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Fourth list brings cheer

Parul Sharma

Many will now be able to get admission to a DU college

Decline in the cut-off for an entry into Science courses came as good news to many
Many students can now change the college and course according to their preference

NEW DELHI: The fourth cut-off list announced by different colleges here on Thursday brought a smile to many faces as a number of students finally became eligible to procure a seat in Delhi University.

The decline in the minimum percentage for an entry into Science courses came as good news to many. Having scored 69.5 per cent, Kushaal Verma has made it to Chemistry (Honours) at both Ramjas College and S.G.T.B. Khalsa College.

Ericson Andrews, who achieved 42 per cent in his Class XII, had pinned his hopes on the fourth admission list in Sanskrit (Hons) at Hindu College, Sri Venkateswara College and Deshbandhu College. “I have made it to other colleges, but I would prefer to study at Hindu College since it has a good faculty and there is a special charm about studying on the North Campus,” he said.

With an aggregate of 62 per cent, Banmeet Singh had applied to several Humanities and Science courses in different colleges.

“I am eligible for Chemistry (Hons) at Deshbandhu College. But this is only a stop-gap arrangement for me. I will study at Delhi University for a year and then go to the US to pursue B.Tech,” he said self-assuredly.

With admissions to B.Com. (Hons) still open in several colleges, many students are contemplating cancelling their admission to one college to get into another.

“I got through B.Com. (Prog) in many colleges and took admission at Ramjas. However, I have withdrawn my admission there today since I can now study B.Com. (Hons) at Kirori Mal College,” said a happy Pratibha Singh hailing from Lucknow.

With his friends getting enrolled at Ramjas, Ishan Bhardwaj is mulling over switching to that college from Khalsa College after the fourth list equips him to study B.Sc. Physical Science over there.

Khushboo Gulabani got admitted to Keshav Mahavidyalaya in B.Sc. Applied Physical Science Computer Science after the first list itself. However, she is having second thoughts now.

“I am glad that a fourth cut-off list has been issued. I did not want to lose out on the course. With Kirori Mal lowering its cut-off, I can now study the same course at a North Campus college,” she said.

Nevertheless, there were many whose hopes were dashed.

Khushboo and Pavitra Saini did not make it to any college in B.Com (Prog). They will now get registered with the School of Open Learning.

A woman who did not wish to be named was also disappointed to see that the cut-offs for English (Hons) at some of the top colleges were still quite high for her son.

“I don’t know if he made a mistake while filling the centralised form since he seems to have applied only at Hans Raj, Sri Venkateswara and Hindu College for English (Hons). He is eligible to pursue the same course at a Maharashthra college but his dream was to study at Delhi University,” rued the mother.

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