CHENNAI: A day after the Class XII exam results were declared, application forms to join private and aided colleges were in great demand on Friday.
While the colleges were reluctant to give out the specific number of applications sold, they said they were ready to meet to the spurt in demand on Monday.
For their part, the Government colleges decided to sell their application forms sometime after Sunday as they did not want the students queuing up outside the institutions when the poll fever was on.
The Directorate of Medical Education too announced that the sale of applications forms to MBBS and BDS courses would begin on June 3.
Exam results are generally announced in the first week of May. This year around, the education department deferred the announcement as it clashed with the poll schedule.
But Anna University was smarter. It opened its admission counters early this month after seeking the Election Commission’s nod.
The university pointed out that its entire schedule would otherwise go haywire.
Meanwhile, the increase in the number of centums this year has not cheered students who scored over 90 per cent as it means that the cut-off might go up depending on how many are applying for engineering.
Some private arts and science and deemed universities have already conducted their entrance exams and have even released the results.
This has put many students in a dilemma since the admission process in the Government-run colleges and universities have not yet begun.
“I now have to pay to keep my seat in this private college, although I prefer to study in a reputed Government college as the fee is much lower. I cannot afford to take any risk,’’ said a very worried K Ganesan, who scored 93 per cent in his Class XII exams.