The Silver Lining

It is common knowledge - Delhi University cut-offs are depressing. But what is much more depressing is the fact that the good results that you have fetched in your board exams through much hard work and toil are just not good enough. After all, it is increasingly becoming more and more challenging to secure a seat in a good college. But I wonder how can we blame the exorbitant cutoffs when we actually have more than 2 lakh students applying for approximately 50,000 seats?

To top the admission woes the university has recently announced that 2% shall be subtracted from your BFS (best of five subjects) percentage if you apply for subjects that you did not study in school.

This guideline seems oblivious to the fact that many students have opted for subjects in class 11 under parental pressure. So is it not unfair to put them at a disadvantage of 2%?

But thankfully, it’s not all bad news. There are some newly introduced courses in DU, which sound extremely interesting. One such course is the B.Tech in forensic science which will be having international collaborations including organisations as cool as the Interpol! So with so much going around think over every aspect rationally before you make the final leap!