Mumbai, June 29 -- The much-awaited first round merit list for class 11 online admission process for colleges in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR) has been announced. From the 1,066,005 students who applied for the centralised admission process (CAP) round of the First Year Junior College (FYJC) admissions, 632,194 have gotten college allotments. Only 30% of applicants from the MMR have made it to the first merit list, compared to the 60%-70% in previous years. Almost four million students did not make it into any college in the first round, sparking concerns among experts regarding the allotment process. Students who have been allotted colleges can now go to confirm their admission between June 30 and July 7. Only 139,943 students out of the 467,720 who applied in CAP round of the FYJC admissions from the MMR, including Mumbai city, were allotted colleges in the first merit list. "It is very unusual that very few students got allotted CAP 1," said a college principal. In previous years, 60%-70% students from the MMR would be allotted colleges in the first merit list. The FYJC website clarified that in the first selection list, 342,801 out of 690,718 students who applied for the science stream, 139,602 out of the 223,931 students who applied for the arts stream, and 231,356 out of the 139,791 students who applied for the arts stream will have the opportunity to get admitted into colleges. Compared to last year's cut-off score for admission, some colleges have seen an increase in the percentage, as shown in the table. When questioned regarding the rise in cut-off percentage, a college principal said that further details were needed to find the exact reason for the cut-off rise. According to the college preference registered by the students for FYJC, more than half of the students-457,841 students-in the selection list have been allotted the college of their first choice. It is mandatory for them to accept admission into the allotted colleges....