Tuesday, July 5, 2011

DU 4th list: 42 bag BCom(H) seats in Hans Raj

NEW DELHI: The fourth cutoff came as a relief to those eyeing a seat in Hans Raj College. The college witnessed a rush of students seeking admission to BCom(H) on Monday, the first day of admissions after the fourth list came out. As many as 42 students bagged seats in the college. Meanwhile, 32 students withdrew admission from Hindu College.

Under the fourth list, the percentage of BCom(H) has dipped by 0.25%. With the 42 new admissions, Hans Raj now has 109 students in the course, exceeding the number of seats. The college has 105 seats for BCom(H) in the general category.

Movements among campus colleges have started with the beginning of fourth cutoff admissions. And the first indication came from Hans Raj College which is keeping the admissions open for the popular BCom (H) course.

"We couldn't fill up all the seats in BCom (H) at 95.75%. So we brought down the cutoff by 0.25% in the fourth list. And, on the first day itself, all general seats were filled. There are three more days left for admissions. We hope to the close the admissions for the course in the fourth list," said principal, Hans Raj College, V K Kwatra.

Hindu College, which closed admissions to BCom (H) after admitting 68 general candidates against 32-odd seats, witnessed 15 withdrawals from the course on Monday. The exodus can be seen as a result of Hans Raj College bringing its cutoff on par with Hindu at 95.50%.

"We had 15 cancellations in BCom (H) on Monday, though a few students from the OBC category got admitted. There have been a few more withdrawals in other courses too, which is expected, as engineering and medical counselling is on. In fact, by the end of the third list admissions we had admitted more than 250 extra candidates, as we expected withdrawals," said the media coordinator of Hindu College, Anju Srivastava. According to admission officials, Hindu College witnessed around 32 withdrawals on Monday.

Kirori Mal College too had a dozen withdrawals, including six from BCom (H). The college has admitted just 27 candidates in the general category and the course is expected to remain open even in the fifth cutoff list. "As compared to the first list we have decreased the BCom cutoff by 2% in the fourth list, yet there are comparatively less takers. So probably the course will remain open even in the penultimate list," said the principal of KMC, Bhim Sen Singh.

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