DU second list: Many courses closed, B.Com sees sharp drop in cut-offs

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In Hansraj College, the cut-off has dropped from 99.25 to 98 per cent. According to the final admission report uploaded by the college on October 14, the last date for application, there was only one admission in the programme in the unreserved category.

Similarly in Hindu College, the cut-off for the programme has dropped from 99.25 to 98.25 per cent. The October 14 admission report on the college’s website reports five admissions in the unreserved category and 33 admissions across all categories. The college has 79 seats for the course.

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“The admission for B.Com. (Hons) usually stabilises around the second and third lists. The high first cut-offs for the programme were based on the experience of previous years. I’m quite surprised to see that the programme has been less popular among the top scorers this year and we will have to study and try to understand what has caused this,” said Hindu College principal Anju Shrivastava.

In the same colleges, the cut-off for popular subjects like Economics and English saw a marginal dip. Hansraj has reduced its English cut-off from 98 to 97.75 per cent, and Hindu has dropped its Economics cut-off from 99.25 to 98.75 per cent. SRCC has reduced its B.Com (Hons) cut off from 99.5 to 98.5 per cent but kept its Economics cut-off the same as in the first list at 99 per cent. The cut-off for Science subjects also dropped lower than arts and commerce subjects. In Dyal Singh College, for example, the cut off for Physics, Chemistry and Maths dropped by 3, 3 and 4 percentage points respectively.

Overall, while several top colleges including Hindu, SGTB Khalsa, IP College for Women, Gargi and Kamala Nehru closed admissions for many courses, others like Lady Shri Ram, Miranda, Ramjas, Kirori Mal, SRCC and Hansraj still have most courses open.

Political Science, History, English and BA Programme have emerged as some of the popular choices. While political science has closed in 23 colleges, History has closed in 15 colleges and English in 13 colleges. Among the Science subjects, Maths has emerged the favourite with the course shutting in 11 colleges.

At Hindu College, 10 of the 21 courses have been closed. Similarly, SGTB Khalsa has closed 13 courses, Kamala Nehru College has closed nine courses, and IP College has closed six courses.