MUMBAI: The third round of admission to first year junior colleges will begin on Tuesday. The third merit list will be out on September 13. The second round of admissions ended on Monday.
Over 45% students have got admitted to class XI so far. Of the 13,254 students who got first-preference colleges in the second round, 9,239 took their seats. The rest will not be able to participate in round 3, but must wait for a special round to be announced. Of the total of 60,037 students allotted seats in the second round, 20,644 took their seats till Monday evening.
The third round admissions will be on till September 9. Students seeking admission in minority and management quota seats can also approach respective colleges between Tuesday and Thursday. Colleges have to surrender minority and management quota seats for centralised admissions on September 16.