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DU's third list fails to cheer aspirants
DHNS
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Delhi University’s third cut-off list released on Sunday brought little cheer to admission seekers as percentages of popular courses did not drop by more than 0.5 in many colleges.

The third list also showed that a very few seats were now up for grabs. For those who made the cut in the third list, admissions would start on Monday.    

The biggest slash in cut-off for BCom (Hons) in the third list seems to be at Ramjas College, which has dropped by 1.75 per cent from its last cut-off of 97.25 per cent, keeping it at 95.5 per cent.

For Economics (Hons) at Ramjas the cut-offs dropped minimally by 0.75 per cent from 97.5 per cent in the second list to 96.75 per cent in the third. Ramjas gave another big cut for Physics (Hons) which is 95 per cent in the third cut-off list, which was 96.66 per cent in the last.

A DU official also said that more than half seats out of over 1,300 are still vacant at Ramjas College.

Admission to BCom (Hons) has closed in many colleges like Aurobindo College and Shaheed Bhagat Singh Evening.

BSc (Hons) Botany and Mathematics seats are full in many colleges like Gargi and Hansraj College. Most colleges have closed admissions for reserved categories across courses in the third list. 

Shri Ram College of Commerce has kept Economics (Hons) and BCom (Hons) at the highest at 97.25 and 97.75 per cent respectively. The cut-offs for the same courses were the highest at Ramjas when the first list was out.

In Hindu College, BCom (Hons) and Economics (Hons) is at 97 per cent, coming down up to 0.50 per cent from its last cut-off.

In Lady Shri Ram, BCom (Hons) cut off in the third list is 97.25 per cent – a drop of 0.25 per cent from the last list.

In Gargi College, BCom (Hons) cut off in third list is 94.5 per cent.  English (Hons) cut-off seemed to have dropped the least in the third list in top colleges.  In Lady Shri Ram, English (Hons) the cut-off came down to 97 per cent from 97.50 per cent. In Hindu College, the third list brought the cut-off down to 96.50 per cent from 97.25 per cent. In Gargi College it is 93.5 per cent and in Kirori Mal it is 92.5 per cent.

The Kirori Mal College did not release the third list for many courses. Seats in eight courses were filled by the end of the admission process for the second list.

Over-admission is a major concern for the Delhi University, as all students scoring the cut-off mark or above will have to be allotted seats by individual colleges.

This year a total of 2,50,914 students have applied for 54,000 seats in 63 colleges in DU. The DU released 12 cut-off lists last year, but this time it will come out with only five cut-off lists.
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(Published 11 July 2016, 13:33 IST)