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The Times of India, New DELHI Friday,May 23, 2003 5

It’s a matter of forms ● Sale and acceptance of forms ...... June 4 to June 18 DU colleges tough on ● First cut-off list ...... June 25 ● Admission and submission of fee .... June 26 to June 28 Nail-biting wait to the finish ‘gap-year’ students ● Second cut-off list ...... June 30 Sanjay Sekhri By Pallavi Majumdar TIMES NEWS NETWORK with even one gap year, the ● Admission and submission of fee .....July 1 to July 3 TIMES NEWS NETWORK admission committee had ● Third cut-off list ...... June 4 : Students with sent a letter to all college New Delhi: On Thursday, more than two gap years at ● Admission and submission of fee .....July 5 to July 7 principals suggesting that Rohit Kapoor turned down the time of seeking admis- ● Fourth cut-off list ...... July 8 an invitation for a party at they admit students with sion in are upto two gap years. ● Admission and submission of fee...... July 9 to July 11 his friend’s place. He was in a jam. Most colleges do not just too nervous. ‘‘I am ex- Dean of students welfare, entertain their applications. Hema Raghavan, said the pecting over 85 per cent, but Manisha Aggarwal was I am keeping my fingers committee recommended one such student, who ap- that gap year students be giv- crossed. After all, we can’t plied to several prestigious question the CBSE results,’’ en admission if they present- DU colleges last year but was he said. ed genuine cases. The gap refused admission. She had Rohit had registered a re- year arises in three cases: If dropped two years. Despite the student is preparing for quest for his result with the having secured 84 per cent, CBSE website three days an entrance exam and did not she had to settle for a less ago. seek admission; the student popular college. prep-aring for entrances did Rohit is one of the nearly Spurred by complaints not take the college exams; 1.3 lakh students from Delhi from students that colleges the student failed in the col- who are waiting with bated were creating a problem in lege exam and tried to seek breath for the Class 12 granting admission to those admission elsewhere. CBSE results to be an- nounced Friday morning. For most, these results will Simplifying admissions decide their careers. Delhi University has opened these admission But the bigger worry is AN ANXIOUS WAIT: Class 12 CBSE results will decide the future course for many students. information centres. Centralised application forms college admissions. ‘‘If I don’t score well, I won’t get But there are others who will be sold here admission in the course of decided to keep the tension ● Dean students’ welfare office, main DU campus my choice,’’ said a worried at bay with a devil-may-care For help, contact... ● Joint-dean students’ welfare office, south campus Nisha Ahu- attitude. ‘‘I ja, a com- refuse to be New Delhi: The Central Board of Secondary Educa- ● Kirorimal College, north campus merce stu- CLIFFHANGER nervous. tion (CBSE) has begun its helpline services for stu- ● Janki Devi Mahavidyalaya, Rajinder Nagar dent who Exams are dents. The helplines will receive calls till June 4. Stu- ● Bhim Rao Ambedkar College, Yamuna Vihar, wants to do her B Com from over. I’d rather party today dents can call on these numbers and consult psychol- Wazirabad Road a top college. because I know I will be ogists, trained counsellors and teachers. The helpline ● Vivekanand Mahila College, Vivek Vihar ‘‘What makes me more dead tomorrow,’’ said a network has been widened with the inclusion of cheery Ishita Bhattacharya, counsellors from Delhi government schools and more ● Rajdhani College, Raja Garden nervous are my parents ex- pectations. How will they a student of Convent of Je- principals and counsellors. ● Maharaja Agrasen College, Mayur Vihar Phase-I face our relatives if I don’t sus and Mary who attended Some contact numbers: ● Acharya Narendra Dev College, Govindpuri score well?’’ said a student the Delhi University’s open •Snehi: 26521415, 26521494, 26534422 ● Satyawati College, Ashok Vihar of Cambridge School. He is day on Thursday. •Sumaitri: 23710763 ● College of Vocational Studies, Sheikh Sarai particularly apprehensive Mahima Ahluwalia, a •Amity International School principal Bharati of his score in mathemat- student of Alcohn Public Sharma: 26523046 and 22500099 ● Dyal Singh College, Lodhi Road ics, a paper he didn’t do too School in Mayur Vihar, •Naval Public School counsellor Rupa Murghai: ● PGDAV College, Nehru Nagar well in. spent her Thursday shop- 26254006 ● Keshav Mahavidyalaya, Keshavpuram But what’s disturbing ping with friends and par- •Birla Vidya Niketan counsellor Aloka Bose: ● Swami Shraddhanand College, Alipur him most is the certainty. ents at the Tibetan Market. 