Only 12 colleges succeeded in filling all the seats. This list includes two self-financing institutions namely the Institute of Road Transport Technology in Erode, Sivasubramania Nadar College of Engineering. The other colleges that overcame the hurdle of vacant seats are College of Engineering, the A.C. College of Technology at Chennai; the Alagappa College of Technology at Karaikudi, the MIT-Chrompet; Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai; PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, the Government Colleges of Engineering at Bargur and the Coimbatore Institute of Technology, Coimbatore. The panorama was evenly depressing for dental courses. Out of 750 government seats available, 340 remained unfilled. ComedK had as many as 628 dental seats going unused. AECS Maaruti College of Dental Sciences and Research Centre have 55 seats unfilled while the College of Dental Sciences, Davanagere, and PMNM Dental College and Hospital, Bagalkot, have 45 each. A similar scene can be witnessed in other states. Maharastra has around 22,280 unused engineering seats, a low point the state has never touched before. The colleges in Orissa and Tamil Nadu are haunted by similar scenario.