Engineering and medical colleges in Telangana still seem to be favourite among the AP students even after the bifurcation of united Andhra Pradesh. According Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University-Hyderabad has received 21,055 applications under open category for Telangana State Eamcet so far this year. Of this, 14,753 candidates are from Andhra Pradesh – 8,274 are from coastal Andhra and 6,479 from Rayalaseema region.
Medical seats have more takers among students from Andhra. About 10,000 candidates have applied for medical seats and over 4000 for agriculture. As the top 10 colleges are located in and around Hyderabad, there is good demand feels that the number of candidates applying for the examination would increase till the last date of submission of application i.e. April 9.