New Delhi: Even the sweltering heat could not stop the student flocks from going college to college this Thursday and check if they had made it to the first cut-off list for admission. DU’s cut-off list for the popular colleges has gone up by a few notches this year. Based on the first cut-offs, admissions will be open for three days starting from Friday.
DU’s colleges cut off list released on Thursday had a mixed reaction on the aspirants. Many students were overjoyed, while others were disappointed that they would have to wait for the second list to be out. The lists indicated a mixed bag as many popular colleges on campus had increased their entry criteria to 90 percent, many off-campus colleges tried to maintain or lower the marks required for admission as compared to last year.
For the most sought after B Com (Honours) course, the cut off ranges between 95.25 to 98.75 at Shri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC) and a bit lower at Hindu college with 94.75 to 97.75 percent. Many students were disappointed with the fact despite scoring 90% they couldn't make it to the SRCC. Even for Economics (Honours) the cut-offs are high - 93.5 to 96.5 percent at SRCC and 92.75 to 96.75 percent at Hindu College. Based on the first cut-offs, admissions will be open for three days starting from Friday.
However, the cut-off percentage for Humanities courses at Ramjas College and Kirori Mal College (KMC) provided the students with a reason to smile. Off-campus colleges like Lady Sri Ram (LSR) College and Sri Venkateswara College have relaxed their entry criteria - maintaining last year's levels and even dropping it in some courses. LSR reduced the cut-offs by 0.25 percent for the B.Com (Honours) course and by two percent for English (Honours) as compared to last year. Many other colleges too have dropped cut-offs by one to three percent across streams.
Gurpreet Singh Tuteja, DU, Deputy Dean of Students Welfare, said that this year has witnessed a dip in all on-campus colleges lists. Science courses have seen a notable dip in off-campus colleges. Cut-offs has been lowered for arts courses as well. He also said that the reasons for the lowering of cut-offs, was the increased number of seats, as the university has added 7,000 seats across courses for the coming academic session to accommodate Other Backward Castes (OBC) quota increased by nine percent this year. Moreover, the cut off was kept realistic so that the colleges get maximum admissions in the first go itself.
