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DU third cut-off list brings smile on faces

Parul Sharma

‘I have finally made it to some college’

‘The cut-off percentages are incredibly high and there is only a marginal decrease every time’
‘Some people have suggested me to wait for the fourth cut-off list’

NEW DELHI: The third cut-off percentage list that went up on the notice boards of several Delhi University colleges on Thursday brought a smile on the faces of those who had pinned all their hopes on it.

Jitendra Singh was happy that he was finally eligible to pursue B. Sc. Applied Physical Science at Delhi University. Though studying in colleges like Hindu and Kirori Mal remained a distant dream for him, he met the requirements for admission at Deshbandhu, Acharya Narendra Dev, Atma Ram Sanatana Dharma and Zakir Husain College.

“I had secured 65 per cent and it is only now that I have finally made it to some college. Though some people have suggested me to wait for the fourth cut-off list when the percentage will fall, I think I will just go ahead and take admission in either Deshbandhu or ARSD,” he said.

Having scored 64 per cent in her Class XII, Monika Sodhi had limited options before her. With an almost 7 per cent decline in the cut-off for B. Sc. Analytical Chemistry at Kirori Mal, she is almost certain to take admission in the course once the process begins on Friday.

Keen on pursuing Urdu (Hons), Samir now has to make a choice between Kirori Mal and Zakir Husain College – as the third cut-off percentage for the course enables him to study at both.

With 55 per cent, Neeraj Sharma is now eligible to pursue Sanskrit (Hons) at several colleges. “I am keen on studying at Ramjas since it is a good college. Though I meet the requirements there, the notice board says that students ought to have scored 55 per cent in Sanskrit in Class XII. But I did not have Sanskrit as a subject at senior secondary level, so I will have to speak to officials to find out if I can get admission or not.”

It was not just the average or below average scorers who were doing the rounds of the colleges on Thursday, but there were also those who had come wishing they could finally study in their favourite college. “I scored 91.25 per cent and have taken admission in Economics (Hons) at Indraprastha College for Women. But I have still come to see the third cut-off list of Hans Raj and Hindu because I want to study the same course at either of these two colleges,” said Anukriti Sharma.

Uday Pratap Singh had also secured admission in Political Science (Hons) at Hindu College but he was seen checking the third cut-off list of some colleges to see if he still had a chance to study his first preference course -- Economics (Hons). “I took admission in Daulat Ram in B. Com (Hons) after the first list itself. Even with a 92.5 per cent, I have not been able to opt for this course at Hindu and Hans Raj. The cut-off percentages are so incredibly high and there is only a marginal decrease every time. I will wait for the fourth cut-off list to see if I can still make it to other colleges, especially Hans Raj ,” said Shya Singh.

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