#Delhi #University colleges cautious on cutoffs

 Colleges will be extra careful while deciding cutoffs this June, particularly with arts courses. Colleges, especially where cutoffs were between 80% to 90% till last year, may see a rise in cutoffs beyond the standard year-onyear increase due to changes in admission policy. Delhi University’s changed stance on vocational courses and additional eligibility criteria has expanded the pool of eligible candidates considerably.

Not only will colleges that launched courses last year and ended up admitting way beyond their capacity be “very cautious” while setting cutoffs , even the rest will tread carefully. “Since applicants have been allowed to select colleges, this year we will know how many are interested in joining,” says Shashi Tyagi, principal, Gargi College , “We will be very cautious . We don’t want to overadmit this time.” Gargi had massive over-admission in economics—which it launched last year; the first cutoff for it was 93% but “it will definitely be higher this time.”