St Stephen’s releases its first list,rise in cut-offs up to 1 per cent

Among the popular courses,English and Economics saw a rise of 0.25 to 1 per cent. In English,the cut-off for Commerce students remained at 98 per cent. For Humanities,the percentage rose to 97 per cent from last year’s 96.

Economics too saw a slight increase in cut-offs — the figure climbing from 97.75 per cent in 2012 to 98 per cent this year.

The cut-off percentages for sciences and mathematics have also been stepped-up marginally this year.

Chemistry cut-offs went up from last year’s 95 per cent to 96 this year. Physics saw a 0.67 per cent increase — from 95.66 to 96.33.

Mathematics,on the other hand,saw a 3 per cent rise in cut off for Humanities students — from last year’s 91.5 to 94.5 per cent this year.

The History cut-off has been increased by 1 per cent for Commerce students to 97 per cent. For Science students,it is 96.5 per cent against last year’s 96. For humanities students,the cut-off rose by 0.75 per cent to stand at 95.25.

Separate cut-offs have been released for students of SC,ST,PWD,Christian and Urdu categories. The college received more than 25,000 applications for 410 under-graduate seats this year.

College officials said the cut-off percentage reflected the high Class XII marks. “The college has announced the cut-offs on the basis of the applications received,” Karen Gabriel,spokesperson for the college,said. Stephen’s will release its interview list on June 22.