Admissions in Delhi University started on Saturday morning, with the University releasing its much awaited first cut-off list on Friday night.
With the University's lesser known colleges keeping their first cut-off at par with their more sought-after counterparts, colleges in both categories saw a rather low turnout on the first day of admission.
Despite a marginal dip in the overall cut-off percentage this year – which has come as a relief for students – the usually less much sought-after colleges, such as Dyal Singh, Aryabhatta, Ram Lal Anand and Shivaji have kept their cut-offs for popular courses mostly around 97 per cent.
Shivaji College kept cut-off for BA Economics (H) and BCom (H) at 98 per cent. It was 97 per cent for BCom (H), BA Economics (H) and BA Psychology (H) at Aryabhatta College. Dyal Singh College kept its cut off for BCom (H) and BA Economics (H) at 97 per cent. The cut-off for BCom (H) at Ram Lal Anand and Sri Guru Gobind Singh College of Commerce was 97 per cent.
These colleges remained bereft of the large flocks of students, who were mostly seen crowding the more famous colleges such as Ramjas, Shri Ram College of Commerce, Hindu, Miranda, Kirori Mal, Sri Venkateswara and Atma Ram Santana Dharma, in the morning.
"Till now, only two students have come to take admission; one for BA (H) History and the other for BA programme," said Professor R K Dwivedi of Aryabhatta College.
"Contemplating about surplus admissions on the first day, the cut-off was kept high. As the cut-offs will come down, admissions will gradually increase," he added.
The student who had come to take admission in BA History (H) in Aryabhatta College said: "I just wanted to confirm my seat where I am getting admission in the course of my choice. If in the next round of cut-offs I get a college in North Campus, I may withdraw from here."
An official of the Admission Committee of Ram Lal Anand College said: "Today, it was only the first day, evidently the admissions today are less."
Last year, the Ramjas College had set the bar quite high at 99.25 per cent for admission into BCom (H). This year, Shri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College pegged the highest cut off at 99.66 per cent for B.Sc Electronics (H).
The cut-offs for most popular courses at SGTB Khalsa were set at 98 and above. After setting the standards at this level, the college witnessed influx of only a few students at its campus.