Many courses at Hansraj College likely to have sky high cut-offs

With a large number of students crossing the 95 per cent threshold, authorities at the prestigious Hansraj College – which is bracing up for a barrage of applications – have hinted at a slight increase in the cut-offs for its coveted courses.

The college is known for its Arts and Commerce courses. However, in a recent college ranking, its Science department stood first in Delhi and fourth in the nation. Speaking to Millennium Post, Dr Rajesh Tandon, an admission committee member from the Science department, said, "During my time in Delhi University, students would somehow get admitted by September. But the ever increasing list of ninety percenters has changed that. This year we expect cut-offs to reach 97 per cent."

Last year, B.Sc Chemistry led the Science pack with 97.33 per cent, followed by B.Sc Computer Science with 97.25 per cent in the first cut-off list. "We had several admissions in the B.Sc programme courses after around a 1,000 applications. The most popular courses are Chemistry, Zoology, Physics and Botany. We usually come up with at least seven cut-off lists in Science," Tandon said.

Dr Rama Sharma, the college principal, said: "We have courses starting from Anthropology to Zoology. Our college has the best faculty who are known across national and international platforms."

The main fight will be for Arts and Commerce courses. Officials in charge of the Commerce and Arts academic committee hinted that cut-offs for these courses may rise by .2 to .3 per cent. This could be bad news for general category students as cut-offs for BA Economics (Hons) and B.Com (Hons) close after the second list. Last year, cut-offs for Economics (Hons) stood at 98 per cent and at 97.55 per cent for B Com (Hons). Meanwhile, the college – in association with RK Films and Media Academy – has come up with add-on courses in Radio Jockeying, Anchoring, TV Journalism, -Mass Communication, Advertising, Marketing and many others. These will take place over a period of three months, after regular college hours.