26850636 ‘‘I live for the day. There’s ● Bharti College, C-4, Janakpuri ‘‘It has happened to me in my Class 10 examinations. I no point worrying about to- draprastha University. In- get through a law college in Students can contact dean, students’ welfare, thought I had done well in morrow,’’ she said. terview results are awaited. Pune,’’ she said. ‘‘I am more Hema Raghavan on 27667092, or her deputy, Hindi, but got only 56 per Of course, Mahima has a But anxiety,after all, can- nervous about the results of Venkat Subramaniam, on 24109832, in case of cent. I topped my school in reason not to be nervous. not be wished away. ‘‘If I the IP University interview queries or problems English, though. One can She has cleared the written don’t clear all law exams, I that will also be announced never tell...’’ law examination of In- will still need 85 per cent to on Friday,’’she said. Accommodation top concern By Nistula Hebbar TIMES NEWS NETWORK Clearing all your doubts, and some more New Delhi: Eighty-one years after Is maths Can business Delhi University (DU) came into ex- 3 required 4 maths, offered istence, its admissions process re- to apply for by ICSE, mains a challenge. economics substitute On the first ever ‘‘open day’’ held honours? for regular by the dean of students welfare Different mathematics office in DU’s Shankar Lal colleges have while applying Auditorium, about 800 students at- different criteria. for Economics tended four sessions on admission Sri Ram College (Hons) and information. of Commerce BCom (Hons)? (SRCC), for Some students were accompanied No. Business by equally anxious parents, while Will students have to visit example, does not require mathematics is a others came with friends and batch- 1 individual colleges even vocational course, mates. maths but does if they apply using a insist on special separately offered According to Hema Raghavan, centralised form? maths classes in in various colleges. dean of students welfare, this was a It cannot substitute Yes. There is no centralised the first year of preparation for the admission D-day for regular maths. place for submitting these forms. college. on June 4. ‘‘This is when forms will be avail- Will all education boards Do all colleges accept able in colleges and we don’t want 2 be given equal weightage? 5 centralised forms? any confusion,’’ she said. All boards will be treated at par Officially yes. But some colleges Queries came thick and fast after a with CBSE. refuse to fall in line. nearly one-hour presentation by sen- ior students of DU who had volun- whether I have to apply separately choice is law and second economics, teered for the job. for it,’’ he asked. will I be able to change streams?’’ she From where fine arts course are The answer, to his disappoint- asked. This year, students can get ad- available to the acceptability of cen- ment, was the latter. mission information from 16 booths tralised forms, the team from DU scattered across north and south was grilled extensively. ‘‘There are some hoary chestnuts campus. that pop up all the time, like the ques- THE GREAT Also, 16 post offices have been sup- tion on centralised forms,’’ said plied with centralised forms. Ragha- Anandana, a volunteer from Gargi COLLEGE RUSH van said these forms will be avail- College. able with over 400 schools as well. Colonel R Ahluwalia and wife Sud- ‘‘Students can check with their This year,however,apart from typ- ha accompanied their daughter schools if they have the forms,’’ she ical logistical questions, outstation Mahima to the open day. students turned up with a lot of said. queries on accommodation. Although Mahima has already However, it was left to a group of Saurabh Baheti, a student from made up her mind about pursuing thirsty students from St Thomas Kolhapur, wants admission in a resi- law,she wanted more information on School to pose the really important dential college. her options if she did not get her de- question: ‘‘Where are those hip and ‘‘I want to know whether admis- sired subject. happening college canteens we had sion guarantees a hostel seat or ‘‘I am a science student, my first heard so much about?’’

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