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Friday, Jun 03, 2005

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Smooth day on Campus

Staff Reporter

For most students it was a day to check second preference colleges

NEW DELHI: With the mercury rising, the Capital's summer heat kept students away from Delhi University for the most part on Thursday with the sale of forms falling by almost 50 per cent on the second day of the admission process.

Describing it as a smooth day, University officials said a total of 24,238 ICR forms were sold from its 16 information centres with Kirori Mal College once again coming on top with the highest sale of 3,500 forms.

Moving to new locations and individual colleges rather than information centres, for most students it was a day to check second preference colleges. For some, of course, the charm of the North Campus was a little too much to shake off easily.

"We did not know that the place was so good. Not only are the colleges nearby, travelling is easy and the entire ambience brilliant. I am keeping my hopes pinned on the sports trials as that is the only way I will manage a place here. But yes, the place itself is so good that one would not want to go anywhere else," said Siddharth Banerjee, one of the admission seekers.

While moving around the North Campus may have been easy for most, it was a different experience for those who ventured out to the South Campus. "For one getting here was a problem, as we did not know the right buses and then people did not guide us correctly to the various institutes. And since the colleges are spread out around the campus, it meant a lot of walking in the heat," said Priyanka Sharma, another student.

Although University officials described the functioning as smooth, some glitches continued to persist.

The registration centre for disabled students may not have seen much rush, but a number of applicants continued to make the mistake of getting their medical certificates made by private hospitals.

"Although we have been repeating this for some time, there were some people who did not know that the certificate has to be issued by a government hospital, so we asked them to correct that," said the Dean of Students' Welfare, S.K. Vij.

Concern was also expressed by some students about certain colleges that said that they would have to fulfil their criteria to be given admission in entrance specific courses.

"There was a student who said that Lady Shri Ram College (LSR) told her that she cannot be given admission as she did not have the required marks in English. We are yet to clear that confusion. But then, if a student does fulfil the criteria he/she can always apply under the regular criteria too," said a University official.

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