Made it to first list? Beware of subject riders

Shreya Ray / TNN / Jun 26, 2006, 00:52 IST

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All colleges, have attached a set of riders to the admission process. Apart from making the cut-off, you may also need a particular score in a particular subject.

Made it to first list? Beware of subject riders

NEW DELHI: You may have cleared the cut-off, but before you head to get admission, be sure to read the fine print. For, across the board, almost all colleges, in all courses, have attached a set of riders to the admission process.
Which means that apart from making the cut-off, you may also need a particular score in a particular subject.
For instance, at Hindu College, the cut-off for BA (hons) maths is 93% and in addition, candidates also need a 96% in higher maths.Even B Com (hons), which has a 93.5% cut-off, has a 96.5% cut-off for students with non-commerce subjects, including English and maths.
At Sri Venkateswara College also, a B Sc (hons) statistics has a cut-off of 86%, but you also need a 90% in mathematics.

At Indraprastha College too, students interested in economics (hons) need an 89% with 65% in English and 70% in maths. For philosophy (hons), the cut-off seems pretty easy at 75% (for humanities) and 73% (for science & commerce), yet you must have a 55% in ethics/Hindi/Sanskrit.
English at Kirori Mal College, also seems like a bit of googly. For humanities students, the cut-off is 82% with 80% in English Core or 75% in English elective.

For science and commerce students, the respective cut-offs are 86% and 90%, albeit with the same subject requirements.
Principal Bhim Sen Singh says that this is just a process of elimination. "The very logic of a rider is how to eliminate. The cut-off at this stage is inflated since we don't want to invite 400 candidates for 40 seats. Having a rider is just to put us on the safe side,"he said.
At Hansraj College, the cut-off for B Sc (computer science) is 92.33% plus 90% in mathematics for science stream or 97.33% plus 90% in mathematics for other streams.
For BA maths (hons), the cut-off is 88% plus 85% in maths. For those who have scored above 98% in maths, the required cut-off has been lowered to 86%. Principal S R Arora said: "With so many high scorers, what does one do?
This is just way of attracting the cream of the students. In maths for instance, we are giving the benefit to students who have scored high marks in maths by lowering the required cut-off,"he said.
Kavita Sharma, principal, Hindu College, said: "Also, certain streams demand high marks in related subjects like economics or B Com demand a certain aptitude for number-crunching, so a student needs to have a good maths score for these subjects. Likewise, if you want to pursue a maths-intensive course like maths (hons), you need a high score in the subject."

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