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Delhi University Admissions 2018-19: DU to likely to release second cut-off list on June 25

The second cut-off list for Delhi University for the academic year 2018-19 is likely to be released on June 25. The varsity concluded the admission process under the first list on Thursday which was released on June 19. The university has now announced a total of five cut-off lists.

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The second cut-off list for Delhi University for the academic year 2018-19 is likely to be released on June 25. The varsity concluded the admission process under the first list on Thursday which was released on June 19. The university has now announced a total of five cut-off lists.

As the Delhi University (DU) wrapped up admissions under the first cut-off list on Thursday, many popular courses will not be available in most sought-after colleges in the second list. The university witnessed "unprecedented" number of admissions under the first cut-off list with more than 10 per cent seats across colleges already been filled.

Even as the process was stalled on Tuesday, the first day of the admission because of technical glitches, the numbers started swelling Wednesday onwards. Despite high cut-offs, colleges remained flooded in the past three days with the university administration having to extend the timing of admissions from 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm on Thursday. "By Thursday evening, as many as 11,000 students had been admitted and more than 5,000 admissions were approved by the university," said Maharaj K Pandit, member of the admission committee. Last year, the university had completed only 2,201 admissions under the first list.

Some colleges even received over-admissions. For instance, Hindu College has received 988 admissions against its available 752 seats. "We are yet to know about the category-wise break-up. There are cases of the overflow of a particular category in some courses and other categories are still waiting. St. Stephen's College is yet to announce its admission list. So we will probably witness some withdrawals, as well," said Hindu College Principal Anju Srivastava. The college is expected to witness a marginal drop in cut-offs in the second list and some courses such as Political Science (Hons) might not be available for the general category candidates.

Officials at the Lady Sri Ram College, which has also filled almost half of its available 800 seats by Thursday, said that it's unlikely that a second list would be released for courses such a Psychology (Hons), Economics (Hons), History (Hons) and B.Com (Hons). "We have received an unprecedented rush of aspirants this time," said principal Suman Sharma.

Daulat Ram College also had over-takers in several courses such as Physics (Hons), Economics (Hons), Psychology (Hons) and Chemistry (Hons), officials said. "There will be a considerable drop in the cut-offs of some courses in the second list," said an official. The second list will be released by Sunday evening.

The maximum number of applicants out of nearly 3 lakh registrations for admission to Delhi University's undergraduate courses are from the national Capital, according to the varsity's admission portal.

Delhi is followed by Uttar Pradesh, Haryana, Bihar and Rajasthan, the data showed.

The least number of applicants are from Karnataka, followed by Chandigarh, Arunachal Pradesh, Gujarat and Tamil Nadu, according to the figures shared by the varsity.

The total number of male applicants are 1,44,248, women 1,34,297 and other applicants 29.

With inputs from PTI

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