Students seek end to doubts
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Mumbai: Parents and students who still need to secure admission to junior colleges are keeping their fingers crossed in the hopes of a favourable court verdict today. A week after the Bombay High Court stayed admissions, many students—those who made it to the third list but didn’t finalise admissions and those still waiting to get in—are expected to do the rounds of colleges today.
“We don’t know what is going to happen. It is rather uncertain,’’ said Mekta Goel, who passed out of JB Petit School with 85%. “My friends and I have decided to keep tabs on what the order is and we will spread out to different colleges accordingly. We are hoping admissions begin again soon,’’ she added. Goel missed getting into HR College’s third list by 1%
Parents are worried too. Many plan to take time off from work or leave early to reach colleges in time. “After all these complications, my son Piyush has become very nervous. He scored 65% and has applied to several colleges for commerce but has not made it yet. Usually, with this score, it is not very difficult to secure admission in commerce,’’ said Hanita Khosla. “I will go to colleges in the morning and am hoping that the admission process begins quickly so colleges can begin the year in time,’’ she added.
For Sanjana Athalye’s (name changed) daughter, who studied in AVM School, the wait has been endless.
“We have been praying that the court decides quickly and our uncertainty ends. My daughter missed the second list at National College by 0.6 percentile. Moreover, the normalisation was a bigger problem for her because she passed out from ICSE,’’ she said. “We are very helpless now. I hope this frustrating experience comes to an end.
“If the 70:30 quota is scrapped, colleges may have to redo their second and third merit lists, and chances of us losing seats cannot be ruled out,’’ said Sani Qureshi, who got into the third list of Jai Hind College but is yet to seal his admission.
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“We don’t know what is going to happen. It is rather uncertain,’’ said Mekta Goel, who passed out of JB Petit School with 85%. “My friends and I have decided to keep tabs on what the order is and we will spread out to different colleges accordingly. We are hoping admissions begin again soon,’’ she added. Goel missed getting into HR College’s third list by 1%
Parents are worried too. Many plan to take time off from work or leave early to reach colleges in time. “After all these complications, my son Piyush has become very nervous. He scored 65% and has applied to several colleges for commerce but has not made it yet. Usually, with this score, it is not very difficult to secure admission in commerce,’’ said Hanita Khosla. “I will go to colleges in the morning and am hoping that the admission process begins quickly so colleges can begin the year in time,’’ she added.
For Sanjana Athalye’s (name changed) daughter, who studied in AVM School, the wait has been endless.
“We have been praying that the court decides quickly and our uncertainty ends. My daughter missed the second list at National College by 0.6 percentile. Moreover, the normalisation was a bigger problem for her because she passed out from ICSE,’’ she said. “We are very helpless now. I hope this frustrating experience comes to an end.
“If the 70:30 quota is scrapped, colleges may have to redo their second and third merit lists, and chances of us losing seats cannot be ruled out,’’ said Sani Qureshi, who got into the third list of Jai Hind College but is yet to seal his admission.
toireporter@timesgroup.com
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