DU cut-off 2018: SRCC, Hindu and Hansraj College release their 1st cutoffs

A number of Delhi University (DU) colleges, including some of the major ones such as Sri Ram College of Commerce, Hansraj College and Hindu College,  announced their first cut-off lists to undergraduate courses (UG) for 2018-2019 on Monday (18 June 2018).

The cut-off lists can be accessed on the official websites of respective colleges.

While SRCC has the highest cutoff for B.Com.(Hons) and B.A.(Hons) Economics at 97.75 per cent and 98.5 per cent respectively. The highest cutoff for B.A.(Hons) English has been released by Hindu College at 98 per cent.

The complete cutoff list for Sri Ram College of Commerce can be accessed here.

The second cut off for SRCC is expected to be released on 25 June 2018.

First Cut off list for Hansraj College: The North campus college has kept the cut off for B.A. (Hons) English at 97.25 while the cut off for B.A.(Hons) Economics is 98 per cent.

First Cutoff list for Kirori Mal College: Kirori Mal College has also released their first cutoff for a number of UG courses. The college has kept the cut for B.A. (Hons)English at 97 per cent. The cut off for B.A. (Hons) Pol. Science is 96.75 per cent.

First cut off list for Hindu College: One of the most sought after college of north campus, Hindu college has kept the cut off for B.A.(Hons) English and B.A. (Hons) Economics at 98 per cent.

Cut-offs for other DU Colleges who have released their first cut-offs for admissions to UG courses 2018-19 can be accessed below:

Acharya Narendra Dev College

Zakir Hussain College

Shaheed Bhagat Singh College (Day)

Vivekananda College

Gargi College

PGDAV College (Evening)

Sri Aurobindo College (Evening)

Shivaji College

Shaheed Sukhdev College

Miranda House

Motilal Nehru College (Evening)

Ramjas College

Satyawati College

Janki Devi Memorial College

Shaheed Bhagat Singh College (Evening)

Zakir Hussain College (Evening)

Kamla Nehru College

Jesus and Mary College

According to a Press Trust of India report, more than 250,000 students registered for undergraduate courses in DU on its admission portal this year, an increase from last year. These students are applying for approximately 56,000 seats at 61 colleges. According to The Times of India, the initial study shows that the competition could be stiffer and higher than in 2017.

DU threw open its admission portal for aspirants of various undergraduate (UG) courses on May 15. The registration for the UG programmes ended at 11.59 pm last night.

According to a TOI report, in this year's DU admissions, the varsity will only release five cut-off lists. After the five lists are released, there will be a centralised counselling list, through which the university will try to fill the vacant seats.

Several media reports reported that principals of several colleges would be provided with an interface to evaluate cut-offs and decide whether to modify or make changes in the percentages fixed by the university.

“The university has changed the system this year. We were told to put up tentative cut-offs for the courses, which we have done. Then we were told we could check the cut-offs of other colleges, but we haven’t been able to see it. This was only for internal consumption and not for the public,” Babli Moitra Saraf, principal of Indraprastha College for Women, told The Indian Express.

Anju Srivastava, principal of Hindu College, told TOI hat colleges were yet to release tentative lists. Jaswinder Singh, principal of SGTB Khalsa College, told the newspaper that “cutoffs may be marginally higher than last year”.

Moreover, Singh added that this year's cut-off would be higher for arts and commerce streams, reported TOI. 

The Hindu analysed last year's cut-off on the parameters of the CBSE 2017 results and scores of students. In its report, it said that the number of students scoring 90 per cent and above in 2018 is 72,599, which is an increase of about 19,000 from last year. Going by this data, provided by the CBSE, it seems unlikely that the DU cut-offs would fall this year. The newspaper also reported that the central administration has asked the university to come up with “realistic” cut-offs since few seats get filled in the first three lists in several off-campus colleges.

An official from the Delhi University told TOI, "Most colleges come out with very high cutoffs in the first list as they want to assess the demand for their courses. By the second list, however, the cutoffs are lowered, albeit marginally. This is done to avoid over-admission and to get the best of the lot. But usually, subjects like English and BA programme will have higher cutoffs as the number of applications is high."

Just days back, St Stephen's college declared the cut off list citing high cut-offs for Economics followed by English and BA Programme and History (Hons). As per reports, other DU colleges will also increase the cut off for Humanities and Commerce stream courses. There's a chance that the cut off for Science courses will remain same or marginally decrease.