With more than 9,196 students enrolled in just two days for the 62,000 seats available in different DU colleges, the Delhi University (DU) has witnessed a wave of admissions even though the cut-offs this year were as high as 99 per cent.
The DU announced its first cut-off list for admission to undergraduate courses late Thursday night, with Hindu College pegging the highest score of 99 per cent for Political Science Honours — a marginal increase over last year. Since then, top colleges like Shri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC) witnessed a lot of admissions.
Nearly 77 per cent admissions were done in B.A. (Hons.) in Economics and 40 per cent in B.Com (Hons).
Over 2,750 admissions were done on the first day of admissions on Friday, while the tally climbed to 9,196 on the second day. Hindu College has seen around 750 admissions till now, while Lady Shri Ram and Miranda House have completed 800 admissions each approximately.
According to the representatives of Miranda House and Hindu College, there may not be a second cut-off list for certain courses since the seats may get filled after the first round of admissions.
In Shri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC), of the 135 seats in BA (Honours) Economics, 130 have been filled, while 266 of the 552 seats have been filled up so far in BCom (Honours).