New Delhi: DU second cut off list has brought cheers to some faces while some are looking dejected. Many who were dreaming of getting into top colleges have now opted for off-campus or evening colleges. Admission procedure for the second list will start on Wednesday and last till Friday. Gurpreet Singh Tuteja, Deputy Dean, Students' Welfare, said that those students, who have taken admission in a college and want to change now, can apply for a fee refund which they will get back within two months with a minor deduction.
As per the sources, there is no prospect for popular programmes like B Com (Hons), Physics (Hons), Chemistry (Hons), English (Hons), History (Hons), and Economics (Hons) in most of the top colleges. Many colleges have, in fact, admitted more students than the number of seats Hindu has taken in 216 students as against 54 seats for its Physics (Hons) programme, while Daulat Ram has admitted 68 as against 12 seats for its Chemistry (Hons) programme.
Delhi University affiliated eight colleges have closed admissions to B Com (Hons) programme; there are 49 colleges where there is still hope. Colleges like Deen Dayal Upadhyaya, Delhi College of Arts and Commerce, Kalindi, Atma Ram Sanatan Dharm and Motilal Nehru, among others, have decreased the cut-off by 1% to 5%.
Science aspirants have a choice in Ramjas where the cut-off for Physics (Hons) has been dipped by 10%. In the off-campus colleges, the cut-off for programmes like B Sc programme, Physics (Hons), Chemistry (Hons) and Maths (Hons), among others has been brought down by 3% to 4%. On Monday itself, Lady Shri Ram College closed admissions for eight of its honours programmes. Sri Venkateswara did the same for two programmes and Gargi College for four programmes.
In the North Campus, Shri Ram College of Commerce wound up the process for Economics (Hons) in general category while bringing down the cut-off for B Com (Hons) by only 0.5%. Meanwhile, Hansraj closed admissions for honours in B Com, Chemistry and Electronics, while reducing the cut-offs for other courses by 0.25% to 4%. Although Physics (Hons) is still open at Hansraj, there is no change in cut-off.
Hindu has closed admissions for Physics (Hons), keeping the process open for Chemistry (Hons), Maths (Hons), Economics (Hons) and Sanskrit (Hons) with the same cut-off marks as in the first list. For the rest of the programmes, it has reduced the cut-off in the second list by 0.25% to 2%. Miranda House, Kirorimal, SGTB Khalsa, Ramjas and Daulat Ram also closed some of their programmes, with Kirorimal closing up the process for seven programmes and MH and DR closing admissions for six.
The cut-off for OBC has also come down by 2% to 10% as majority of the seats in the colleges are still vacant. While Gargi College filled around 40% of its 180 seats, Venkateswara admitted 59 as against 197, taking the cut-off down by 7% to 8%. In Hansraj the figure gets even more miserable with 25 admissions for 200 seats, resulting in 5% dip in the cut off.
