The admissions to first year degree courses in all prominent colleges in the City are on in full swing.
The degree admissions are an ongoing process and most students end up applying for degree courses and giving their CET exams as well.
College managements say that except for commerce, admissions to the science and arts courses are kept open for at least two weeks after the regular admissions close.
They wait for the CET results and then close admissions. This gives college managements a clear picture as to how many students will leave for CET and how many will stay back. As to which courses are popular, the college managements say, without a doubt, that commerce tops the list.
The cut-off marks for degree courses are far more reasonable than those for admission to class 11 and Pre-University.
The cut-off marks for commerce courses are between 60 and 90 per cent in most colleges; arts has no set marks and the science cut-off is between 60 and 90 per cent.
Metrolife interacted with the principals of various degree colleges to get an insight into the admission process.
Admissions to the various courses at the CMR Group of Institutions is in its last leg.
Seats for BCom are almost full. Suja Bennet, principal of the management college, informs that the cut-off marks for BCom has been kept at 60 per cent and for the BSc, it is between 60 and 90 per cent. There is no cut-off marks for the arts courses.
"Some students go for engineering and medicine. Today, we find that there is a good number of takers for pure science, and in the BCom stream, BCA and BBM are popular. Most students who come for admission come with a high percentage," she says.
The scene is no different at Kristu Jayanti College, where BCom admissions have been closed while BSc and the arts stream are still open.
"The cut-off marks for commerce stands at 80 per cent, for science and arts, it has been kept at a reasonable level. There are very few takers for arts. Commerce and science are still popular. At our college, the entire admission process is online.
Right now, the counselling process is on in various streams," says Fr Sebastian T A, principal of Kristu Jayanti College.
There was a rush for commerce at Mount Carmel College this year, while science and arts admissions were restricted to walk-in interviews.
Divya R T, a lecturer with the department of chemistry, points out, "I feel students are not aware of the courses available in each of the streams — such as commerce, science and arts. There is a demand for pure science but not as much as commerce."
Josephine Rosario Rio, dean of department of commerce and management and head of department of commerce, Mount Carmel College, explains, "At our college the cut-off marks for commerce is 89 per cent and it's walk-in admissions for science and arts.
There's a huge demand for biotechnology and microbiology in science and in arts there are a lot of takers for communicative english and journalism. And in commerce, there's a beeline for industry integrated and travel and tourism."
Most of the degree colleges will start their new academic year for the freshers from the second week of June.
The degree admissions are an ongoing process and most students end up applying for degree courses and giving their CET exams as well.
College managements say that except for commerce, admissions to the science and arts courses are kept open for at least two weeks after the regular admissions close.
They wait for the CET results and then close admissions. This gives college managements a clear picture as to how many students will leave for CET and how many will stay back. As to which courses are popular, the college managements say, without a doubt, that commerce tops the list.
The cut-off marks for degree courses are far more reasonable than those for admission to class 11 and Pre-University.
The cut-off marks for commerce courses are between 60 and 90 per cent in most colleges; arts has no set marks and the science cut-off is between 60 and 90 per cent.
Metrolife interacted with the principals of various degree colleges to get an insight into the admission process.
Admissions to the various courses at the CMR Group of Institutions is in its last leg.
Seats for BCom are almost full. Suja Bennet, principal of the management college, informs that the cut-off marks for BCom has been kept at 60 per cent and for the BSc, it is between 60 and 90 per cent. There is no cut-off marks for the arts courses.
"Some students go for engineering and medicine. Today, we find that there is a good number of takers for pure science, and in the BCom stream, BCA and BBM are popular. Most students who come for admission come with a high percentage," she says.
The scene is no different at Kristu Jayanti College, where BCom admissions have been closed while BSc and the arts stream are still open.
"The cut-off marks for commerce stands at 80 per cent, for science and arts, it has been kept at a reasonable level. There are very few takers for arts. Commerce and science are still popular. At our college, the entire admission process is online.
Right now, the counselling process is on in various streams," says Fr Sebastian T A, principal of Kristu Jayanti College.
There was a rush for commerce at Mount Carmel College this year, while science and arts admissions were restricted to walk-in interviews.
Divya R T, a lecturer with the department of chemistry, points out, "I feel students are not aware of the courses available in each of the streams — such as commerce, science and arts. There is a demand for pure science but not as much as commerce."
Josephine Rosario Rio, dean of department of commerce and management and head of department of commerce, Mount Carmel College, explains, "At our college the cut-off marks for commerce is 89 per cent and it's walk-in admissions for science and arts.
There's a huge demand for biotechnology and microbiology in science and in arts there are a lot of takers for communicative english and journalism. And in commerce, there's a beeline for industry integrated and travel and tourism."
Most of the degree colleges will start their new academic year for the freshers from the second week of June.