The second lists for admissions into undergraduate courses in Delhi University colleges brought little relief to students with the BA Economics (Hons) seats filled at least 15 colleges on the first day of the lists' publication.

Admissions to the course, in fact, were already over at Daulat Ram, Hindu, Miranda, Ranjas, Shaheed Bhagat Singh, Shri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC) before the deadline for the first lists' admission was up.

Of the 35 colleges that offer the course, only 20 have seats and these also are expected to be filled very soon.

Eight colleges in all closed admissions for BCom (Hons) SRCCC, Hindu College, Ramjas, Daulat Ram, Dyal Singh and Shaheed Bhagat Singh.

North campus's Ramjas college has infact filled its BCom (Hons), Economics (Hons), English (Hons), History (Hons) seats, as is the case in eight courses in Science off the first list for general category. To avoid situations like these colleges were asked to come out with five cut off lists, to this Rajendra Prasad, principal, Ramjas college said, "It is not mandatory for colleges to come out with five lists. It is a matter of great pride for us that students have chosen Ramjas."

Colleges that declared their second cut-off list for commerce are Hansraj, Kirorimal, Gargi, Lady Sri Ram, Sri Venakateswara and others.

Hansraj has kept its cut off for BA, BCom (Hons), Economic (Hons) and courses in sciences almost the same while Kirorimal brought down the second cut off one percent less than the first which is 95.5 to 96.75, and Sri Venkateswara declared it at 95.5 to 97.

V K Kwatra, principal, Hans Raj said, "The strength of the students have increased this year, but the infrastructure remains the same. So we have to be very careful to not overcrowd our classes. Last year, a lot of colleges faced a lot of problem with shortage of seats. We have kept most of our cut offs almost the same to be cautious about over filling of students and help spread the admission process over the lists."

The cut offs have been equally tight for Maths (Hons), Physics (Hons) and Chemistry (Hons) with 11 colleges out of 30 closing admissions for Maths (Hons), eight colleges out of 20 for Physics (Hons) and seven colleges out of 21 for Chemistry (Hons).

Pratibha Jolly, principal, Miranda House said, "We had over admitted students in Maths and confident of having all our seats filled in the first list itself. The results this year have been high so the students made it to high cut offs in the first list itself.

Daulat Ram, Hans Raj, Sri Venkateswara, Deen Dayal Upadhyaya and many more have set almost the same cut offs in the second list to that declared in the first list.

Daulat Ram brought down its second cut off for open category students by 0.5 percent from its first list. It was 90 then and its 89.5 now. Hans Raj college’s first cut off was 95 and its 94 now.

Commenting on most colleges closing their courses in the first list itself, J S Rajput, former director, NCERT said, "The cut offs have been very high. Some educational boards come out with high percentage which monopolises results in the university. We need to assess and evaluate this process to bring about uniformity in the process of admissions."