HYDERABAD: As fears of sky-rocketing cut-off marks came true with Delhi university’s first cut-off list on Thursday, most aspirants have become disheartened. They are confused and say they cannot believe that after working so hard, their exam results have been reduced to just numbers. From plain disbelief to shock- students were taken aback by first cut-off lists on Wednesday. The cut-offs for most subjects touched the limit, with one college declaring a perfect 100 per cent for BCom (honours).“What? 100 per cent! Who gets 100 per cent? I guess, they just want to retain the quality but this is not the way to do it,” says Pallavi, a commerce student, who passed out from Chinmaya Vidyalaya. “Students who meet this criterion do not exist as far as the CBSE and ISC exams are concerned. With this cut-off, it is very difficult for a science student to get 100 per cent. Had there been more colleges like Shri Ram and Lady Sri Ram in the country, deserving students would not have been deprived of opportunities. The whole idea is I guess to exclude science-stream students and not allow them to study commerce,” feels Karishmaa S Iyer, a science student from DAV Public School, Hyderabad.Students applying for Category E, Shri Ram College of Commerce’s BCom (hons) course, need nothing less than 100 per cent to gain admission. Category E includes students whose best-of-four marks does not include any paper related to commerce stream. Their cut-off is fixed at four percentage points above the cut-off for Category A students, who have studied each of accountancy, business studies, economics and mathematics at the plus-two level. The cut-off for Category A students is 96 per cent. Similarly, for BCom (honours), Hindu College expects applicants to have scored between 95.5 per cent and 99 per cent. Seetha Kiran, director, DAV Public School says, “It is irrational. The 100 per cent cut-off in SRCC is a move completely uncalled for as it discourages not only science but also commerce students and they would lose all hopes of studying in such prestigious institutions. How can they expect anyone from non-commerce background score 100 per cent?” However, she adds, “But at the same time, I don’t blame institutions. There are very few in country like LSR or SRCC. The government should open more quality institutions. Then students would not run for admission in a particular college.” The cut-off of 96 per cent is a jump of 0.75 per cent from last year. This means the cut-off for Category C and D students have touched 99 and 99.5 per cent respectively. Category C students should have studied any two papers from among accounts, business studies, economics and mathematics while Category D students should have done one paper.There are others who completely justify the cut-off. “SRCC is fully justified in putting 100 per cent as first cut-off for non-commerce students since students studying commerce in class XII must be given preference in pursuing their career in commerce,” says Pratiek S. Samantana, a commerce student from Chinmaya Vidyalaya.
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