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Top colleges say no second list

Parul Sharma

NEW DELHI: Even as admission seekers continued to flock to Delhi University, several colleges on Thursday said they might not release a second cut-off list in some courses where the number of admissions made have outnumbered the sanctioned strength of seats.

“We have already taken 615 students against 684 seats available in our college. In History (Honours), we are definitely not releasing a second list. There has been an unprecedented rush in Mathematics (Hons) and Political Science (Hons) and we are full already. In Economics (Hons) again, we already have 36 students against 40 seats. In Science courses too, we have overshot. But normally we over-admit since quite a few tend to migrate to engineering and medicine later on,” said Miranda House Principal Pratibha Jolly.

However, admissions to Philosophy (Hons), Sanskrit (Hons) and Hindi (Hons) will continue after the second cut-off list as well, she added.

It is much the same at Lady Shri Ram College for Women. “We have made 600 admissions and the total number of seats is 650. I think we will barely have a second list in most of the courses,” said media coordinator Kanika Khandelwal.

The situation is a little different at Ramjas where more students are likely to come for Science courses only when the cut-off takes a dip. Nevertheless, admissions to B. A. (Programme), B. Com (Programme) and B. Com (Hons) seem to have reached the brim.

“In B. Com (Hons), we have 44 seats and we have already taken 76 students. Against 33 seats for B. Com (P), we have made 51 admissions. B.A. (Porgramme) is also full. Tomorrow is the last day and more people will come for admissions. There is no possibility of a second cut-off in these courses,” said B. N. Ray, convenor of the admissions at Ramjas.

Shri Ram College of Commerce has in the past two days already made 77 admissions against 80 seats in Economics (Hons), while 282 students have been given admission against the seat intake of 325 for B. Com (Hons).

At Rajdhani College, of 300 overall admissions, 200 have been in B. Com (Hons) alone whereas the sanctioned strength of seats for the same is 90. “In a situation like this, we don’t think there will be a second cut-off list for B. Com (Hons) as well as some other courses like Economics and English. However, Sanskrit (Hons) and Science courses will surely have a second list,” informed Principal V. Laxmi Pandit.

Hans Raj College Principal S. R. Arora said it was unlikely that the college will display a second cut-off in courses like Computer Science (Hons) and Mathematics (Hons) where against 30 and 20 seats, 42 and 60 students respectively have been admitted so far.

However, there could be scope in Economics (Hons) and B. Com (Hons) at Hans Raj and Hindu College.

“The first cut-off lists have been quite high in our college. There have been fewer admissions in B. Com. and Economics. I think we will have a second cut-off for almost all the courses,” said Hindu College Principal Kavita A. Sharma.

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