Fear of higher cut-offs giving aspirants sleepless nights

After the results for the Class XII CBSE exams were declared on Sunday, several Delhi students managed to cross the 90 per cent threshold. Yet, not many are optimistic of seeing their dream of getting admission to a top college in Delhi University being realised.

The reason for their pessimism is that the overall number of students getting 95 per cent and above has increased from the previous year. With the number of students scoring above 95 per cent increasing, University sources told Millennium Post that the cut-offs will definitely increase.

Several hundred students from Delhi's-based CBSE-affiliated schools gathered at the Open Day counselling session in North Campus on Monday. Many of them told this paper that they are apprehensive of losing seats to students from other states, as the number of Delhi students scoring 95 per cent and above has gone down to 2,326 from last year's 2,927.

"I managed to score 90 per cent. But when I calculate my best of four, the percentage drops by two points. I wanted to take admission in Hindu College in B.Com (Hons), but looking at last year's cut-offs I don't think I will be making it to the first list," said Shraddha.

Last year's first cut-off list for many coveted courses from Commerce and Arts stream had crossed the 90 per cent threshold.

Sourvit, a student from Mount Carmel, is anxious about the cut-offs despite scoring above 90 per cent.

He wants admission in North Campus, but the below par result in the Political Science exam has marred his chances.

"Many of my friends who topped the pre-Board exams failed to cross 85 per cent. I want to pursue political science, but have no hopes as everything will depend on the cut-offs," Sourvit said.

Meanwhile, DU's online registration services continue to suffer from technical glitches, as the tab 2 option has still not been activated.

"We are working on the issue. The University is in touch with other state boards and after coordinating with them, we will activate the tab 2 option," said Gurpreet Tuteja, Deputy Dean of Student's welfare. Till Monday, over 1,24,876 students registered online for admissions to the University's various undergraduate programmes. "99,510 applicants have submitted their personal details," OSD Admissions, Ashutosh Bhardwaj said in a release.