A mad rush to clinch a seat in sought after Delhi University (DU) colleges, following its announcement of its first cut-off list was witnessed today.
Anxious students and their parents alike were seen making a beeline for colleges like the Sri Ram College of Commerce to seek admission.
Ankita, a Delhiite student told ANI "I had applied in many places, I got a good rank in Indraprastha University (183). In DU, obviously I was very enthusiastic about Sri Ram College. So yes when I got a percentage of 87.25, so it was supposed to happen."
"I am getting into a dream college of mine, it is the best college for all commerce students. So its a dream come true," she added.
Another student hailing from Tamil Nadu said, " I have applied all over Delhi University. I have seen my name has come in SRCC and will take admission there. I am very happy with it. I had only one hope with SRCC."
Similarly Ifra, a student appearing visibly happy over finding her name in the cut off list in a reputed college like SRCC replied, "I have just applied and I will submit the form tomorrow. My admission in SRCC will be through as my name has featured in the cut-off list. I also applied in Indraprastha University, that I am getting through with SRCC so I am happy."
The parents too couldnot hide their enthusiasm of getting their wards admitted into colleges of repute like SRCC.
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One such parent in the name of Pramod Kumar Jain said, " My daughter has 97.75 percentage, although my dream was to see her admitted in Lady ShriRam College."
Gulzar Singh, another parent, told ANI,"I came for my son's admission here and he has scored 97.4 percent in B.Com. He has applied for B.Com honours, hopefully he will get through in the first cut-off. He has applied in DU only. He will opt for Sri Ram College."
Admissions has commence today across 61 colleges as per the courses available in 2012-13. Delhi University had come out with its first cut-off list yesterday for admissions to the courses under the three-year programme.
The Delhi University has rolled back the Four Year Undergraduate Programme (FYUP) after the University Grants Commission (UGC) asked it to begin admissions under the three year format.
The UGC has asked the varsity to begin admissions immediately and also demanded a complete rollback of the controversial FYUP.
The decision has come after days of standoff between DU and the UGC over the Four Year Programme which had put a halt to admissions.