DU Second Cut-off Highlights: Several courses in colleges go without second list

The Ramjas College has closed admissions for general candidates in BA (Hons.) Hindi, BA programme and B.Com. The varsity threw open its admission portal for aspirants of various undergraduate courses on May 15. The registration for these courses ended on June 7. 

- PTI inputs 

The Gargi College and the Hindu College have also closed admissions for general category candidates in BA (Hons.) History, BA(Hons.) Political Science and BA programme. The Miranda House has closed admissions for general category candidates in BA (Hons.) Geography, BA (Hons.) Political Science and BA(Honours) Philosophy.

- PTI inputs

In the Kirori Mal College, admissions have been closed for BA (Hons.) Urdu, BA (Hons) Sanskrit, and B.Sc. (Physical Sciences) with computer science optional for general category candidates. The SRCC has closed admissions for SC candidates for its B.A. (Honours) Economics. 

- PTI inputs 

The Lady Shri Ram College has closed admissions for BA (Hons.) Economics, BA (Hons.) Political Science, BA (Hons.) History, BA (Hons.) Psychology, BA (Hons.) Sociology and B.Com (Hons.). The LSR had announced a cut-off of 98.75 per cent for the BA programme in the first list which came down to 97.75 per cent in the second.

- PTI inputs 

Many prominent Delhi University colleges, including the LSR, SRCC and Hindu, did not announce their second cut-off for several courses Sunday as their seats were filled post the announcement of the first cut-off on June 19. Over 15,000 admissions took place in the three days after the first cut-offs were announced. Today, the second cut-offs were announced but many colleges did not need to do it for several courses.

- PTI inputs 

The Hindu College has demanded 97.50 percent in BA (English), while 97.25 percent for B.Com (Hons).

Subject wise cut-off

BA (Economics)- 97.75%

BA (English)- 97.50%

BA (Hindi)- 90%

BA (Philosophy)- 91.50%

BA (Sociology)- 96%

B.Com (Hons)- 97.25%

Deshbandhu College has demanded 94.50% for B.Com (Hons). However, it has closed the admission process for the SC category. The college has demanded 94 percent for BA (Economics), 92 percent for BA (English), and 89 percent for BA (Political Science).

Daulat Ram College has demanded 94.75 percent in BA (English), 95 per cent for Political Science. The college has closed admission process for BA (History), BA (Psychology).

At Bharati college, admission process for the B.Com (Hons), BA (History) for General Category has been closed. The college demanded 88 per cent in English, 90 per cent for Journalism, 86 per cent for Political Science, 80 per cent for BA programme

The Second Cut-Off list for admissions to various Undergraduate Courses (based on merit) of the University of Delhi for the Academic Year 2018-2019 will be notified /displayed by the different colleges of the University on Monday, the 25th June, 2018. The details of the minimum cut-off percentage of marks (Second Admission List) at which admissions to various courses have been offered by different colleges are given in the enclosed charts. For details, with regard to variation in Cut-Off percentage, the candidates are advised to contact the respective colleges on Monday, the 25th June, 2018

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Delhi University’s St Stephen’s College Monday released the cut-offs, which marginally increased by 0.25-1% for Humanities courses from last year. For science subjects, however, there is a slight drop in cut-offs. Being a religious minority college, St Stephen’s reserves 50% seats for Christians. It also releases separate cutoffs for students from humanities, science and commerce streams. The college has 410 seats across 10 courses.

Like last year, Economics (Hons) has the highest cut-off at 98.75% for commerce students; 98% for Humanities; and 97.5% for science students. Students also need to have 90% in mathematics to make the cut. There has been an increase of 0.25-0.5 percentage points across the three streams, compared to last year.

English (Hons) also has a high cut-off — 98.5% for commerce students — similar to last year. For science students, it is 98%. Admissions, however, will take place following an aptitude test and an interview. The breakup is as follows: 5% for the test, 10% for the interview and 85% for Class XII board marks.

For persons with disabilities, the cut-off is 82 per cent for B.Com (Honours) and 93.50 per cent for B.A.(Honours) Economics. Kashmiri migrant candidates require at least 87.37 per cent for admission in B.Com (Honours) and 95 per cent for BA (Honours) English. 

- PTI inputs 

The cut-off for the SC candidates is 90.75 per cent for B.Com (Honours) while admissions are closed under B.A (Honours) Economics. For the ST category candidates, at least 83.75 per cent is required for admission in B.Com (Honours) and 91.75 per cent for B.A (Honours) Economics. 

- PTI inputs 

The OBC category candidates will require 95 per cent marks for admission in B.Com (Honours) and 96.25 per cent for B.A. (Honours) Economics for the academic year 2018-19, according to a list put up on the college’s website. 

- PTI inputs 

The Delhi University’s Shri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC) today released the second cut-off list for BCom (Honours) and BA (Honours) Economics, with a marginal dip in the score required for admission in the courses. The cut-off for general category candidates for BCom (Hons) was 97.75 per cent in the first list, while in the second cut-off, it is 97.37 per cent.

