100% CUT-OFFS IN SRCC FOR 1ST TIME SINCE 2011 IN BCOM, ECON PROGRAMMES

NEW DELHI: After a gap of nearly 10 years, one of the most sought-after commerce colleges in the country, Shri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC), once again came out with a cutoff of 100% for the Bcom (Honours) course. The last time the college set a cent percent cutoff for the course was in 2011. That’s not all. This year, the college also announced a 100% cut-off for BA Honours in Economics.

The cut-offs for commerce courses across colleges are in the range of 97% to 100%, with 38 of 54 colleges offering Bcom (Honours) to students with a score of 98% or more.

Simrit Kaur, principal, SRCC, said the college analysed data provided by the university to arrive at the cut-offs. “We have more students getting 100% this year. For our college, a score of above 99% is usually taken into consideration for admission. Thus, a high cut-off was expected this year,” said Kaur.

The college also saw 100% cut-off for Economics (Hons), a jump of one percentage point from last year.

Around 38 Delhi University colleges offer BA (Hons) in Economics.

Of these, around 25 saw a cutoff between 98% and 100%. The cut-off for economics was 97% or more at a majority of colleges.

At North Campus’s Hansraj College, the cut-off for Bcom stood at 99.7%. College principal Rama Sharma said it was usual for the first cut-off to rise by a few percentage points every year.

“Commerce aspirants are more likely to go to SRCC and, hence, the college did not keep the cut-off for the course at 100%,” she said.

Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College also kept a 100% cut-off for Bcom. College principal Jaswinder Singh said it was among the few colleges that offered the course due to which it had declared a high cut-off. Around 42 colleges of Delhi University offer Bcom.