This year, admissions to Master of Business Administration (MBA) and Master of Computer Application (MCA) courses seem as gloomy as that for engineering courses. Colleges are likely to struggle to fill their vacant seats. Only 35% of the students who registered for the MBA and MCA courses made it to the merit list declared by the Admissions Committee for Professional Courses (ACPC). There are 108 MBA colleges in the state with a total of 8,979 seats. As many as 3,154 students had registered for the course, of which only 2,932 students made it to the merit list. For the 4,732 seats in 66 MCA colleges, a total of 1,455 students had registered, of which 1,415 made it to the list. The choice-filling process began on July 9. No seat remained vacant for pharmacy courses: ACPC As far as pharmacy courses are concerned, not a single seat remained vacant in diploma and degree courses. A total of 19,269 students had made it to the merit list for nearly 5,000 seats in diploma and degree courses, of which a total of 13,036 students filled out their choices. Of the 13,036 students who took part in the choice-filling process, a total of 4,755 students finally secured admission after the first round. Officials at ACPC said that not a single seat was left vacant in the 78 colleges. The state has 67 colleges with 4,072 seats offering degree courses in pharmacy and 11 colleges with 683 seats offering diploma courses in the same stream. The students on top of the merit list were accepted at MS University, Vadodara, while those at the bottom of the list got admission in Ramanbhai Patel College of Pharmacy in Changa. Students who have got admission can take a print out of the information letter between July 9 and July 13, and confirm their admission by paying fees. NOT QUITE THERE There are 108 MBA colleges in the state with a total of 8,979 seats. As many as 3,154 students had registered for the course, of which only 2,932 students made it to the merit list

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