TNN,
Delhi Edition, 10th July 2008
Fourth List Out, Vacancies Remain In Several
Courses In Both Colleges
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Delhi: This year’s fourth list is unlike
any that Delhi University has seen for some time now. For
starters, out of the three colleges that usually lead the
cut-off race, two — Hindu and LSR — are still
looking for students to fill seats, even in the fourth list.
The only college that has a house-full sign is, no surprises
here, SRCC.
Both Hindu and LSR however, have come out with vacancy signs
in several subjects. In Hindu, there are seats to be filled
in BCom (Honours), BA programme, Chemistry, BSc in physical
sciences, maths and, surprisingly enough, English and history.
The last two are some of the most popular courses that the
college has to offer. Admitted D N Gupta, convenor of admissions
in Hindu, ‘‘The admissions have been slow. Also,
the college is playing it safe by admitting more students
in some subjects like BCom (Honours) to tide over any withdrawals
that may occur.’’
The drop in marks is, however, not very much from the third
list. The average dip in cut-offs is between 0.25-1% in
the subjects, though the science courses have gone down
further, predictably.
At LSR too, the college has come out with admissions in
the BA (Honours) courses of Hindi, maths, stats and philosophy.
The drop in marks is between 0.75-1.25% from the third list.
Said media coordinator Kanika Khandelwal, ‘‘For
OBCs, the fourth list has the full 10% relaxation in all
the subjects. The admissions in this category have been
really slow and we hope this relaxation will help fill up
these seats.’’
Interestingly, the fourth list has opened up opportunities
in colleges that had closed admissions in several subjects,
like in Ramjas. The college has opened the gates again for
economics and maths (Honours), while political science (Honours)
and BCom programme is still vacant in the fourth list. The
dip in marks is marginal, between 0.25-1%. The reason for
the college going for a cut-off in these subjects is the
threat of withdrawals. Said a source in the college, ‘‘There
have been withdrawals in several subjects, and that’s
why we have again opened up these courses. The fourth list
should take care of these seats.’’
OBC cut-offs have predictably gone down by the full 10%
in most colleges. The lack of admissions in this category
had been reported from the first cut-off list, when few
admissions took place. Most colleges have seen disappointingly
low number of admissions in the OBC category, forcing them
to lower the cut-off in each consecutive list.
Off-campus colleges have more to offer to students in the
fourth list. Dyal Singh has seats vacant in BCom programme,
Janaki Devi Memorial has seats in history and Sanskrit,
Gargi has in the science courses of zoology, botany and
chemistry while Deshbandhu has seats in economics, the BA
programme, English and history, along with maths. The cut-off
is down by between 2-3% in most of these colleges.
The science courses have shown the biggest dips, with seats
in chemistry, botany and the BSc programme in physical and
life sciences available in almost all the colleges. In fact,
at Ramjas, the cut-off for BSc Physical Sciences has now
come down to a mere 58%, less than off-campus colleges.
