DU admissions: Marginal dip in third cut-off list

Shri Ram College of Commerce ( SRCC) still remains open for admission, requiring a cut-off requirement of 97.25 per cent for admission into Economics honours and BCom Honours.

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DU admissions 2016: In comparison to last year, when Political Science was on offer only at a few colleges by this time, the course is on offer at most colleges this year

Admissions to top colleges under the Delhi University remained open, with a marginal dip seen in the cut-offs in the third list released by the varsity Sunday.

Shri Ram College of Commerce ( SRCC) still remains open for admission, requiring a cut-off requirement of 97.25 per cent for admission into Economics honours and BCom Honours. At Hansraj College, barring BA Honours in Hindi, admissions are still open for most courses such as English Honours, Economics (Hons), History(Hons) and Bcom (Hons).

While admission to courses such as Economics and English are still open at Hindu College, it has closed admissions for courses like Sociology, Philosophy.

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Popular courses still figure in the third cut-off list of Lady Shri Ram College. For Economics, BCom( Honours) and English, students require more than 96 per cent marks to secure admission. Seats at off campus colleges seem to be filling up faster with colleges like Deshbandhu closing admissions to most courses barring Honours in Sanskrit, Political Science and History. Similarly, Mata Sundri College for women has closed admission to all Arts courses barring Psychology, Sanskrit and BA pass course.

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Most evening colleges also remain open for admission in most courses, with percentage requirement ranging from 60 to 90 per cent. Cut-offs for admission into computer science (Hons) remain high, with colleges like IP college, Hansraj and PG DAV college commanding cut-off percentages of 94.75, 95.75 and 95 per cent, respectively. Of the 35 colleges that offer Economics Honours, 25 remain open for admission, compared to just 11 last year.

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In comparison to last year, when Political Science was on offer only at a few colleges by this time, the course is on offer at most colleges this year. English Honours, similarly, is still on offer at 37 colleges in the university, compared to just 18 colleges last year.

Seats have been filling up fast in other science courses with colleges like Gargi having closed admissions for Botany, Chemistry and Physics Honours. Similarly, Miranda College has closed admissions for Botany Honours and BSc in Life Sciences. Admission to undergraduate courses at the university were made online this year.

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