It may be because it was the weekend or it may be because teenagers like to leave it to the last minute; but whatever the reason, most Delhi University colleges admitted that while attendance by admission seekers was thin on Saturday, they were almost sure of all their popular courses being full by Monday, the last day of admissions before the third list is out.
Hindu College, with the season’s highest cut-offs, in spite of very few people thronging to its campus on Saturday, saw over-admissions with a total of 922 students admitted for the 752 seats it has on offer. “For B.Com. (Honours) we have admitted 52 against the 54 seat availability, for Economics (Honours) also there are very few seats which will be filled by Monday. Our History (Honours) course is also full,” said Hindu College Principal Pradyum Kumar, adding that there might be a third list for the Hindi, Sanskrit and Philosophy courses and there was a remote possibility of Physics (Honours) course coming up for grabs.
Ramjas College, which has seen long-winding queues ever since the beginning of mission admission, was almost deserted on Saturday.
“Attendance was dim, we saw only around 100 admissions today and we have admitted a total of 847 students out of the 1,400 seats we have on offer. However, it is the usual scene whenever there are admissions on Saturday. We are expecting most of our courses to be full by Monday,” said Ramjas College Principal Rajendra Prasad.
There is bad news for those hoping to clinch a seat in the nearby Hans Raj College, which saw several seats getting grabbed despite the holiday. “One thousand seats have been filled against our capacity of 1,100 seats; even with over-admissions we can accommodate another 150 students,” said Hans Raj College Principal V. K. Kawatra, adding that there were over-admissions already in several courses, including the less-popular science courses. The Other Backward Classes quota was also almost full in most courses, with the college getting several outstation admissions from Andhra Pradesh, Kerala and Bihar. The college said the possibility of a third list was dim.
“There may be a third list for Sanskrit or Hindi (Honours),” added Dr. Kawatra.
It is the same scene of lesser numbers on Saturday but more expected on Monday even in the South Campus colleges. “We saw moderate admissions of 73 on Saturday, but we expect it to pick on Monday,” said Sri Venkateswara College media co-ordinator V.C. Rao, adding that they were also expecting a surge in numbers on Monday.
The popular all-girls Lady Shri Ram College also said even though Saturday saw very few admissions, the possibility of a third list was slim other than for courses like Sanskrit and Hindi. “We have only four of our 15 courses open and even these courses are quickly filling up. People usually do not know that there are admissions happening on Saturday, by Monday we expect to be over-admitted,” said Lady Shri Ram College media co-ordinator Kanika.
The all-girls Kamala Nehru College also saw 723 of its 869 seats being filled by Saturday which was a lean day even for them.
“Today [Saturday] we admitted 93 students across all streams. However, for us it is always the last day of admissions that we see the most rush. Our Mathematics (Honours) course is over-loaded, we have already admitted 66 students against 39 seats ” said Kamala Nehru College media co-ordinator Geetesh Nirban, adding that some of their courses like Philosophy usually fill up towards the end.
“It is a trend that people usually look around on the first and second day, and make a final decision on the third day,” she added.
