Nearly all applicants allotted seats in round 5

MUMBAI: Around 9,645 first-time applicants were allotted seats in the fifth round of the first year junior college (FYJC) online admission process. Other students, who want to change their allotted seat, will be able to apply in the first ‘special round’. They can pick up the login and password from their nearest guidance centres starting today, and fill forms between August 8 and August 10.

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The fifth round was only for those students who missed out on applying earlier or left forms incomplete.

Among them, 8,335 students were allotted their most preferred seat and 742 got their second preference.

Only 286 got their third preference. Four applicants were left without a seat as their preferred colleges did not have vacancies.

Over 2.2 lakh students had applied for the online admissions this year between May and June. Among them, 1.53 lakh took admissions and 70,000 did not claim their seats.