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Saturday, May 15, 2010
Chennai: Cut-off marks for entering engineering colleges may not be altered drastically this year in comparison to 2009 although the performance of State Board class XII students in mathematics has dipped significantly. However, the race is likely to be tougher for the popular B.Com course in leading arts and science colleges.
“The difference in the cut-off for BE admissions could be only in the order of 0.5 to 1 mark compared to the previous year. Since we convert the scores obtained by a candidate in mathematics out of 200 to 100 and in physics and chemistry the mark is converted to 50 each, there would be inherent checks and balance. If a student scores 2 marks less in maths, he will lose one mark, but he can make up for it if he scores 2 marks extra in physics and chemistry,” Tamil Nadu Engineering Admissions (TNEA) secretary V Rhymend Uthariaraj told The Times of India.
According to him, students can judge the college in which they are likely to get a seat in a preferred course, by using last year’s cut-off scores available on the TNEA website. “The difference margin in the cut-off is expected to be only plus or minus one,” he explained.
Meanwhile, a preliminary analysis of the Plus Two scores done by analyst D Nedunchezhian reveals that this year only 31 candidates would be tied at the highest cut-off score of 200 in engineering stream unlike 44 students last year. In the medical stream, however, the number of students likely to score 200 is 14 compared to 9 last year.
Moving on to arts and science colleges, students will find it extremely difficult to get a BCom seat in preferred institutions like Loyola, MCC, Ethiraj, Stella Maris, WCC and Meenakshi College.
The reason for this is that the number of students who have scored centum in both Commerce and Accountancy, the two subjects which matter the most in determining the merit list, has increased significantly.
While 968 students scored full marks in Commerce, the number of such candidates is 851 in Accountancy. It is only natural that a similar performance would have been recorded at each cut-off levels.
For all commerce stream students, the first choice has always been BCom.
BE pressure may ease, tough race for BCom
According to him, students can judge the college in which they are likely to get a seat in a preferred course, by using last year’s cut-off scores available on the TNEA website. “The difference margin in the cut-off is expected to be only plus or minus one,” he explained.
Meanwhile, a preliminary analysis of the Plus Two scores done by analyst D Nedunchezhian reveals that this year only 31 candidates would be tied at the highest cut-off score of 200 in engineering stream unlike 44 students last year. In the medical stream, however, the number of students likely to score 200 is 14 compared to 9 last year.
Moving on to arts and science colleges, students will find it extremely difficult to get a BCom seat in preferred institutions like Loyola, MCC, Ethiraj, Stella Maris, WCC and Meenakshi College.
The reason for this is that the number of students who have scored centum in both Commerce and Accountancy, the two subjects which matter the most in determining the merit list, has increased significantly.
While 968 students scored full marks in Commerce, the number of such candidates is 851 in Accountancy. It is only natural that a similar performance would have been recorded at each cut-off levels.
For all commerce stream students, the first choice has always been BCom.
Courtesy: Times of India
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