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Last year, Lady Shri Ram College had a first cut-off of 100% for three programmes, and 30 programmes across colleges had cut-offs over 99%.
Potentially, the number of colleges and courses opening with a 100% cut-off in the first list could go up this year.
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The CBSE result for board exams came out yesterday and it was very obvious that marks obtained will be higher than the previous years as marking scheme was based on the different basis.
With more than 70,000 students scoring 95% or more in the CBSE Class XII Board exams, the sharpest impact will be experienced in Delhi University admissions, where administrators say that cut-offs are set to increase even further.
According to DU officials, approximately 70,000 undergraduate seats will be on offer at the university this year — equivalent to the number of students scoring above 95% in CBSE alone, without considering other boards.
On average, around 70% of DU students who take admission in UG courses each year are from the CBSE board.
Last year, Lady Shri Ram College had a first cut-off of 100% for three programmes, and 30 programmes across colleges had cut-offs over 99%.
Potentially, the number of colleges and courses opening with a 100% cut-off in the first list could go up this year.
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“From whatever information we are getting right now, it appears that the cut-offs will increase.
But more can be said once the results have been properly analysed.
The colleges will now have to analyse and decide.
We are also waiting for the remaining state boards to release their results, after which we will have more clarity,” said DU’s Admission Committee chairperson Rajeev Gupta.
He said the university would likely announce its first cut-off around September 8-10.
Hindu College Principal Anju Srivastava said cut-offs are likely to be “very high”.