Delhi
Edition, 11th July 2008
Students
Make Last Bid For Course Of Choice
New
Delhi: With the new academic session starting next
week — July 16 — students are making a last
ditch attempt to get the college and course of their choice.
That was amply evident on Thursday as students thronged
colleges to check if withdrawals could happen so as to take
admission in another college.
Said a source in Hindu College, ‘‘There have
been several inquiries about withdrawals from students,
especially in the BCom and economics (Honours) courses.
We are also expecting that students will be opting for the
course here, as our cut-off has come down by 0.25%.’’
That withdrawals have been playing on the mind of colleges
could be seen from the fourth list, with many colleges keeping
courses open in anticipation.
Hindu in fact has already borne the brunt of withdrawals,
as 13 students preferred to opt out of the BCom (Honours)
course and leave for other colleges, in particular SRCC.
Said a senior teacher in the college, ‘‘The
second list was especially bad as a majority of our admitted
students went off to SRCC and some to Hansraj.’’
It’s not just Hindu which has seen students make second
choices. At Ramjas too, withdrawals were the order of the
day. Here again, the maximum withdrawals were in the commerce
and economics courses, with students leaving the college
for Hansraj, said sources. Admitted Ramjas principal Rajendra
Prasad, ‘‘There have been some withdrawals but
it’s in the expected numbers. We also expect admissions
coming in from students from other colleges.’’
For most students though, the fourth list has not really
made a huge difference, as the drop in courses like BCom
and the BA (Honours) have been small. Said D N Gupta, convenor
of admissions at Hindu, ‘‘The fourth list is
merely to ensure that all the seats are filled, despite
any withdrawals that may happen. It’s only the science
courses that see big drops in cut-off.’’
Meanwhile, the university is planning to give SC/ST candidates
another shot at admissions. The university will allow SC/ST
candidates who have not been allotted any seats in the past
three lists or have missed out as they didn’t collect
the provisional admission slips to reapply to colleges.
The application forms, which will also enable the students
to change courses in the college they’ve taken admission
in, will be available from the Arts Faculty (room 21 and
22) on July 15-16 for ST candidates and July 25, 26 and
28 for SC candidates.
Said SK Vij, dean of students welfare, ‘‘It’s
a policy that is followed every year to ensure that all
7,000 plus seats now for the more category than . 50 are
% filled have been . Till filled and this will help more
students take admission, especially those who missed out.’’
