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Cut-off marks up in most DU colleges

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Competition getting tougher in favourite subjects in dream colleges

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NEW DELHI: Leaving very little room for average students who have not scored over 70 per cent, Delhi University's first cut-off list released on Sunday has registered a rise of about 2 per cent across the board in most subjects.

With the cut-off marks for popular courses like Economic (Honours) touching 80 per cent even in the evening shift of Ram Lal Anand College, the competition for a seat in a dream college will not come easy this time round. However, the cut-off marks for Science courses in some colleges have remained the same, while other courses have seen a marginal decrease.

The newly restructured B.Com course -- a course that the most number of students have opted for this year -- requires a high 90 per cent aggregate at Sri Venkateswara, 87-90 per cent at Gargi College and 88-91 per cent at Daulat Ram College.

A seat in B.Com (Honours) would be equally difficult this year with the cut-off marks for the course at Lady Shri Ram College (LSR) seeing an almost 3 per cent increase from last year to stand at 94.25 per cent. The cut-off marks for B.Com (Honours) at Hindu College has seen a decrease of 1.5 per cent with students requiring between 93.5 and 96.5 per cent.

Seeing an increase of over one per cent at Kirori Mal College (KMC), the aggregate cut-off required for the course is between 93.25 and 97.25 per cent. At Hans Raj College the aggregate percentage required is 93.25-97.25.

The most sought after commerce college in the University, Shri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC), has also seen a slight increase in the cut-off marks required for B.Com (Honours) to stand at 94.5-96.5 per cent as against 93-97 per cent last year.

Students will require a marginally lower percentage in their aggregate to get Economic (Honours) at SRCC than last year. The cut-off per cent required this year for the course is 92.25-95.25 per cent which is less than one per cent drop from last year's marks.

However, the same course at Sri Venkateswara College has seen a 3 per cent increase to stand at 93-94 per cent compared with 90-92 per cent last year. At Ramjas College the cut-off marks for Economic (Honours) is 88-93 per cent.

Up marginally by 0.5 per cent at Hindu College this time round, cut-off marks for Economic (Honours) is 88.5-93.5 per cent compared with 88-93 per cent last year. At Hans Raj, the cut-off required for the course is 92.75 per cent.

The course that most Civil Services aspirants choose -- History Honours -- has seen a drop of one per cent at Hans Raj this year to stand at 79-85 per cent compared with 80-86 per cent last year. At Gargi College, the required aggregate for students is 72-77 per cent and 83.5 per cent at LSR.

Climbing up 2 per cent, English (Honours) at Hans Raj will require 86 per cent as against 84-88 per cent last year. With practically no change in the cut-off marks, Daulat Ram College requires students to have 85-89 per cent aggregate marks, at Dyal Singh the per cent stands at 75-78 per cent and 82-90 per cent at Kirori Mal.

Political Science (Honours) will require 75-80 per cent at Gargi College, 84.5-88.5 per cent at Hindu College, 74-78 per cent at Indraprastha College and 83 per cent at Jesus and Mary. Miranda House requires students to have between 81-83 per cent aggregate for Political Science (Honours) this year.

The restructured B.Sc Life Sciences has seen a drop of 5 per cent at Sri Venkateswara College to stand at 80 per cent. The B.Sc. (Physical Sciences) course has also seen a drop of 2 per cent at Gargi College to stand at 71 per cent this year, while the cut-off marks at Hindu College remains the same at 85 per cent.

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