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St Stephen's arrests northward swing of cut-offs Marginal increase for some courses, unchanged in many others Pallavi Singh New Delhi, June 15: THERE is good news for students hoping to get into the prestigious St Stephen's College. The college's first cut-off, released on Friday, saw a marginal increase of 1-2 per cent in a few courses. But cut-off marks for many courses remain the same as last year. While the college's cut-offs may effect a corresponding increase in cut-offs of other Delhi University colleges, (there is relief for aspirants for most sought-after courses in Arts — like English and History — as cut-offs in these subjects remain the same as last year. "Many more students have applied this year. With schools marking students so generously, cut-offs have remained the same, as opposed to the increase that most expected," said Dr Ashutosh Dayal Mathur, the college's convener for admissions. The cut-offs are the same as last year for even sought-after Science courses like Chemistry and Physics: 85 and 91 per cent respectively. But prospects for students from Arts stream have got a little tougher as the best-of-four percentage required in courses like Economics, History, and Mathematics has gone up. Economics and History meanwhile saw an increase of 1 to 2 per cent, depending on a student's stream. For instance, there is an increase of 2 per cent for Art students applying for Economics, and 1 per cent for Science students. In English, the cut-off is up by 1 per cent for Science and Commerce students, while it remains unchanged for Arts students. History has seen an increase of 1 per cent for students from Arts stream. Philosophy may be called the surprise of the pack, with cut-offs dropping by as much as 9 per cent for Commerce stream and 5 percent for Arts. For Science students, the cut-offs are down by just one percent, though. "We have normally seen that if you call people with very high percentages for Philosophy, many leave midway through the course," Mathur said. "To widen the net and invite more genuine students we have thus kept the cut-offs much lower than last year." Meanwhile, there is a relaxation of 15 per cent for students coming from SC/ST and Christian communities in courses like Sanskrit, Economics, History, English, Philosophy, and BA Programme. For courses like Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, and BSc programme, SC/ST students will be given a relaxation of 15 percent; Christian students get a relaxation of 20 percent. In Physics, Christian students will get a relaxation of 25 per cent. Making the grade ECONOMICS * Science: 95% in BFS (+1) * Commerce: 97% BFS (same) * Humanities: 94% BFS (+2) *80% in Maths for the General Candidates and 70% in Maths for SC/ST/Christian candidates. (For all streams) HISTORY * Science: 92% BFS (same) * Commerce: 94% BFS (same) * Humanities: 84% BFS (+1) ENGLISH * Science: 93% BFS (same) * Commerce: 97% BFS (same) * Humanities: 87% BFS (same) *80% in Elective English or 90 % in Core English for General Category. 75 % in Elective English or 85% in Core English for Christians/SC/St (For all streams) PHILOSOPH * Science: 88% BFS (-1) * Commerce: 84% BFS (-9) * Humanities: 78% BFS (-5) B.A. Programme * Science: 86% BFS (same) * Commerce: 90% BFS (+1) * Humanities: 79% BFS (same) MATHEMATICS * Science: 92% BFS (same) * Commerce: 91% BFS (same) * Humanities: 85% BFS (+4) PHYSICS * Science: 91% PCM (same) CHEMISTRY * Science: 85% PCM (same)B.Sc. (Physical Sciences) with Chemistry * Science: 84% PCM (same) B.Sc. (Physical Sciences) with Computer Science * Science: 90% PCM (same) Sanskrit * All: 61% (+1) Figures in brackets indicate increase; BFS: Best of Four; PCM: Physics, Chemistry, Maths. -- Subscribe to ZESTCaste by sending a BLANK email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] OR, if you have a Yahoo! ID, by visiting http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/join Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ZESTCaste/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
