Cut-offs at the Delhi University touched 100 per cent this time, but at some of the most unexpected colleges. Acharya Narendra Dev College, Atma Ram Sanatan Dharma (ARSD) College and Shyama Prasad Mukherji College (SPMC) were the only ones to release 100 per cent cut-offs for BSc in Computer Science and they blame the exuberant score on the extra five per cent advantage given to Science students.
Meanwhile, angry over high cut-off list of Delhi University, for its undergraduate courses, a group of students under the banner of Krantikari Yuva Sangathan staged protest at Art Faculty of North Campus on first day of admission.
According to the university’s standard rules for admissions, a student who has studied Physics, Chemistry or Computer Science in Class XII gets a five per cent advantage while applying for BSc in Computer Science. “Thus, the cut-offs reflected by colleges are actually the effective cut-offs achieved after the advantage, not the academic cut-off,” said a university official.
Savithri Singh, principal Acharya Narendra Dev College explained, “Mostly Science students only take admission in Computer Science. Even those who are from Arts or Commerce can but it is rare. The academic cut-off for Science students is actually 95 per cent and with the advantage it becomes 100. Thus, the cut-off shows 100 per cent.”
University officials informed that cut-offs for Computer Science always touch 100 per cent because of this reason. “This criteria always shoots up the cut-offs. The university has granted this leeway to Science students and it is meant for their betterment. Admissions also get completed sooner with this advantage,” said a university official.
But it confuses parents thoroughly. Thus, very few admissions for the course took place on Tuesday. While Acharya Narendra Dev College admitted only three students for the 45 seats under the course, ARSD College only admitted one student. This confusion has risen with the sudden shift from four-year undergraduate programme (FYUP) to three years. “There are different procedures for admission under three years and we did not even get a prospectus for it. It is very difficult for us to keep a tab on such things. I didn’t even know my son was eligible for admission in ARSD until I called up the college,” said Surendra Narang, a parent from Jamshedpur.
Singh is hopeful that Wednesday will see more admissions for this course. “On Tuesday, many parents and students were unaware of the criteria and did not even see the lists properly. Thus, on Wednesday they will come prepared. We expect more admissions in the coming days,” said Singh.