I got a seat on the first list. Should I decline for upgradation?

1. Accepted answer

   Accept the seat and join, then take part in the upgradation process. Declining to "try again" is the move that loses seats, and it is one of the most expensive mistakes in the whole admission cycle.

   Why it works this way:

   • A seat is held by paying the fee the college names, inside its deadline. A place in a list is not a place in a class.
   • Upgradation moves you up your own preference list, from your admission in this list to a college you ranked higher, if a vacancy opens and your merit reaches it. You keep the seat you hold while you are considered.
   • A declined seat goes to the candidate below you. It does not wait for you, and the college does not hold it across lists.

   What to have ready on the day the list appears:

   • The fee, in the form and account the notice names, inside the three-day or five-day window it states.
   • Original documents: CNIC or B-Form, domicile, PRC where your province asks, academic certificates, medical fitness certificate, photographs.
   • A working phone number on the application form. A college that cannot reach an admitted candidate moves on.

   The preference list you submitted is the boundary. A college you did not list cannot be offered to you, in a selection list or in an upgradation. That is why the list deserves an hour of thought before submission, not five minutes.

   The admission process guide covers the documents and the preference list in order, and the merit list page tracks which body has published which list.

   SalikStaff

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