No significant dip in DU's fourth cut-off list

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Delhi University on Thursday released its fourth cut-off list for admissions to undergraduate courses. Howerver, there was no significant dip in the cut-off percentage.

In the forth cut-off list, Sri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC) has closed the admission to BCom (Hons). For BA (Hons) Economics, the cut-off has been dropped just 0.25 per cent at 97.25 per cent.

For a BA programme dmission to Kirori Mal College (KMC), the qualifying mark has been reduced by 2 per cent at 92.5-94 per cent. For admission to English (Hons), BA (Hons) History and Economics (Hons) courses in KMC, new cut-offs are 95.25 per cent, 94.50 percent and 96.00 per cent respectively. For admission to BSc (Mathematics), the qualifying percentage has been dropped by 0.75 per cent at 95.50 per cent. However, admission for OBC/SC/ST candidates to this course has been closed.

Ramjas College has closed admission to BCom programme. However, Economics (Hons) course is still open for admission with cut-off percentage at 96.25. There are still some seats vacant for admission to BSc (Hons) Chemistry, Mathematics and life Sciences. The new cut-offs for these courses are 94 per cent ,95.25 per cent and 90 per cent respectively. For admission to English (Hons), the college has set 95 per cent and 94.5 per cent for admission to History (Hons). Notably, in the forth cut-off list, Ramjas College lowered its cut-off by 1.75 per cent for admission to for Bcom (Hons) to 96.5 from 97.75 per cent earlier.

The admissions under the third cut-off list concluded on Wednesday saw closing of most courses in majority of colleges. Of the 53 colleges that offer BCom (Hons), 16 have closed admission while out of the 34 colleges offering Economics (Hons) seven colleges have closed admissions. Surprisingly, most colleges in South campus have closed while the colleges in North still remain open for popular courses like Economics(H), English (H), Pol.Sc(H) among a few others.

In Shri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC), there are only a few seats left in Economics (Hons) course. The college is likely to close admission for Bcom (Hons). In lady Shri Ram College (lSR), admission is open only in five-six courses, including Bcom (Hons), Political Science (Hons), English (Hons), Journalism (Hons) and Mathematics (Hons).

Ram lal Anand (RlA) College has closed admission for Political Science (Hons), and History (Hons). The college may decrease its cut-off by 0.33-1.5 percentage points. Atma Ram Sanatan Dharma (ARSD) College has filled 711 seats of the total 1,179 seats. The college has closed admission in five-six courses and might drop the cut-off by 0.25-1.50 percentage points, said principal Gyantosh K Jha.

SGTB Khalsa College, which has filled around 50 per cent of the total 780 seats, will keep the science courses open for admission, said principal Jaswinder Singh.

At Ramanujan College, around 500 admissions were held and only about 300 seats are vacant under the fourth list.

The Bcom (Hons) course at the College of Vocational Studies remains open and may see a dip of 0.50 percentage points. While most vocational courses closed following the third cut off, two of them are still likely to be open for admission with an expected dip of 1 percentage point. 

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