Aspirants wait with bated breath for first cut-offs

With just a day to go before the first cut-offs are released, Delhi University aspirants are waiting with bated breath, as the race to clinch one of the undergraduate 56,000 seats gets underway.

While many aspirants have been tensed over the past week, anticipating high cut-offs, there are others who believe that there is no point in fretting over the issue.

Arush Vats – who scored 91 per cent in his Class XII Board exams – has been tensed for a week, as he believes that with many students crossing the 95 per cent threshold, he might not make it to the top colleges in North Campus.

"I wanted to take admission in St Stephen's college, but with my results that is out of the question. I have been following the media updates on the cut-offs and I think that even a one per cent hike will hamper my chances," Vats said.

Ankush may be aiming for top North Campus colleges, but there are some who just want to secure a seat in DU.

Aradhana, another DU aspirant, scored only 85 per cent and minces no words in saying she wants to secure admission in any DU-affiliated college

"My strategy is just to secure a seat in the first cut-off. I will then have to keep a track of the second and third cut-offs and hopefully get a seat in a good college," she said.

Many students have been making trips to temples in Delhi. Some of these aspirants admitted to Millennium Post that their parents had pressurised them into visiting the temples.

"It's not like I was anxious enough to go around temples, but my parents told me that it was in my interest. God will definitely not give me a seat, but putting your faith in him certainly takes the pressure off," said Saket, a former student of a Kendriya Vidyalaya school.

While many aspirants are may be making trips to temple, there have been some who went on family trips for a week before the first cut-offs come out.

Priyanka and her family had taken a short trip to her native village in Uttarakhand to blow some steam.

"My family decided to take the trip as they believe that I will not have time for them after I get admission in college. I have secured 95 per cent and am confident that I will get into Miranda House," she said.