61.6% cut-off for local students

Vadodara: M S University’s Faculty of Commerce on Saturday issued the second provisional merit list for admission to the first year BCom. Students and parents were anxiously waiting for the second merit list as the cut-off percentage in the first round was at an all-time high.
The second provisional admission list has the names of 2,738 students who will be called for physical verification of original documents and payment of fees after which their admissions will be confirmed.The second merit list includes 1,400 additional seats which were increased for general category students from Vadodara following massive protests.
But despite the addition of 1,400 seats, the cut-off percentage for local students in the general category has remained at 61.60%.
After massive protest, Vadodara MP and all MLAs had assured the students that there will be no injustice to any local student of Vadodara. But after the second merit list, neither university officials nor faculty officials issued any clarity on the future course of action when it comes to local students who have scored below 61.60%.
Sources said the second merit list includes admission to those seats which remained vacant after the first round of admissions and 900 students from outside Vadodara. The first provisional merit list had 5,852 seats and the cut-off percentage for general category students from Vadodara in this was 75%.
The cut-off percentage is: 61.60% for general category students from Vadodara, 61.87% for general category students from outside Vadodara, 34.71% for OBC, 41.71% for SC, 38.57% for ST, 41.80% for EWS, 26.93% for PwD, and 40.28% for staff quota.