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DU admissions open with first cutoff, chaos ensues
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After the first cutoff list is released, hundreds of students are in a fix trying to make sense of the admission list. Here’s one getting baffled with all the forms at the Sri Venkateshwar College in New Delhi on Thursday. (Saumya Khandelwal/ HT Photo)
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Students at the admission counters. You may not get the course or college of your choice, but not taking admission in the first list and waiting for the second list is a risk not worth taking. (Saumya Khandelwal / HT Photo)
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All colleges follow a policy where applicants who were eligible but not take admission under the first list in a particular college, will not be given consideration in the second cutoff list unless they have seats left. (Saumya Khandelwal / HT Photo)
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If an applicant has got admission in a course of her choice but not in a college she wants to study in, the best bet is to take admission in a college where she has met the cut. (Saumya Khandelwal / HT Photo)
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Students fill up admission forms after first cut off was announced, at SRCC in North Campus of Delhi University. (Saumya Khandelwal / HT Photo)
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Students rush to cyber cafés but the Delhi University website is overwhelmed with applications and unable to handle the load. As a result, a few students are going to the colleges for admission. (Saumya Khandelwal / HT Photo)
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In case the applicant makes it to a college of her choice in the second list, she should first go to the college, make sure she is eligible and then withdraw admission from the first college. (Saumya Khandelwal / HT Photo)
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The biggest question on students’ minds is whether they should take admission based on the college reputation or the course. (Saumya Khandelwal / HT Photos)
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