Thursday was a day of highs and lows, a day after Delhi University released cut-off marks for various colleges for its four year undergraduate programme, high for those with high percentages, confident of getting admission in the college of their dreams, in a course of their preference, and low for those, whose future remained uncertain because of the high cut-offs.
The high cut-off didn’t slow down the rush for admission on Thursday, the first day of admission procedures. If anything, fueled by anxiety, parents and students, increased efforts to get a college seat.
Shri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC) principal, P C Jain, was happy with the response from students on day one. 'It was a wonderful day-one response and I am expecting more forms to be filled in the next two days,’ he said.
Jain informed 234 students had taken admissions for B.Com (Honours). The college has a total of 501 seats in the stream. In Economics, 59 students took admission on the first day for the 123 seats on offer. ‘In total, we have received 293 admissions for 624 seats,’ he said.
Vijay Kumar Sharma, principal of Ram Lal Anand College, where the first cut-off was 100 per cent for B.Tech courses, said, 'We have approximately 630 seats, of which 31 are for the B.Tech courses. Ten B.Tech seats were filled on Thursday.’ He added, ‘On very first day of admissions, we have received 272 admissions forms, including those for B.Tech courses. We have confirmed 86 admissions, of which 57 are for B.Com (Honours). Other colleges attracted a good crowd. Hindu, which has set a cut-off of 99.75 per cent for Commerce, received 147 admissions on the first day, for the 752 seats on offer.
'Hans Raj College which offers a total of 1,154 undergraduate seats, received 100 admissions on day one, of which 71 were confirmed by the college. Most of the confirmed admissions were for B. Com (Honours). On the other hand, only six seats were filled in Economics on first day and six in English.
‘We received admission forms mostly for Commerce and Economics on Thursday. In the next two days, we hope to fill 30 per cent of the seats, which will leave me scope to announce a second cut-off, said the principal of Hans Raj college, VK Kawatra.
Officials of Kirori Mal College said 175 students had reported on the first day of admissions for the 1,350 seats on offer. Nine seats were filled in Economics (Honours), 30 in English (Honours), 27 in Political Science (Honours), 29 in Zoology (Honours), and 17 in Maths (Honours).
A DU official said, 'colleges will continue to accept admissions for two more days before declaring their second cut-off lists in July
Meanwhile, students continued to react differently to the cut-offs. ‘I have filled admission forms, but this year’s 100 per cent cut-off at Ram Lal Anand College is making me anxious,’ said Rashmi, who has scored 95 per cent.
Her sentiments were echoed by many others who stood in the long queues at the North Campus’s colleges for admissions on day one.
On the other hand of the spectrum was Pooja, a humanities student, who is confident of making it to the college of her choice. ‘I’ll file for admission in Daulat Ram. They have set a cut-off of 85 to 93 per cent and I am lucky to have scored 92 per cent in Political Science.
The high cut-off didn’t slow down the rush for admission on Thursday, the first day of admission procedures. If anything, fueled by anxiety, parents and students, increased efforts to get a college seat.
Shri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC) principal, P C Jain, was happy with the response from students on day one. 'It was a wonderful day-one response and I am expecting more forms to be filled in the next two days,’ he said.
Jain informed 234 students had taken admissions for B.Com (Honours). The college has a total of 501 seats in the stream. In Economics, 59 students took admission on the first day for the 123 seats on offer. ‘In total, we have received 293 admissions for 624 seats,’ he said.
Vijay Kumar Sharma, principal of Ram Lal Anand College, where the first cut-off was 100 per cent for B.Tech courses, said, 'We have approximately 630 seats, of which 31 are for the B.Tech courses. Ten B.Tech seats were filled on Thursday.’ He added, ‘On very first day of admissions, we have received 272 admissions forms, including those for B.Tech courses. We have confirmed 86 admissions, of which 57 are for B.Com (Honours). Other colleges attracted a good crowd. Hindu, which has set a cut-off of 99.75 per cent for Commerce, received 147 admissions on the first day, for the 752 seats on offer.
'Hans Raj College which offers a total of 1,154 undergraduate seats, received 100 admissions on day one, of which 71 were confirmed by the college. Most of the confirmed admissions were for B. Com (Honours). On the other hand, only six seats were filled in Economics on first day and six in English.
‘We received admission forms mostly for Commerce and Economics on Thursday. In the next two days, we hope to fill 30 per cent of the seats, which will leave me scope to announce a second cut-off, said the principal of Hans Raj college, VK Kawatra.
Officials of Kirori Mal College said 175 students had reported on the first day of admissions for the 1,350 seats on offer. Nine seats were filled in Economics (Honours), 30 in English (Honours), 27 in Political Science (Honours), 29 in Zoology (Honours), and 17 in Maths (Honours).
A DU official said, 'colleges will continue to accept admissions for two more days before declaring their second cut-off lists in July
Meanwhile, students continued to react differently to the cut-offs. ‘I have filled admission forms, but this year’s 100 per cent cut-off at Ram Lal Anand College is making me anxious,’ said Rashmi, who has scored 95 per cent.
Her sentiments were echoed by many others who stood in the long queues at the North Campus’s colleges for admissions on day one.
On the other hand of the spectrum was Pooja, a humanities student, who is confident of making it to the college of her choice. ‘I’ll file for admission in Daulat Ram. They have set a cut-off of 85 to 93 per cent and I am lucky to have scored 92 per cent in Political Science.