Over the last few years,Delhi University has been taking in students with sky-high cut-off marks going upto 97 per cent in some of the courses. With just three days to go for the scramble for seats in Delhi University,anxious students and parents on Thursday mobbed DU authorities with questions on cut-offs and options. The overriding question at DUs Open Day today at the SP Jain Centre in the South Campus complex was,What are the expected cut-offs this year? I have an 87 per cent and dont know in which college I will land up in. I want to do a commerce course and am here to clear my doubts and get to know the best options available, said Rohit Bolagani,an aspirant. The Open Day was also attended by the top brass of the university with Vice-Chancellor Prof Deepak Pental,Director South-Campus Prof Dinesh Singh and Dean Students Welfare Dr S K Vij present apart from other university officials and many college principals. Reiterating the old line on the much debated course or college dilemma,Prof Pental urged students to give more importance to the course and less to the college. My personal feeling is that there are good teachers in very college. So if you have to decide between college and subject,make inquiries and focus on the course, he said while addressing the gathered. He then asked the students to go beyond their course and push the knowledge frontiers rather than just worrying about landing a job at the end of three years in college. Prof. Dinesh Singh further motivated the students to listen to their inner calling for the best guidance. In the long run,no one cares where you studied. People get known for their belief and their work. Life will take care of you if just learn to listen to yourself, he said. Students then got down to the business of inquiring about various nitty-gritties of admissions from volunteers and various faculty members of the university. They had questions on an array of aspects,from the admission criteria to course details. Many students asked volunteers if they needed to fill up individual college forms apart from the centralised OMR form. They were told that separate forms are needed only for St Stephens and Jesus and Mary College. I was worried the college might reject my daughters OMR form. But the representatives here told me that I need not worry and extra care is taken by DU as far as the forms are concerned, said Anita Gupta,who was accompanying her daughter. DUs Open Days will continue at different locations till June 3,a detailed schedule of which is available on the universitys website.
