Admissions to degree colleges in the city have begun, and it seems like students vying to get into the best institutions will have to fight it out, thanks to stiff competition.
With first-rankers attaining percentages above 95 per cent, the minimum or cut-off percentage (for general category) in the first-list in top colleges was high as 90 per cent!
For admissions to the for the B.Com (regular) course at Badruka College of Commerce & Arts, the cut-off marks were 90 per cent, and 85.2 per cent at Aurora Degree College. Badruka college, which also has an ‘aided’ category under which students are funded by the State government, had 85.9 per cent as cut-off for the same stream. For the B.Com (computers) programme, the college had a high cut-off percentage of 87.9 per cent , and 85.1 per cent for BBA in the general category.
The B.Com (regular) course Pragati Degree College, another sought-after institution, commanded an 84.6 per cent cut-off. Marks in other categories for the BC, SC/ST quotas varied, among the colleges.
Several students were anxiously awaiting the day of admissions. With both Aurora and Badruka colleges having a minimum cut-off percentage of 57.8 per cent and 65 per cent among all categories, many students whose scores were not high, wonder if they had chances of getting on.
“I wasn’t able to find my name in any of the lists despite scoring 68 per cent. And given the number of applications, it is very tough to get in to any good college,” said Ritika B..
Meanwhile, the demand for non-technical courses seems to be on the rise, with many degree colleges reporting an increased number of applicants.
“There is a demand for many undergraduate courses like B.Com and B.Sc. This year, we received about 25 per cent more applications than last year. The ratio of admission to application ratio is 1:3,” said S. Radhai, Dean (Academics), St. Ann’s Degree College, Mehdipatnam. The cut-off for Biological and Mathematics combination courses were around 80 per cent, she claimed.
“We observed that the demand for varied courses is gradually going up. It has also to do with how a college is performing academically,” said Revati Mathur, head of the Department of Commerce, Villa Marie College for Women. She said 75 per cent was the average cut-off for nearly all courses, including Arts.
