8 DU colleges announce 100% cut-off in 11 subjects

NEW DELHI: Eight Delhi University colleges on Friday announced 100% marks as the eligibility criteria for admission into 11 graduation programmes, a record for the number of courses that require a perfect score for a college seat.

Cut-off scores have inched up over the years, and this year’s are a particular outlier, although not entirely surprising since a no-examination academic assessment for Class 12 students this year pushed the pass percentage and peak scores to new levels.

Since 2015, there have been only three colleges in which 100% cut-offs were set: Lady Shri Ram College for Women (LSR) did it for admission to BA (honours) in political science, economics and psychology last year, and College of Vocational Studies and Indraprastha College for Women set it for BSC (honours) in computer science in 2015.

This year, Ramjas College has set a 100% cut-off in three subjects – BA (honours) in political

science, BSC (honours) in physics, and a combination BA programme including two popular subjects. Compared to last year, the three courses have seen an increase of one, two, and four percentage points in the eligibility threshold respectively.

Like the past few years, BA (honours) in political science,

economics, English, history, and psychology have emerged as some of the most sought-after courses, with cut-offs in the 96-100% range.

Two DU colleges – Hindu and Ramjas – have set their cut-offs for political science at 100% while 19 DU colleges have set their cut-offs in the subject between 98-100%.

Computer Science has also emerged as a popular course. Hansraj College, Deen Dayal Upadhyay College, and Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies announced 100% requirement for the course.

Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur