The facilities of the Institute are pronounced invariably in terms of the ratio of seats allotted between the different programmes rather than in terms of a fixed number of seats. The total number of admissions made may vary from year to year. The change in the total number of seats takes place primarily to adjust to the requirements of a highly flexible system which accommodates a second semester admission, dual degree, admission with advanced standing, transfer, etc.

In order to reduce the number of iterations, based on earlier experience and on a statistical projection of the responses received, the Institute might make admission offers to a larger number of candidates than the number of seats earmarked.

In all the above matters, the Vice-chancellors decision shall be final.

The computer is programmed to assign the seats starting from the first candidate on the merit list and going down the same until all seats are filled up. At any time when the computer considers a candidate, it first tries to accommodate the first preference of the candidate and goes to his/her second preference if his/her first preference could not be accommodated and so on. Assignments for all programmes are thus completed and immediate admission offers are made.

Based on our past experience, a certain number of candidates would be placed on waiting list. Whenever vacancies arise, the procedure of assignment would be exactly the same as described above. During each iteration, a de novo assignment starting from the first candidate in the merit list will be made. Of course, in this operation, candidates who have declined the offer and/or who have not paid fees would be removed from the merit list, It is now clear that tin this process no only some of the candidates who are on the waiting list will get an assignment but also certain students who have already got and assignment may now get a new assignment to one of their higher preferences if seats are now available. The waiting list of the Institute has the following characteristics namely:

• The cut-off point for the waiting list is arrived at by our past experience in terms of the responses from the candidates, the number and the quality of candidates who have applied in the current year with a view to complete the admissions and start the classes in time.
• Those who are admitted to a programme will continue to be on the waiting list for their higher preferences.
• The waiting list is for admission to the Institute and not for a particular programme. Hence it will not be possible to assign a waiting list number for a student for a particular programme.
• A student who has a higher BITSAT score may be on the waiting list while a student who has a lesser BITSAT score may have got admission because the former crossed out a programme which the later has opted for an seats were available in that particular programme.
• Those who cross out a programme not only cease to be candidates for admission to the programme but also for consideration on the waiting list of the programme.
• Those who get offers to be on the waiting list must pay their fees in advance to remain in the waiting list.

No candidate at any time of the operation can change his/her preferences or refuse to slide up in his/her order of preference till the entire admission process is completed. The candidates are therefore strongly advised to exercise their preferences after careful consideration. Normally a candidate cannot change the preferences once submitted. However, if for any reason a candidate discovers a mistake in his preferences already submitted, he can submit a request for change of preferences in the prescribed format before the last date for submitting applications.