DU admissions: Outstation students dismayed by delay

Thousands of students coming from faraway lands are deeply upset by the chaos occurring at the University of Delhi (DU), which compelled the colleges to put the admission process on hold.

Despite the shock of the first cut­off list – scheduled to be announced by colleges on Tuesday morning – getting deferred, students still expected the confusion to tide away by evening. ‘We reached here in the morning, expected to get the admission done and return by tomorrow (Wednesday), for which we had booked seats too. Now, that has to be cancelled,’ says Shivangi Sahu, a student from Bhopal.

Many students have missed their counseling and now they do not have too many options left. ‘I had to come to Delhi so I couldn’t attend my counseling both at Amity Gwalior and the Barkatullah University in Bhopal,’ said Shivangi. She further said, she is not going to any other university now, no matter how much time it takes. Delhi is way too expensive for outstation students who are waiting for the impasse to get over and the admission process to begin. ‘We are staying in a hotel at Paharganj, which charges us Rs 1500 a day for accommodation. But we can’t afford it for more than four or five days,’ said Trishna Borgohain, a student from Digboi in Assam.

It is worse for students who are not expecting to make it to their desired colleges right after the first cut­off list. ‘The second list comes usually five days after the first, so the first cut­off list has to be announced really soon,’ said Debokanto Gohain, father of a student from Tinsukia in Assam.

Some students seemed disappointed enough to go back to their home­towns and study there. ‘I have applied in one of the most reputed colleges in Guwahati. If it doesn’t happen in DU in a week, I shall leave for the counseling there scheduled on 10 July,’ said another student from Assam. 

‘We came all over from Bhopal. Hoping to get admission in DU, I left counselling of many colleges. I am in danger zone. My one year is at stake. Why didn’t they inform us before, when they weren’t sure about it,’ asked Shivangi Sahu, an aspirant.