CUET UG 2022: Class 12 marks to act as tie-breaker for students with same CUET score, says Delhi University V-C

“In case of a tie between two students, the scores of the best of three subjects will be compared. If the best three are also the same, then the best four will be compared and then the best five,” he said in his interview to the news agency.

“If by chance marks for the best five subjects are also the same, in that case, age will act as a tie breaker. The older applicant will get the seat,” he added.

This is the first year that a common entrance is being held for admission to undergraduate programmes in as many as 45 central universities. The Central University Entrance Test (or CUET-UG) is being held in two phases, over multiple dates, from July 15 to August 20.

Admission to all undergraduate programmes at Delhi University will be done through a candidate’s CUET score and not Class 12 marks. This year, the university will be offering 70,000 seats in undergraduate programmes across several colleges. Until last year, the university would release cut-offs based on the class 12 scores of students.

However, it has now emerged that in case two applicants have the same CUET score and want admission to the same programme in the same college, then their Board marks will help decide their fate.

Singh also told PTI that DU will admit 20 per cent “extra students” under unreserved and OBC categories and 30 per cent in the SC/ST category to fill the maximum seats in undergraduate courses in the first round of counselling this year.

“This will also help in filling the reserved seats which remain vacant throughout the year,” he said. Over 6.5 lakh admission applications have been received by the university, according to DU officials.

“In order to fill the maximum seats in the first round itself in UR (unreserved) and OBC (other backward classes) categories, we will take 20 per cent extra admissions and in the SC/ST category, 30 per cent extra admission will be done,” he said.

“With this, maximum students will get their choice (of course and college) in the first round as every year, seats in the SC/ST category remain vacant. This will also help in filling the reserved seats early on,” he added.

The shortfall in the enrolment of SC/ST students in the university has been a cause of concern for the varsity for quite a long time.
Early this year, the DU vice chancellor had also constituted an eight-member committee to examine the issue.

“The committee has recommended that the maximum admissions under the reserved categories should be done as early as possible,” he said.

“The admission process is quite lengthy and students of reserved category take admission in another college while waiting for several days for the DU cutoff to come down,” he added.

Explaining the process of counselling devised by the varsity, the vice chancellor said students will have to make known their preferences again on the university admission portal.

“CUET scores would be subject-wise and as the eligibility is different for every course, a combination of subjects will be required. For example, if I want admission in BSc (Hons) Physics, marks of physics, chemistry, and maths will be added up to prepare merit. We have already defined what will be the eligibility of what subjects,” he said.

“We have a central portal (for admission), the data regarding the marks of the students will be made available by the NTA and then the students will fill their preferences. We will then fill up the seats. If those who get their first choice are happy, they can freeze their seats,” he added.

If the applicant is not satisfied with their course, they can wait for the second round, the VC said.

“We will give students many options in between rounds if they want to switch their course or college,” said Singh.

— With inputs from PTI