Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College had started selling application forms since Saturday.

A St Stephen’s college official said nearly a thousand forms were sold on Day One. When asked about the trends, the official said it was too early to comment. “We cannot comment on the cut-off percentage. The forms have to analysed first,” he said. June 16 is the last date for students to submit their filled-in forms.

The students who make it will be called for interviews. Every year, the principal presides over the interview but this year, the college has still not decided upon a new principal.

Pratyasha Barua from Guwahati said she has applied for Law in various colleges and has kept St Stephen’s as a “back-up”. “Even if I don’t become a lawyer, I would like to become a Stephanian,” she said. Arjun Pandey from Bihar said: “I have heard a lot about St Stephen’s College and so I just came to try my hand and luck.”