India, May 31 -- Colleges affiliated to the University of Mumbai released their second general merit list for admission to first-year degree programmes on Saturday, bringing relief to students scoring between 80% and 90% marks, although some colleges continued to maintain high cut-offs.

The cut-offs for the science stream have bene lowered. For instance, Ruia College's first merit list ended at 80% for the BSc Computer Science course. This has now dipped to 76%. Similarly, at St Xavier's College, the science cut off dropped by 9% compared to the first list, but the arts cut-off has not changed.

A principal from a Vile Parle-based college said most students in the science stream pursue entrance examinations for engineering, and medical c...