Delhi University released its first cut-off list for undergraduate programmes for 2016-17 on Wednesday night with the highest cut-off across all streams at 99.25 per cent for B.Com (Honours) at Ramjas College. Unlike last year, no college asked for a perfect score for any stream this time.
The highest cut-off in science stream was at 99 per cent for B.Sc (Honours) Electronics at SGTB Khalsa College. For B.A. (Honours) English, the most sought-after course this year with 1,15,786 applications, the highest cut-off was again asked by SGTB Khalsa College at 98.75 per cent, half a point more than Lady Shri Ram College that announced a cut-off of 98.25 per cent. Shri Ram College of Commerce, one of the most sought after colleges under DU, announced its cut-off at 98.25 per cent for B.A. (Honours) Economics and 98 per cent for B.Com (Honours). At Lady Shri Ram College, the highest cut-off was set for Psychology (Honours) at 98.5 per cent -- an increase of 0.5 per cent from last year. Approval of admission will begin on June 30 and continue till July 2. Second cut-off will be out on July 5.
Despite the number of applicants to Delhi University dipping this year, the cut-offs remained almost the same as last year, showing only a marginal increase or decrease in most colleges.
A surprising increase in cut-offs, especially in the science stream, was seen at GTB Khalsa College that was recently in the news with the Delhi High Court on June 20 observing that the college can start admissions as a minority institution.
Relief expected DU experts, who have been following the admission trend closely over the past few years, have assured students of some relief in the cut-off lists to follow.
Students should also keep in mind, the maths involved with the cut-off lists. The way to arrive at the qualification percentage is to take into account marks in one language plus three best subjects in the board exam. Students will have to note that if they have not studied a particular subject in school, a penalty of 2.5 per cent for Honours courses is imposed for each subject not studied or included in best four. For a stream change, the penalty is a maximum of five per cent.
“The most important thing for candidates is to reserve a seat after the first cut-off is declared. Switching colleges during admissions is an easy process. The university entitles the students a minimum breather of three days. Changing courses within the same college is even easier,” said Lady Shri Ram’s spokesperson Kanika Khandelwal.
This is the first year that the university has switched completely to online mode for admission to undergraduate programmes. It received a total of 2,50,914 applications for 54,000 seats in 63 colleges.
In the CBSE Class XII examinations this year, approximately 90,000 students scored more than 90 per cent, which explains the reason behind the high cut-offs. At 1,15,786, B.A. (Hons) English had the most number of applicants, followed by B.A. (Programme) and B.A. (Hons) Political Science with 98,294 and 90,195 applicants respectively.
Applicants who meet the required cut-off need to log on to the DU portal to select the college and course they want to take admission to. They then need to take a print out of the form and go to the respective college for verification of mark sheets and other documents. Document verification and approval of admission will begin from June 30 at 9 a.m. and end on July 2 at 1 p.m. The timings for the same for evening colleges is 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. After this, the college will approve admissions on its web portal and the student will have to pay the fees online via the DU portal.
Second cut-off list Second cut-off list will be out on July 5 at 9 a.m. There is a uniform one per cent concession given to girls at 24 colleges in some of the courses.
This year, the university will release only five cut-off lists, after which individual colleges will fill their vacant seats on first come, first serve basis after a call is made for registered students to apply to individual college again based on course-wise and category-wise vacant seat.
