Students seeking admission to Delhi University may want to brace themselves for the steep cut-offs, which may be higher than last year’s, owing to changes brought into the admission criteria.
While DU has stopped the system of a stream-wise cut-off from this year, it has included criteria that will affect those looking to get a seat in an Honors course in a subject they have not studied in Class XII.
When asked about the cut-offs for this year, Joint Dean Student’s Welfare Association, Malay Neerav said: “Parameters affected by the changes in admission policy, which has done away with stream-wise cut-offs from this year, is likely to affect cut-offs both ways.”
“While on the one hand, students of Commerce stream who have done English, Economics and Mathematics may be at an advantage while doing an Honors course in any of these subjects, Humanities students will not get any advantage if they want to pursue English (Honors),” Mr. Neerav added.
Till last year, the cut-offs were highest for Commerce students and the least for those from Humanities.
Students seeking admission in a subject they have studied in Class XII may have it easier, though cut-offs will be high for those who have not studied a subject in Class XII and still want to pursue an Honors course in that particular subject.
For instance, if the cut-off for History (Honors) is 90 per cent, students who have not studied History in Class XII, need to have scored 92.5 per cent marks. As much as 2.5 per cent will be deducted from their best of four aggregate. Cut-offs of two sought-after courses — B.Com (Honors) and Economics (Honors) — are likely to be steeper than expected.
“Since it is not necessary to include Mathematics in the best of four for taking admission in these two courses, the cut-offs are likely to be very high.
In the last few years, it was noted that students do not score well in Mathematics, which was included in the best-four compulsorily. This affected the overall cut-off. But, it will change from this year,” said an official.
