In the ongoing class XI admissions, the third merit list was declared by the Deputy Director of Education on Thursday evening. Even as it is final merit list for the centralised admissions process; cut-offs of major city colleges remain high with a cut-off for Arts stream rather going up a notch in some colleges. In this round of admissions, a total of 50,636 students have been allotted seats out of which 15544 students have got colleges which were their first preferences.

In the final round of admissions, a total of 73,414 candidates applied for seats when a total number of seats are 1,08,554. After admissions on the given allotments of this round get over; there will be a special round held for all those who have yet not got any college or have failed to take admission to an allotted college.