Though admissions to Delhi University on the basis of the second cut-off list closed on Friday, most colleges will declare a third cut-off list.
However, students should not expect a huge drop in the minimum percentage required. Most North Campus colleges are expected to give a relief of about one per cent to two per cent in the third cut-off list, to be released on July 11.
There is a probability of a higher dip in science courses as compared to humanities and commerce streams. The same trend was seen in the case of the second cut-off list as well.
Popular courses
In terms of courses, seats in popular courses like B.Com (Hons), BA (Hons) Economics and BA English (Hons) are still available in most colleges. However, Shri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC) may not come up with a third cut-off list for B. Com (Hons) since most of the seats are already filled. So far, 496 students have enrolled for B.Com (Hons) and 61 for BA Economics (Hons).
“We might not come up with a third list for B.Com (Hons). But that depends on the number of reserved category seats that we will be left with. There will be a third list for economics for sure,” said SRCC Principal Rajendra Rustagi.
Already unavailable in many colleges, those looking to opt for psychology have been left with one less option as Indraprastha College has closed admissions to its BA (Hons) Psychology course. The college has also closed admissions for other courses including BA (Hons) Mathematics, BA (Hons) Hindi, BA (Hons) History, BA (Hons) Philosophy and BA Programme. However, there may be a change in the status in case of withdrawals or if seats in the reserved category remain vacant.
There are plenty of options for female students as seats for all courses in Miranda House are still available. Only half of the seats have been filled so far and seats in major courses like Economics, B.Com and English are still up for grabs. The only course that Miranda House has closed is BSc (Hons) Botany.
“We are going slow with our admission process. Hence, only half the seats have been filled so far. Students can expect almost all courses to remain open for admission in the third list. However, in terms of the drop in cut-off, I cannot say that we will go beyond one per cent to two per cent,” said Miranda House Principal Pratibha Jolly.
While most North and South Campus colleges still have seats available, off-campus colleges have closed many of their programmes. In fact, Sri Aurobindo College, which is located in South Delhi’s Malviya Nagar, has over-admitted students. The college has admitted 1,100 students against the 970 seats available.
After the third list on July 11, colleges will release two more lists. Following that, admissions will be done at the level of individual colleges if seats are still left, with the colleges releasing separate lists.
