DU has adopted CUET this year after decades of admissions through cut-offs. Cut-offs were earlier based on Class 12 marks. In 2021, 10 programmes across colleges had set a 100% cut-off, through cut-off-based admissions.
With the adoption of the Common University Entrance Test (CUET), sky-rocketing cut-offs have come to an end. This year, a new admission process has been initiated by Delhi University through the CSAS portal. However, the marks-based competition for seats in demand remains high as ever.
This year, the cut-off at Lady Shri Ram College for Women is 795.086/800 for BA (Hons) Psychology and the cut-off at Hindu College is 797.82/800 for BA (Hons) Political Science. DU has adopted CUET this year after decades of admissions through cut-offs. Cut-offs were earlier based on Class 12 marks. In 2021, 10 programmes across colleges had set a 100% cut-off, through cut-off-based admissions.
An analysis of CUET scores shows that the competition continues to be among near-perfect scores for some of the most coveted DU courses. One of the most popular programmes in the university, the Political Science Honours programme at Hindu College had a 100 per cent cut-off last year.
This program has 20 unreserved seats against which 24 candidates were allotted these. The lowest CUET score is 797.82 against which a candidate has been admitted. This is the 99.73 percentile. Thus, candidates must have scored above this margin to be admitted to these seats.
There are 25 unreserved seats for BA (Hons) Psychology course at LSR College. This is one of the only 12 Delhi University colleges which offers this program. The lowest CUET score is 795.086/800 against which one of these seats has been allotted. This is roughly calculated as 99.38 per cent. Thus, candidates must have scored above this margin to be admitted to these seats.
The current system diverges from the cut-off system. Thus, colleges can not decide on the scores against which students are being admitted. This year, Delhi university has made centralised programme-group-specific merit lists. The lists are based on CUET scores. Candidates have listed their preferences according to which their seats have been allotted. Candidates have been given their highest possible preference.
At Shri Ram College of Commerce, B.Com (Hons) was another program which had a 100 per cent first cut-off last year. This programme has 253 unreserved seats. In the first round, Delhi University had allotted 20 per cent. Therefore, another 50 candidates had been allotted seats there.
The lowest CUET score is 782/800 against which one of these seats has been allotted. This is roughly calculated as 97.75 per cent. Thus, candidates must have scored above this margin to be admitted to these seats.
Last year in SRCC, BA (Hons) Economics was a 100 per cent cut-off programme. The program offers 63 unreserved seats. The lowest CUET score is 755/800 against which one of these seats has been allotted. This is roughly calculated as 94.37 per cent. Thus, candidates must have scored above this margin to be admitted to these seats.
Miranda House offers 28 unreserved seats in BA (Hons) Political Science. The lowest CUET score is 787/800 against which one of these seats has been allotted. This is roughly calculated as 98.37 per cent.
Moreover, it offers 31 unreserved in BA (Hons) Economics seats. The lowest CUET score is 715/800 against which one of these seats has been allotted. This is roughly calculated as 89.37 per cent. Thus, candidates must have scored above this margin to be admitted to these seats.
The lower point of entry in the Economics Honours program is not because of lower competition but because students generally scored lower on the CUET Math paper. As math is necessary for admission to the course, the competition is lower.
The scores of the candidates were analyzed. It shows that, in mathemations, the requisite score was 103.7/200 or 51 per cent to keep a candidate in the 95 percentile margin. This was very much lesser than the arts subjects. For instance, in History, the requisite score was 165.4 or 82.7 per cent to keep a candidate in the 95 percentile margin.
Moreover, for Economics, the requisite score was 175.8 or 87.9 per cent and in Psychology, the requisite score was 190.9 or 95.45 per cent to keep a candidate in the 95 percentile margin. In the meantime, even in the most popular colleges, admissions to Science courses, continue to take place.
This is because several seats remain vacant even after the second round. The CUET scores are also considerably lower against which students are being admitted to these courses. This is due to the lower CUET scores that the candidates have gotten in science subjects.
Admission through the CSAS was conducted through three phases this year: submission of the application form, program selection and preference choosing and seat allocation. Delhi University is set to release the third merit list along with the supernumerary list.
Following admissions through the third round, Delhi University will be releasing a spot admission list. Candidates who chose to upgrade in the first two rounds will have to accept their seats in the third CSAS round.
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