admissions to degree college courses have begun and students are busy making choices once again the pure science and commerce streams have taken a back seat instead offbeat courses like bachelor of mass media bmm and bachelor of management studies bms have attracted most students nobody wants to pursue a degree in commerce unless they have an added feature like bcom with accounting finance or banking insurance bmm and bms will always be the top favourites for students said marie fernandes principal st andrews college bandra w courses in hospitality too are gaining a lot of popularity among students the pure and natural science streams are losing their charm with every passing year its all about engineering and medicine now nobody is interested in pure science if at all they get stuck with a bs c due to low marks they choose either computer science or it to go along with their degree said a principal of a suburban college last year the union department of science initiated a scheme where scholarships were offered to students interested in pursuing a degree in pure natural science each student who scored above 80 was entitled to a scholarship of rs 80 000 annually for a period of five years but there were few takers principals are hoping that this year more students will go for the opportunity if that is not all colleges are worried about lastminute changes in admissions even though students are seeking admissions right now most of them are anxiously awaiting the cet results after which they will cancel their admission with us and go for seats in engineering colle ges even though we have started the admission process early this time colleges will end up giving admissions till july said tushar desai principal d g ruparel college matunga authorities are worried that more seats are going vacant in the science and arts stream every year weve also heard that departments are shutting down and colleges are reducing their divisions instead they are seeking permission to start unaided courses to attract more students said the viceprincipal of a commerce college most principals said they were hopeful of a change in the trend to bring the charm back to pure science and commerce courses