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Quite a few miss their dream colleges

Parul Sharma

Students anxiously watching the second cut-off list at Delhi University on Saturday. Photo: Sushil Kumar Verma

NEW DELHI: Unlike the first cut-off list of Delhi University that saw a huge rush of students past Tuesday, the second list -- which was displayed by the colleges on Saturday -- met with a rather tepid response.

While there were many who were happy that they had finally made it to their dream college and course after the second cut-off list, there were quite a few who missed this time round again and have now pinned their hopes on the third cut-off list of their preferred college.

Mohammad Farhan missed a seat in B.Sc. Applied Life Science at Ramjas College by a whisker: he scored 69.3 per cent in Class XII, while the cut-off percentage for the course is 70 per cent.

“With my kind of percentage I had applied for only English (Honours) and Applied Life Science at a few colleges and I was more keen to study the latter. I meet the requirements for B.Sc. Life Science at S. G. T. B. Khalsa College but I want to study at Ramjas. I don’t know if Ramjas will take out a third list or not. I am really confused as to where to take admission,” he said looking rather confused.

For Heena Mittal who had come to check the results of the entrance examination to English (Hons) at Ramjas on Saturday, the second cut-off list had little hope to offer.

“I am not sure if I will clear the entrance for Ramjas. My second preference is Microbiology (Hons) but the cut-offs are quite high even in the second list at Gargi College, Ram Lal Anand College and Swami Shardhanand College. I will have to wait for the third cut-off list to see how much does the percentage fall. I am also waiting for the third cut-off list at Khalsa College to see if I can study English (Hons) there,” she said.

For Sonu Kumar and Lokesh Ragta, too, the second cut-off list has not really helped them to get a seat in their preferred course at their favourite college.

“I want to study B.Sc. Mathematics (Hons) and had applied to different colleges like St. Stephen’s, Ramjas, Khalsa and Hindu. I could not make it to any of these on the basis of the first list. Though the second cut-off list enables me to study at both Ramjas and Khalsa, I want to know if I have squeezed through Hans Raj where the requirement is 89.5-90.5 per cent. My best four is 90.25 per cent but I believe they want 98 per cent in Mathematics which I don’t have,” rued Lokesh.

Sonu, who scored 68 per cent and was keen to get into either Hindu or Kirori Mal College where he wanted to pursue Political Science (Hons), will now have to settle for a seat for the same course at Satyawati College owing to the high cut-off percentage in others.

There were many freshers who came to check the second cut-off list despite having taken admission in some other colleges to see if they could still opt for their favourite course and college.

“I have taken admission in B.A. (Programme) at Daulat Ram College but as per the second list I can now study the same course at Kirori Mal where the cut-off is 81.75 per cent. I want to cancel my admission because most of my friends have got into Kirori Mal and I want to study with them. But then I am eligible for B.Com (Programme) at Rajdhani College also now and my relatives want me to opt for that,” said Taruna Mudgal.

Armed with an 88 per cent, Pallavi Gaur had already secured a seat for B.A. (Programme) at Delhi College of Arts and Commerce (DCAC) but the second cut-off list at Hans Raj has made her rethink her decision.

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