A total of 46,807 students across streams secured first-year junior college admissions on Thursday, less than 24 hours after the release of the first merit list. Of the 3,71,275 seats in 1,015 colleges across Mumbai and the Mumbai Metropolitan Region this year, 1,39,745 are quota seats—in-house, minority and management. Over 19,000 students have already secured admissions under the reserved category.

As per data shared by the Maharashtra School Education and Sports Department, 2,83,704 students have applied for FYJC admission this year in colleges in Mumbai, Thane, Navi Mumbai, Mira-Bhayander, Vasai-Virar, and Kalyan-Dombivli, Ulhasnagar, Bhiwandi and Panvel.