Maharashtra's first FYJC allotment list, released on May 29, moved the Class 11 admission process from applications to college confirmation. Admissions under the first centralised round and quota categories were scheduled to continue until 6 pm on June 3, according to the timetable reported by The Times of India.
The newspaper reported that 1,33,323 of the Mumbai region's 2,11,660 registered applicants received seats in the first round. An allotment was followed by admission formalities at the college, including document verification and payment of fees. These numbers describe offers made through the round, rather than the final count of students who had joined.
The result followed an earlier admission calendar. Educationists interviewed by TNN attributed part of the softer competition to the schedule being advanced by almost a month, potentially leaving some students outside the initial application window. The report also recorded Maharashtra's SSC pass percentage at 90.75%, its lowest in seven years.
Loksatta's college-level reporting showed how those changes played out across streams. Ruia's science threshold fell from 94.40% to 93.20%, while its arts threshold moved from 92.40% to 91.80%. At St Xavier's, arts fell from 93.40% to 92.60% and commerce from 90.80% to 90.40%, rather than one uniform reduction across courses.
Some colleges went against the broader pattern. Ruparel's arts cutoff rose from 86.80% to 87.60%, while commerce remained at 91.40%. Mithibai's science cutoff fell more sharply, from 91.60% to 88.20%. These contrasting movements show why a citywide description of falling cutoffs does not capture every college and stream combination.
The marks distribution had also changed before allotment began. Loksatta reported 13,591 Mumbai-region SSC students scoring above 90%, compared with 17,895 a year earlier, a decline of 4,304. It also recorded fewer students in the 85%-90% and 80%-85% bands, providing context for the lower thresholds at several sought-after colleges.
