Delhi University’s St Stephen’s College announced the first cut-off list for admission to various undergraduate courses with the highest for English (Honours) and Economics (Honours) at 98.5 per cent, on Wednesday. The cut-off percentage in its popular courses has marginally come down compared to last, which the college called “irrelevant”.
last year in English (Honours), the college had a cut off of 99 per cent which has dropped by 0.5 per cent this year while in Economics (Honours), it has come down by 0.3 per cent.
“The cut-off list has been released and the drop is an irrelevant number. The college has geared up to meet the deadlines and prepare for the new academic session,” Professor of Sanskrit, St Stephen’s College, AD Mathur told The Pioneer.
Economics (Honours) also has a rider with Mathematics at 90 per cent while in English the English Core should have at least 90 per cent or the Elective English should have 85 per cent. For Humanities and Science, the cut off for this course is 97.5 per cent.
In BA programme, the cut off is 97 per cent 95 per cent for Humanities and 96.5 for Science stream while for the Mathematics (Honours), the cut off is 97 per cent, 96 per cent and 97 per cent respectively. In English (Honours), the candidates with Humanities need 97.25 per cent while those with Science need 98 per cent.
In Science courses, Chemistry (Hons) is at 96.33 per cent, same as last year, and Physics (Hons) is at 96.66 per cent. BSc programme (physical sciences) is available at 95 per cent and BSc programme (computer sciences) at 95.66 per cent. In History (Honours), the cut off is 97.75 per cent while Philosophy at 97 per cent and Sanskrit at 70 per cent.
The Christian minority institution received 24,168 applications for the 410 seats across its courses. The college offers 11 undergraduate courses including Honours in Economics, English, History, Philosophy, and BSc programme (computer sciences).
The list of candidates selected for aptitude test and interview will be announced on Thursday and interviews will begin on June 17. The first meeting and registration process would be held on July 19.