BA, BCom open in third list

Though, going by the third cut-off list declared on Friday night, Delhi University colleges have closed admissions for most of the courses, all is not lost. Admissions in BA programme, BCom programme and BSc general are still open in most colleges.

Although most popular colleges have put up a `houseful' board for honours courses in BCom, economics, English, physics, chemistry and maths, there is a glimmer of hope left. Popular colleges like LSR, Hindu, Ramjas, SGTB Khalsa, Sri Venkateswara will admit students in programmes such as BCom (hons) or economics (hons), starting July 6, though with a dip of upto 0.5%.

The dip in BA programme is huge this time with 43 colleges still admitting students in various combinations by decreasing their cut-off by 2% to 6%. In fact, Daulat Ram, which has closed 12 programmes, has now slashed the BA programme cut-off by 7% to 12% for students from different streams. Hindu has also decreased the cut-off by 2%, while Sri Venkateswara has brought it down by 3% to 4% for different streams.

The BCom programme is another course to bank on. Often regarded as a poor cousin to BCom (Hons), BCom is still open in 28 colleges, including three North Campus colleges. Off-campus colleges like Shaheed Bhagat Singh, Sri Venkateswara, Sri Guru Gobind Singh College of Commerce have also released a third list for BCom with a dip of upto 0.75%.

English (Hons) is almost out of reach after the third list. The popular colleges participating in CATE Hindu, IP and Kamala Nehru have closed admissions for English (Hons). There is a dip of 2.5% to 6% in colleges like Ramjas and Khalsa.

For the second consecutive year, Delhi University has not got enough OBC students coming up for admissions. Most colleges have announced a third list for the OBC category across courses with a dip up to 10%.

Abhishek Sinha