KOLKATA: Several colleges in the city have started turning to the “wish list” or “show interest” option, inviting candidates, who are genuinely interested in studying there but their names are lower on merit lists. Such candidates can register for wish lists—provided they have not already taken admission in any of the courses—following which, the institutes will draw up another merit list with them, placing them according to their academic scores.
Colleges have adopted this method to speed up the admission process, which has been progressing slowly thanks to the high scores awarded to Plus-II candidates and the absence of any restriction on the number of applications. With high-scorers blocking multiple seats across institutes, those lower on the lists have not been getting their turn.
At the same time, these high-scorers, despite securing admission at one college, have not informed the others about their decision, as a result of which, their seats have remained out of bounds to others. Owing to this curious condition, a few seats are still going vacant despite multiple rounds.
The wish list registration date at Lady Brabourne is from Wednesday to Friday noon and at Maulana Azad, Wednesday to Friday 11.59pm. “Some seats are vacant after five rounds of admission. Those whose names are on the provisional list can register for the wish list, showing their interest in taking admission to any of the courses provided by the college,” said Lady Brabourne principal Siuli Sarkar.
At Maulana Azad, vacancies in most subjects are in single digits. “Those who genuinely want to study here can register for the wish list. We will try to give them a chance, depending on marks,” said principal Subhasis Dutta.
Bethune College will hold wish list registration from September 22 to 24. “The subsequent admission cycles will be from the wish list,” said an official. Some of the other colleges are Seth Anandaram Jaipuria and Heramba Chandra College.
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