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Cut-off for Science courses declines in second list

Staff Reporter

Delhi colleges offer more relaxation to OBC students

- Photo: V.V. Krishnan

All smiles: Students completing admission formalities at St. Stephen’s College of Delhi University on Monday.

NEW DELHI: The cut-off percentage in various Science courses offered at different Delhi University colleges has witnessed a decrease between 2 and 5 per cent in the second list.

The colleges have brought down their minimum eligibility criteria since there seem to be few takers for these programmes.

At Hans Raj College, the second cut-off for Physics (Honours) and Chemistry (Hons) has declined from 87 per cent and 80 per cent in the first list to 86 per cent and 78 per cent, respectively. Chemistry (Hons) at Gargi has slipped to 74 per cent.

The cut-off for the same course has fallen from 78 per cent to 75 per cent at Daulat Ram College.

At Hindu College, Physics (Hons) is available at 89 per cent, while Chemistry (Hons) for 86 per cent. Students can pursue Physics (Hons) and Chemistry (Hons) at Sri Venkateswara College at 86 and 77.66 per cent, respectively.

Though the cut-off for Bio-Chemistry (Hons) has decreased by two per cent, it still stands at a high 90 per cent. The same course is available at Daulat Ram College for 88 per cent.

Admissions to Botany (Hons) and Zoology (Hons) at Miranda House will now be available at 74.33 and 80.33 per cent, respectively.

At Ramjas College, the cut-off percentage for B.Sc. Applied Physical Sciences and B.Sc. Applied Life Sciences has registered a considerable decrease from 79 per cent and 75 per cent in the first list to 73 per cent and 70 per cent, respectively.

The cut-offs for various Science courses have also taken a dip at Acharya Narendra Dev College, Dyal Singh College and Maitreyi College.

The second cut-off list for Other Backward Classes offers more relaxation to students from that category.

At Shri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC), the cut-off for OBCs in Economics (Hons) is 87.5-90.5 per cent. B. Com. (Hons) can be pursued for 89.25-91.25 per cent, almost four per cent lower than that for the general category.

Admissions to the same course will be made at Hans Raj College at 91.75-92.75, while to study B. Com (Hons) at Hindu needs a cut-off of 89-92 per cent.

Economics (Hons) can be pursued for 90-92 per cent at Hans Raj, while the criteria for OBCs at Kirori Mal College stands at 85-94.25 per cent.

General category

Admission to Political Science (Hons) at Gargi for general students is 73-83 per cent, while it has been significantly relaxed for OBCs at 65-78 per cent. For History (Honours), students from the OBCs would need 72-74 per cent at I.P. College for Women.

Some Principals had earlier said that even if they close admissions in some courses for the general category, they will have to put up a second list for the OBCs to fill the quota. So while History (Hons) and Political Science (Hons) are closed for general students at Miranda House, it stands at 73.5-80.5 and 74.5-79 per cent respectively for the OBCs.

Most Humanities courses like History (Hons), Hindi (Hons) and Economics (Hons) are already full at Ramjas College, however seats are still available for OBC candidates.

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