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St Stephen’s College, New Delhi

Address: University Enclave, Delhi 110 007; phone: (011) 2766 7271; fax: (011) 2766 2324; website: www.ststephens.edu.

Application forms: Have been available at the college office from May 16. The forms can also be collected by post or filled up online by logging on to the college website. The last date for submission of forms is June 16.

Admission procedure: Based on their board exam results, candidates are selected to appear for an interview. The interviews, to be conducted on June 21, are clubbed with secondary and higher secondary results and an overall decision taken. They also look at your extra-curricular achievements.

Cut-off marks (last year’s): Physics ? Science 90% PCM, chemistry ? Science, 85% PCM.

Best known for: Physics, chemistry.

Presidency College, Calcutta

Address: 86/1, College Street, Calcutta 700073; phone: (033) 2241 2738; e-mail: principc@cal.vsnl.net.in

Application forms: Will be available from the day after the West Bengal H.S. results are out. Admission procedure: A preliminary screening based on previous academic record followed by an admission test for all honours subjects. Equal weightage given to performance in the admission test and in the last public exam.

Cut-off marks (last year’s): Physics ? 70% aggregate and 75% in math and physics combined; economics ? 65% aggregate and 60% in math; statistics ? 50% aggregate and 70% in math and stats, or 60% aggregate and 60% in math and stats.

Best known for: Physics, economics, statistics.

St Xavier’s College, Calcutta

Address: 30, Park Street, Calcutta 700016; phone: (033) 2247 7725, 2247 7278, 2247 2484; Website: www.sxccal.edu

Application forms: Available online, but the last date is not specified. There are no printed forms.

Admission procedure: From the academic session 2004-2005, St Xavier’s introduced online applications for which one has only to log on to the college website, enter the application procedure, fill in the application form and submit it online. There will be no admission tests this year, except in videography and mass communication.

Cut-off marks (current): Mathematics ? 60%; physics ? 60%; stats ? 60%; economics ? 60% aggregate, 60% in math; computer science ? 60% (all boards)

Best known for: Physics, economics, mathematics, computer science.

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Elphinstone College, Mumbai

Address: 156, Mahatma Gandhi Road, Fort, Mumbai 400 032; phone: (022) 2284 3797; website: www.education.vsnl.com/elphinstone.

Application forms: Will be available as soon as the Maharashtra board H.S. results are declared.

Admission procedure: Lasts three weeks from the third week of June. Although admissions are granted on the basis of marks, for information technology (IT), separate interviews are conducted after the assessment of the marks by the respective heads of departments.

Cut-off marks (last year’s): 65% in Science.

Best known for: IT, bio-technology, geography, micro-biology.

National College, Bangalore

Address: 36th Cross, 2nd Main, 7th Block, Jayanagar, Bangalore 560 082; phone: (080) 2654 9684

Application forms: Are available now, the last date of submission is June 4.

Admission procedure: Students are shortlisted for admission on the basis of merit. Shortlisted students are called for an interview. They have to be accompanied by their parents. “We insist on parents being present for the interview, so that they know all about the college their wards will be going to,” says Dr M Leelavati, principal.

Cut-off marks (last year’s): Around 60%

Best known for: Computer application (BCA), electronics and computer science.

Hans Raj College, New Delhi

Address: Mahatma Hans Raj College Road, Malkaganj, Delhi 110 007; phone: (011) 2766 7747, 2766 7458; fax: (011) 2766 6338; website: www.hansrajcollege.com.

Application forms: Will be available from June 1. The last date for submission of forms is June 15. The first cut-off list is June 25.

Admission procedure: Candidates will be admitted on merit.

Cut-off marks (last year’s): Mathematics ? 85-87%

Best known for: Mathematics.

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K.J. Somaiya College, Mumbai

Address: Vidya Nagar, Vidya Vihar East, Mumbai 400 077; phone (022) 2511 5915; website: www.somaiya.edu.

Application forms: Will be available as soon as the Maharashtra Board H.S. results are declared.

Admission procedure: Three lists are put up in order of merit. There is a five per cent reservation called the management quota, apart from which seats are allocated on the basis of marks. Forms are priced at Rs 50.

Cut-off marks (last year’s): Bio-technology ? 80%; microbiology ? 75%; physics, chemistry, biology ? 60 %.

Best known for: Bio-technology.

Ramnarain Ruia College, Mumbai

Address: L.N. Road, Matunga (C.R.), Mumbai 400 019; phone (022) 2414 3098, 2414 3119; website: www.ruiacollege.edu.

Application forms: Will be available as soon as the Maharashtra Board H.S. results are declared, following which three lists will be put up within 10 days.

Admission procedure: Lasts three weeks from the third week of June.

Cut-off marks (last year’s): Microbiology and biochemistry ? over 80%. Science subjects ? 88%.

Best known for: Micro-biology, bio-chemistry, bio-technology.

St Xavier’s College, Ranchi

Address: Purulia Road, Ranchi 834 001, Jharkhand. phone: (0651) 230 1933, 230 1936, 230 1619, 231 6561

Application forms: Available from June 5. The last date for the submission of forms is July 5.

Admission procedure: Direct admission for internal students, which usually comes to about 45 per cent of seat strength. For the rest, the college conducts entrance tests and interviews.

Cut-off marks (last year’s): For CBSE/ISC students, 85 %; for Jharkhand board students, 75%. Students from other boards have 10% deducted from their aggregate.

Best known for: Physics, zoology.

Kirori Mal College, New Delhi

Address: University of Delhi, New Delhi 110 007; phone: (011) 2276 6786, 2276 7839; fax: (011) 2276 6579; website: www.kmcollege. com.

Application forms: Will be given from June 1. Last date for submission of forms is June 15.

Admission procedure: How you fare in your higher secondary board examinations is what’s taken into account. Admissions are on merit. The first cut-off list appears one week after the last date for submission of forms.

Cut-off marks (last year’s): Mathematics ? 82 %; physics ? 84 %.

Best known for: Physics and mathematics.

St Joseph’s College, Bangalore

Address: P.B. 27094, 36, Lalbagh Road, Bangalore 560 027; phone: (080) 2536 0644; website: www.sjc.ac.in

Application forms: Available now. The last date for submission of forms has not been decided yet.

Admission procedure: On the basis of merit. Being a Christian college, 50 per cent seats are reserved for the minority quota.

Cut-off marks (last year’s): Not decided. “The cut-off marks will be decided depending on the applications that come in,” says V. Cherian, registrar, St Joseph’s.

Best known for: Bio-technology and micro-biology.