This year saw a Std X result full of high scores, and as a result, city colleges have opened First Year Junior College (FYJC [Std XI]) admission with higher than usual cut-offs, most keeping it above 90 per cent. And in an interesting trend, commerce is being preferred by most high-scorers this year, instead of science, which used to be the traditional choice.

The office of Deputy Director of Education, Mumbai, which conducts the centralised online admission procedure of Std XI in Mumbai region, declared the first allotment list yesterday. Out of the total 2,03,120 applicants, 1,20,568 have been allotted seats in the first round, with 35,787 getting their first preferred college. Commerce has seen the highest allotment at 72,054, followed by science (34,840) and arts (12,611).