Those waiting for the second cut-off list have little to expect as some of the top colleges of Delhi University have capped the most sought-after courses, fearing over-admissions. The most popular courses — Commerce, Humanities and Computer Science — are already spilling over, leaving no option for colleges but to close admissions.
Pratibha Jolly, principal of Miranda House, has given a call for winding up of admissions for at least five courses. "It has been a nightmarish experience. Our Physics, History and Sociology courses are over-filled and it is likely that Economics and English will also be done by Saturday. We are mostly counting the general seats, but in Physics even the OBC category seats have filled. Second list will come out for rest of the courses, but the cut-off will go down hardly by one or two points," Jolly said.
At Sri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC) the total no of seats for Commerce are 501, out of which 483 have already filled, while the Economics (Honours) has 123 seats and 116 admissions are done leaving only seven seats. This leaves very less chances of a second list. Kanica Khandelwal, Media Coordinator of lady Sri Ram College (lSR) said that the takers for the most-sought-after courses, like the Political Science and BTech Psychological Sciences are large and there are chances of over-admissions even though the college had maintained a high cut-off. "There is high footfall because students applied in multiple courses this time and there was no choice of colleges given. At lSR too, there are large numbers of takers for Political Science and Psychological Sciences though it is likely that second list for some courses may be out," Khandelwal said.
Sunil Sondhi, Principal of Maharaja Agrasen College has clearly signalled a 'No' to the second list for Commerce and Computer Science. "We have 30 seats in Computer Science and already 60 students have been admitted.
There is no question of a second list. For our college, Commerce and Science courses will not have a second list as the capacity has already been doubled leaving no option for us, but to close. However, the second cut-off list will be taken out for courses like Electronics and Mathematics," Sondhi said.
Some authorities are also worried for the immediate effects of having to handle over- crowded classrooms soon. "The infrastructure is expanding according to the promise of the university, but the current situation gives a close idea that if there is over-admission in one particular course, its repercussions would be on other departments as well because FYUP offers 11 compulsary Foundational Courses which students of all disciplines have to study," said Principal of a DU College.
Protests over ‘confusion’
As seats in various courses were over-filled in Delhi University on the second day of the admissions, several colleges reportedly stopped the procedure on Friday itself. The move led numerous students and parents to protest.
At the Maharaja Agrasen College, the situation turned worse and the security guards were called to control the crowd. Although the Principal of the college, Sunil Sondhi denied that admissions were closed. "There was confusion as we asked students to come the next day to submit the fee application," he said.
"I meet the cut-off, but they shut the window on us. They have extra students meeting the cut-offs, but that is not my fault," said one of agitated students. According to Delhi University guidelines, the admissions at colleges are not on first come first serve basis, while as the college is bound to admit students as long as he/she meets the cut-off.