MU had officially commenced the firstyear admissions by releasing the first merit list on August 17 2021 Owing to a good number of students scoring above 90 per cent in both state and nonstate boards popular colleges affiliated with MU had increased their cutoff scores for this year by up to 1013 per centJuly 10Day the CBSE result is expectedCutoffs for some of the collegesDG Ruparel college MahimFYBA 521600FYBCom 457 600FYBSc 455600FYBSc IT 73 marks in MathsRuia College MatungaFYBSc 74 per centFYBA 8933BIOCHEM 6967 per centBIOTECH 92 per centR D National College BandraFYBCom 71 per centFYBMS 79 per centFYBAF 7367 per centFYB MMC 7283 per centFYBSc BT 7750 per centFYBSc CS 65 per centSt Andrews college BandraFYBA 7969 per centFYBCom 71 per centFYBMSCommerce 87 per centArts 7867 per centScience 80 per centFYBMMCommerce 8483 per centArts 8360 per centScience 8317 per centFYBCom AampF 8517 per centFYBCom BampI 6933 per centFYBSc IT 84 marks in mathsK J Somaiya College ofArts and Commerce VidyaviharFYBA 8717 per centFYBCom 8850 per cent