With Delhi University releasing its second cut-off list for admission to various undergraduate courses on Monday night, a number of options are still available to those who could not make it in the first list.
Ramjas College and Shri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College, the two colleges that had asked for the highest percentages in the first cut-off list, have retained a high cut-off in the second list as well. However, B.Com (Hons) in Ramjas College, which had the highest cut-off earlier, has seen a dip from 99.25 per cent to 97.25 per cent.
Cut-offs for most of the courses across various colleges have dipped from 0.25 per cent to two per cent, with humanities and commerce courses showing a marginal dip. Unlike them, science courses have shown a bigger drop in the second cut-off list.
Availability of seats
As far as the availability of seats is concerned, options in all three streams at most colleges are still open. However, courses like BA Sociology (Hons) and BA History (Hons) are not available any more. Lady Shri Ram (LSR) College, Janki Devi Memorial College and Maitreyi College have closed admissions for BA Sociology (Hons).
BA Psychology (Hons), a much sought-after course in DU, is still available at many colleges, including Indraprastha College, Daulat Ram College and LSR.
In other good news for those awaiting admissions, popular courses like BA English (Hons), BA Economics (Hons), BCom (Hons) are still available at quite a few colleges. The cut-off for B.Com (Hons) has dipped by 0.5 per cent and BA Economics (Hons) by 0.75 per cent at Shri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC). The new cut-off for BA (Hons) Economics at Ramjas College has decreased to 97.75 per cent. Sri Venkateswara College, which was expected to close admissions for Political Science, has not done so. Seats in most courses are up for grabs at Hans Raj College.
Admissions closed
On the other hand, Kirori Mal College has closed admissions for five courses — BA History (Hons), BA Sanskrit (Hons), BA Urdu (Hons), BSc. Physical Science and BSc. Computer Science. Indraprastha College has filled up seats in History (Hons).
Off campus colleges like Aditi Mahavidyalaya and Deshbandhu College too have closed admissions for B.Com (Hons).
Deshbandhu College has also closed admissions for BA Economics (Hons), BA English (Hons), B.Com (Hons), BSc Biochemistry, BSc Botany (Hons) and BSc Chemistry (Hons). Ramanujan College, an off campus institution in south Delhi’s Kalkaji, had released its second cut-off list on Sunday with a maximum decrease of just one per cent across courses. It closed admissions to B.Com (Pass) and B.Com (Hons) after seats were taken up in the first round itself.
Science courses
The second cut-offs in science courses showed a larger decline compared to courses in the other streams. The cut-off for BSc Physics in Kirori Mal College dropped from 98 per cent to 96 per cent. Likewise, at Hindu College, the cut-off for BSc Chemistry (Hons) dropped from 97.33 per cent to 96 per cent. While most science courses are still available across colleges, BSc (Hons) Zoology has closed in many, including Daulat Ram College, Acharya Narendra Dev College, Deen Dayal Upadhyay College and Ramjas College.
Admissions for those who have qualified according to the second cut-off list will begin from Tuesday.
Students who have qualified the first cut-off but were unable to pay the fee are also allowed to pay up till Tuesday.
The third cut-off list will be released on July 11.
(Simran is an intern with The Hindu)
