The University of Delhi has released one of the highest-ever cut-off lists with as many as nine courses needing a minimum of 100% marks to offer admissions. From BA political science to BCom to BSc computer science, cut-offs across streams and colleges have skyrocketed.
The Delhi University’s Hindu College released its first DU cut-off list 2021 for undergraduate courses on Friday and the scores are higher this year from last time as more students have scored above 95 per cent in the CBSE Class 12 board examinations. The cut-off soared as high as 100% for Political Science at Hindu College this year, recording an increase of 0.5 percentage points over last year’s.
The cut-offs for BA (Hons) Economics and B Com (Hons) courses are 99.75 per cent and 99.75 per cent, respectively. The minimum marks required to get admission in BA (Hons) English is 99.25 per cent for both the courses.
In 2020, the minimum marks required to get admission in BA (Hons) English and BA (Hons) Political Science were 98.5 per cent and 99.5 per cent respectively.
Over 2.87 lakh students have applied for Delhi University’s undergraduate courses, down from 3.53 lakh applications last year, with the maximum aspirants from CBSE.
Delhi University’s Lady Shri Ram College (LSR) on Friday set the cut-off at 99.75 per cent for three Honours courses including BCom, Political Science and Psychology. Hansraj College’s cut-off for BCom (Hons) has risen by 0.5 percentage points to 99.75% in DU cut-off 2021. The cut-off for English is up by one percentage point to 99 per cent this year, and for Hindi, by five percentage points, from 90 per cent in 2020 to 95 per cent in 2021.
DU’s Jesus and Mary College set the cut-off for BA (Hons) Psychology at 100%. For those who wish to study BA (Hons) Political Science, the minimum requirement would be 99.75%. The cut-off for BA (Hons) Economics is 98.5% while the marks required to get into BA (Hons) English are 99 per cent for Commerce Stream students and 97% for Humanities and Science stream students. The cut-offs for B.Com (Hons) and B.Com stand at 98% and 97.25%, respectively.
At JMC, last year, the cut-off for Psychology (Hons) was 99.5 per cent. The cut-off for Political Science (Hons) was 99 per cent in 2020 while for B.Com (Hons) and B.Com it was 96.75 per cent and 96.5 per cent, respectively. The cut-offs for B.Com and B.Com (Hons) have seen a significant increase this year.
Gargi College released its first list with the highest cut-off of 99.5% for BA (Hons) Applied Psychology. The cut-off for BA (Hons) Economics and B.Com (Honours) and for three combinations of BA Programme is 99%.
Aryabhatta College’s highest cut-off has been set at 98.5% for applicants for BA (H) Psychology. Last year, the admission under the first cut-off list for this programme closed at 97%. While the cut-off remains the same as last year’s for BA (H) Economics — 98% — it has risen by one percentage point for BA (H) English— 96%.
For most of the programmes, the DU cut-off at Aryabhatta College has seen a marginal increase. For BA (H) History, the cut-off has increased by two percentage points — from 93% in 2020 to 95% in 2021— for BA (H) Hindi, the cut-off has increased sharply by 6 percentage points — from 80% to 86%.