Degree colleges in the city announced the first merit lists for admission to their degree courses on Tuesday evening. Most colleges witnessed an increase of 2-5 percentage points in the cut-offs as compared to last year, and apart from the fact that many top colleges noticed more non-state board students finding seats in the first list, a large number of seats have also gone to outstation students.

Students and their parents check the first merit list at Ruia College in Matunga to see if they made it. Pic/Suresh KK