Mad rush, unanswered questions

The last day of counseling session of the Delhi University admissions 2017-18 on Wednesday witnessed a full house session. It was attended by parents and students from all over the country thronging the venue to clear their admission-related doubts. They were present from 10 am at the Conference Centre in North Campus of varsity.

Also, the open house attracted people from neighbouring states, and northeast. While talking to them, a student said, "This is a good way of clearing our doubts. It also helps us fit into the system."

All the sessions began with a brief presentation on DU which was followed by an in-depth discussion between Dean of Students' Welfare and the audience. Several questions came up during the discussion of which most were related to the weightage given to different level certificates under the sports quota.

The Dean clarified the issue and advised students to not under-estimate their competitors. He said, "If a student doesn't get into any college via sports quota, he/she will not be eligible for admission through general category unless the OMR form has been filled. Thus, students should not keep their hope pinned on sports quota and fill the OMR form as well. The same goes for students under the ECA category."

Other doubts brought up during the session were regarding the criterion for giving a disadvantage to students. One of the students present, Abhiseh Bhalla said, "We were very unclear about how many marks would get cut if we haven't done a course in school but wish to pursue it. Reading the guidelines is not always the best way to understand these things. Thus, this session proved to be helpful."

Meanwhile, a lot of queries were asked about the OBC income certificate to avail the benefits but parents and student were seen arguing with the officials while stating the DoPT guidelines. Even on the last day of the session, one of the confused parent, Aparna Kaur said, "It's the second day that I am attending this session but my doubts have not been cleared yet. Officials over here suggest something and college officials utter something else."

Despite lots of complaint of over technical glitches at varsity website, press release claimed thatmore than 3,500 applicants have completed the registration by paying their fee.

"Over 1,60,131 students have registered online for admissions to Delhi University's undergraduate programmes since Wednesday. Moreover, 1,30,863 applicants, who have completed the personal tab till now,"

Ashutosh Bhardwaj said in a release.