The minimum score required for admission in BA (Honours) Economics was 98.50 per cent for the general category in the first cut-off. In the second cut-off it was 98.25 per cent for general candidates. Last year, the SRCC had pegged its highest cut-off at 97.75 per cent for both the courses. The cut-off will be on the basis of the best of four subjects, according to the university criteria.

- PTI inputs 

As expected, the highest cut-off for most courses in the Delhi University was above 98 per cent. However, unlike last year, the cut-off did not touch 99 per cent for any of the courses.“This year, with the university providing the cut-off finder, the list was prepared in a relative manner and was not isolated. So I think the cut-off this time will be more realistic,” said Vibha Chauhan, principal of Kirori Mal College.

Students going for admission today at the Delhi Univesity colleges have to carry Class 10 Board exam certificate (from any recognised Board) and mark sheet, Class 12 Board or Plus Two/ Inter exam certificate (from any recognised Board). If students haven’t received their certificates, then ensure to carry the provisional certificates given by the school.

They also need to have Class 12 Board exam mark sheet (from any recognised Board), admission form print out, reserved category certificates (in the name of the candidate) issued by the competent authority, transfer certificate from school or college, migration certificate from Board or University.

Besides the certificates, they should have passport size self-attested photographs and original copy of the registration form.

For English (Hons): St Stephen's College demands 97.5 per cent. Hindu College set the cut-off at 98 per cent

BA (programme): The highest cut-off is 98.75 per cent in Lady Shri Ram College.

BA (Hons) in Journalism: Delhi College of Arts and Commerce has a cut-off of 98.50 per cent while Kamla Nehru College and LSR demand 97.75 per cent.

BA (Hons) in Psychology: LSR College has a cut-off of 98.25 per cent

BA (Hons) in Political Science: Khalsa College at 99 per cent.

B.A. (Honours) Economics course: Hindu College set the cut-off at 98 per cent, SRCC demands highest 98.50 per cent,

At Indraprastha College for Women, admission to Mathematics (Hons) will be closed in the second list. “For other courses, the drop in cut-off in the second list will be around 0.5 to 1%. Our admission usually starts picking up in the second and third list,” said principal Babli Moitra Saraf. At Kirori Mal College, Urdu and Sanskrit (Hons) will be closed for admission.

The all-India rank 2 holders of both the CBSE (Central Board of Secondary Education) and ISC (Indian School Certificate) Class 12 exams have chosen to take admission the Delhi University's Lady Shri Ram College (LSR) for Women. Both Anoushka Chandra, who scored 99.6 per cent in her CBSE board exam, and Tamanna Dahiya, who scored 99.25 per cent, in the ISC exam, have taken admission to the Political Science (Hons) course

According to data shared by Dr Sanjeev Singh, joint director, Delhi University Computer Centre, 28,690 students generated 209607 applications during the three days in which the admission process was on after the first cut-offs. Out of these, 4,562 candidates generated more than 10 applications. The official cited the case of a student who generated 333 applications despite her not being eligible for admission during the first cut-off. Another student generated 292 applications when they can only take admission in one course. 

- PTI inputs 

Hindu College has filled 600 seats of its total 752. Out of 62 seats in Physics (Hons), the cut-off for which is 98 per cent, 36 seats have been filled. The college has received maximum admissions in its Political Science (Hons) course, with all general and OBC seats full. The college has 39 seats for general category and 19 for OBC category. The political science cut-off is 97% for general category and 95.50% for OBC category.

The Delhi University had also changed norms for students seeking admission under the OBC category by stating that they will have to produce certificates issued only after March 31, 2018. "Many students had not read the rules properly and were confused when we did not accept their documents. We sent them to varsity officials and later they issued a clarification saying that the colleges can provisionally admit the students, who are mandated to submit the certificates within a period of two weeks," said a professor of Shri Ram College of Commerce. - PTI inputs

"Even though students are aware that once the server is active, it will be in service 24x7, they feel that it is a case of first come, first served basis. With so many students logging in at the same time, the server is bound to be under pressure," said the official. The official said the real problem is that candidates generate excessive number of applications despite being aware that they can only take admission in one course.

- PTI inputs

Delhi University servers are groaning under pressure during the admission season with anxious students generating multiple applications and in some cases even more than 300 to secure a seat after the first cut-offs were announced. DU aspirants might have the option of studying only one course at the university but that does not, in any way, deter them from generating as many applications as they want, which many a times puts pressure on the server, leading to it even crashing on the first day of admissions after the cut-offs are announced, an official said. - PTI inputs 

Some minor problems were also faced by students from outside Delhi — for instance, the state board of Tamil Nadu hasn’t released marksheets so far.

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At Kirori Mal College, the second cut-off for BA (English) programme stood at 97 per cent and 96.75% for BA (Political Science). Meanwhile, the admission process for BA (Urdu) and BA (Sanskrit) has been closed at Kirori Mal. 

The second cut-off for B.Com (Hons) at SRCC stood at 97.38 percent, while for BA (Economics) it is 98.25 percent. The second cut-off witnessed a marginal dip of 0.25 per cent from earlier one. In the first cut-off SRCC demanded 98.50 per cent for Economics (Hons) programme, and 97.75 per cent for B.Com (Hons)