BAF is in favour, sees 50 spike in applications from last year | Mumbai NYOOOZ

Summary: BAF has seen 50% more applications now than last year—the highest percentage growth—closely followed by BMM and BMS, which have seen a growth of 43.5% and 41%, respectively.
"While psychology and literature have seen a spike in numbers, economics, although in demand, has seen a drop in his college, added Menezes.
The total number of applications received for all the specialized courses in commerce put together crossed the applications received for plain BCom this year.
Among the traditional courses, BA saw the highest jump in applications at 30%, even as BCom remains the most popular choice.
Meanwhile, Arts colleges, which had witnessed a reverse trend in students' demand over the past two to three years, have seen a 30% growth in applications this year.

Mumbai: While self-financed courses offered by colleges affiliated to Mumbai University have been among the preferred choice of students for some years now, demand for BCom (accounts and finance), also known as BAF, seems to be on the rise like never before.

BAF has seen 50% more applications now than last year—the highest percentage growth—closely followed by BMM and BMS, which have seen a growth of 43.5% and 41%, respectively.

Among the traditional courses, BA saw the highest jump in applications at 30%, even as BCom remains the most popular choice.

Though plain BSc attracted a large number of applications, growth from the previous year is not significant, states admissions trend data compiled by the university this year.

BAF is popular with students who wish to pursue chartered or cost accountancy, as most accounts' subjects overlap with these courses, said former commerce dean Madhu Nair. K C College principal Manju Nichani added that BAF has scoring subjects and students keen on pursuing higher studies abroad see it best to pick BAF over plain BCom as it is not very easy to score in BCom subjects. The total number of applications received for all the specialized courses in commerce put together crossed the applications received for plain BCom this year.

Meanwhile, Arts colleges, which had witnessed a reverse trend in students' demand over the past two to three years, have seen a 30% growth in applications this year.

Agnelo Menezes, principal of St Xavier's College, popular for Arts, said, "There is a huge demand for psychology, followed by English literature and then economics in final-year BA. The demand is so high that students who do not manage to get seats in psychology in the final year in our college, seek admission to other colleges after their second year."

While psychology and literature have seen a spike in numbers, economics, although in demand, has seen a drop in his college, added Menezes... . . .

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