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Science, the stream once coveted and pursued by many students, may have lost quite a bit of its sheen, reveals an analysis of the recently-concluded first-year junior college (FYJC) admission figures. While many seats in the science stream were vacant, almost all of the seats in commerce were taken, strengthening a trend that has emerged in the last couple of years. The numbers reveal that for students, the promise of new careers in business and industry may be more appealing than those in traditional research, medicine and engineering.