New Delhi:
Anxious moments are here again! Starting today, students who have just cleared their Class XII board exams will be lining-up for the pre-admission forms of Delhi University - the most sought after institution in the country. However, it is going to be long before they know if they have made the cut.
But the long lines that one is greeted with at the Delhi University office may not be visible this year with the pre-admission forms being made available online, various colleges and at post offices till June 18. "The forms can be submitted from the places they are being bought from and we have increased the timing till when the forms are sold," says Professor JM Khurana, Dean of the Delhi University. The pre-admission forms have been re-introduced this year after they were done away with last year.
Nidhi Jain, a topper from the Valley School with a score of 97.6 per cent, says she is excited and can't wait to get started with the admission process. "I had sleepless nights but after my results I am a lot more confident of making the cut at Sri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC)," she says. But her friend, Richa Sakuja, who scored just above 95 per cent is on the edge. An anxious Richa says, "Every year the cut-offs go up and even a 95 per cent is not good enough. I hope I can make it to the college of my choice."
The students will have to wait till June 26 for the first cut-off list. Sources at the university say there will be no 100 per cent cut-offs this year. "There are a few colleges, which have really high cut-offs but we have asked them to be more sensitive," says Mr Khurana. The colleges are apparently increasing the cut-offs by two per cent this year unlike previous years when the cut-offs each year went up by four per cent. But don't expect cut-offs to be any less warns the principal of SRCC College, Professor PC Jain. The college made headlines for its 100 per cent cut-off for science students last year. The principal blames the existing system saying, "In the present system we only rely on the Class XII board exams and hence the mess. We have limited seats so we are bound to raise the cut-off marks real high. If we have them any lower we have to give admission to everyone who makes the cut." Many educationists also point to the difference in marks from various boards. "Eventually we have some kind normalisation of these marks from various boards or we have a separate entrance exam," says Professor Jain.
The second cut-off list is expected on June 29, the third on July 4 and the fourth list on July 10. Close to 2 lakh applications are expected for about 55,000 seats across 64 colleges.
But the long lines that one is greeted with at the Delhi University office may not be visible this year with the pre-admission forms being made available online, various colleges and at post offices till June 18. "The forms can be submitted from the places they are being bought from and we have increased the timing till when the forms are sold," says Professor JM Khurana, Dean of the Delhi University. The pre-admission forms have been re-introduced this year after they were done away with last year.
Nidhi Jain, a topper from the Valley School with a score of 97.6 per cent, says she is excited and can't wait to get started with the admission process. "I had sleepless nights but after my results I am a lot more confident of making the cut at Sri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC)," she says. But her friend, Richa Sakuja, who scored just above 95 per cent is on the edge. An anxious Richa says, "Every year the cut-offs go up and even a 95 per cent is not good enough. I hope I can make it to the college of my choice."
The students will have to wait till June 26 for the first cut-off list. Sources at the university say there will be no 100 per cent cut-offs this year. "There are a few colleges, which have really high cut-offs but we have asked them to be more sensitive," says Mr Khurana. The colleges are apparently increasing the cut-offs by two per cent this year unlike previous years when the cut-offs each year went up by four per cent. But don't expect cut-offs to be any less warns the principal of SRCC College, Professor PC Jain. The college made headlines for its 100 per cent cut-off for science students last year. The principal blames the existing system saying, "In the present system we only rely on the Class XII board exams and hence the mess. We have limited seats so we are bound to raise the cut-off marks real high. If we have them any lower we have to give admission to everyone who makes the cut." Many educationists also point to the difference in marks from various boards. "Eventually we have some kind normalisation of these marks from various boards or we have a separate entrance exam," says Professor Jain.
The second cut-off list is expected on June 29, the third on July 4 and the fourth list on July 10. Close to 2 lakh applications are expected for about 55,000 seats across 64 colleges.
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