Berth pangs for students
Delhi University witnessed a huge crowd on the first day of admissions. While top colleges like Shri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC) and Hindu saw long queues, even colleges like Ramjas and Miranda House got a good response. South Campus colleges like lady Sri Ram, Sri Venkateshwara, Kamla Nehru and Gargi, too, saw students from all over the country.
Students were seen visiting colleges to find out where they were eligible for admission. Meanwhile, several students were seen choosing SRCC over Hindu, Hansraj, Kirori Mal and even St Stephens. Debby Jain, a student of Queen Mary School said that she wanted admission in SRCC merely because of the reputation. “I got 97.25 per cent in Class XII and I wanted to get admission in a college which promises me a good future. While St Stephen’s College is the most reputed college in DU, SRCC has a reputation attached to it as well which I like,” said Jain.
Surprisingly, students were seen choosing Hindu College over lSR as well. “My daughter was eligible for History (Hons) in both the colleges but she wants to pursue it in Hindu as the culture is friendlier here,” said Ramkishore, a parent from Delhi, whose daughter got 99 per cent.
However, SRCC received the maximum admissions. In fact, the Economics Honours course of SRCC was left almost houseful with 102 seats out of 123. This has left SRCC aspirants for Economic (Hons) with only 20 more seats to grab. Seats for Commerce (H) have also been half filled. Out of 501 seats, 268 were taken by students by Tuesday afternoon. With this kind of a response it is likely that SRCC would close admissions with the second list.
Hindu College received a decent response as well with 250 out of 729 seats being filled. Hindu had the highest cut off for BCom Honours which was 99.75 per cent. However, this course received only 10 admissions. This cut-off is expected to be lowered with the coming lists. Miranda House managed to fill up one fifth of its seats on Tuesday itself with History, Philosophy and Science being most popular. Kirori Mal College also received 388 admissions for 1400 seats.
Most colleges are expecting more candidates on Wednesday as they feel that parents usually analyse their eligibility and then come. However, the second list —which is coming out on July 4 — may see a major difference in Hindu College and Hansraj College specifically.