The admission process for 54,000 seats in 63 Delhi University colleges is currently underway. The admissions under the first cut-off list concluded on Saturday.
Surprisingly, this year, Delhi University’s South Campus colleges seemed to have filled up seats for most courses as compared to North Campus colleges in the first cut-off list itself. Out of the total 1,089 seats at Sri Venkateswara College as many as 433 seats were filled by Saturday. Admissions to Political Science courses in colleges like Sri Venkateswara, and Maitreyi have been closed. Also, Ramanujan College has closed its admissions for General category in BCom (H) and BCom (P) courses. lady Shri Ram College has managed 70 admissions so far. It won’t come out with a second list for Sociology.
Indraprastha College for Women has enrolled 320 students in total, with seats in History (H) and Philosophy (H) full. “For all other courses, seats are up for grabs,” said Rakshita Upreti, member of the admission committee.
Ramjas College, which released the highest cut-off for B.Com (H) at 99.25 per cent, received only a handful of admissions.
At SRCC, only 325 seats have been filled for B.Com (H) and 35 seats for Economics (H). The college had set the cut-off at 98 per cent and 98.25 per cent for the courses respectively. “A dip is likely since many seats are vacant. However, it will only be marginal,” said a faculty member.
At Miranda House, as many as 308 seats were filled out of the total 1,001 seats. Hindu College has closed admissions in popular courses such as Political Science, Sociology and BA Programme along with Science courses of Botany and Zoology.
Nevertheless, based on the trend of the past few years, admissions will likely re-open as withdrawals pick up pace. “Most students are securing seats in whichever course that matches their percentage but once subsequent cut-offs are released, the probability of migration to other colleges is quite high. As a result, seats will become available,” said a member of the admission committee of Daulat Ram College.