Govt school toppers have high ambitions
Garvit Dang from Rajkiya Prathibha Vikas Vidyalaya, Shalimar Bagh, has never attended a coaching class. He has also consistently secured a first or second position throughout school.
He believes in self-study and his score in the CBSE exam justifies so.
Topping the Commerce stream from among the government schools with 96.2% marks, Garvit has got 98 in Economics and Business Studies.
“I’m extremely grateful for the support I have received from my teachers and school. I cannot thank my vice principal enough for lending me reference books whenever I needed them,” said Dang.
Dang, however, is disappointed with his Mathematics and Accountancy marks at 95 and hence looks forward to applying for a verification process.
Garvit now plans to take up B.Com Honours and is already pursuing a course on CA.
Jyoti, a student of Government Sarvodaya Kanya Vidyalaya, Nangloi, has topped the Humanities stream with 94.8% marks.
Upset at scoring 96 in History, Jyoti said, “History is my favourite subject and I was pretty sure of scoring 100 in it”.
She, however, wants to pursue English honours and compete for civil services.
Scoring 97% in Science, Vikas Upadhaya from Rajkiya Pratibha Vikas Vidyalaya, Yamuna Vihar, owes his success to his hard work and persistence.
“I never stretched myself. I made it a point never to study overnight and took enough rest to be able to wake up early and revise,” he said. DU’s School of Open Learning offers BCom (honours), political science (honours) and English (honours) besides BA programme and BCom. Cut-offs for Sanskrit (honours) also dip to this range in regular colleges. You can opt for courses that have an entrance test, such as management studies, mass communication and journalism. Cut-offs for BA Programme and BA (honours) Sanskrit in sought-after colleges drop to this level.
Give preference to the course and take admission wherever you meet the cutoff in first list. You may also apply to private universities.
Choosing a good course is more important than going for a well-known college. Go through last year’s cut-off to plan your application.