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Focus shifts to colleges now

It might be a word that Delhi University officials have over-used this admission season, but it seems to be one that the University is most proud of: smooth. With the first 15 days of selling the pre-admission application forms having gone off without any major problems, the baton for the admission race has now been passed on to colleges as the cut-offs will be announced by June 26.

"The ICR form has stabilised. There were not so many queries about how to fill the forms like there were last year on e-mail. The queries this time were mainly about what courses the students should opt for," says Deputy Dean for Students' Welfare Amit Bardhan.

Gearing up to meet this admission challenge, colleges are now busy working overtime trying to analyse the data that they have got and the hectic period has only just begun.

"It is a period of great responsibility," says Sri Venkateswara College Vice-Principal Roopali Sircar Gaur. "Students and their parents often think that we just arbitrarily sit down and decide that the cut-off should be 95 per cent for a course, but that is really not so. The heads of departments meet and then a realistic score is arrived at."

It is a standard procedure that most colleges follow. The task at hand has become a little easier with the CDs that Delhi University has sent out to the colleges. The CDs are packed with all the information on the courses that students have applied for in each college, and the staff at the colleges have been trained how to use it.

"This time the CD has everything well defined for us. It has made it easier for us to streamline the admission process for students. There will be separate counters set up with computers which will give students a print out of the courses that they have qualified for, along with the room number that they have to go to get their admission," says the Principal of Dyal Singh College, D. Jagannathan.

While the high cut-offs might be giving students sleepless nights, teachers believe that there is really no need to press the panic button. The subjects that had a 90 per cent cut-off last year are unlikely to see an increase this time, according to Hans Raj College Principal S.R. Arora.

"Subjects like Commerce, Economics and Science that had cut-offs in the high 90s will probably not see much of a change. Even if there is some change, it will be half a per cent or so. The courses with lower cut-offs are likely to see a per cent or two rise. There is always the second list," said Dr. Arora.

Delhi University, meanwhile, is all set to begin the process of registration of the wards of Kashmiri migrants for admission to the undergraduate courses for this academic session. The distribution and receipt of the application forms will start from July 3 and continue till July 5. The forms can be collected from 10 a.m. to 1 p. m.

Notifications for allotment of courses and colleges will be done on July 11 by 1 p.m. The provisional admission slips will also be given out the same day.

Applicants will have to register at the Academic Branch I in New Administrative Block at the University. They must carry their original certificates and proof of migrant status.

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The emphasis might be on students fresh out of school, but Delhi University's South Campus has decided to focus on the "older" ones. Reaching out to postgraduate students for a change, the South Campus started a new trend by having its first "open day" for students on Wednesday.

"The admission process will carry on for a while. The prospectus of the South Campus is printed now and we decided to turn some of this information to the visual medium by screening a film about the Campus for the students this time," says South Campus Joint Director Malashri Lal.

With a packed house on the first day, it seems the effort has paid off. There will be another open day for students on Thursday.

Mandira Nayar

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