The admission process for most under-graduate courses at Delhi University is scheduled to begin on Monday, with the sale of pre-admission forms to start at 10-a.m. in 10 colleges and 12 post offices across the city, along with online forms.
The pre-admission forms, also known as Optical Mark Reader (OMR) is the first step towards admissions and is a must. In this form, all courses and colleges that the candidate is interested in must be mentioned. The Students’ Welfare Department advice is to mention as many courses and colleges that the student might be interested in, as this increases the chances of the student getting into the university.
Separate registrations for SC/ST candidates will be made at the Arts Faculties in the North and South Campus and in Rajdhani College and Shyam Lal College. Caste certificates will have to be in the students own name, and expired dates will not be accepted. Those wanting to obtain admissions through Sports and Extra-Curricular Activity (ECA) categories will have to fill out separate forms in each college that they might be interested in, although pre-admission forms should also be filled out as a cautionary measure, advices Students’ Welfare Department.
There will be separate registrations for Physically Challenged Candidates at Dean of Students Welfare office, situated in the Conference Centre, North Campus between 9.30 a.m. and 2.00 p.m. from Monday until June 18. The physically challenged candidate will have to register through a preliminary (ICR) form and will have to bring along a Certificate of Physical Disability issued by the Chief Medical Officer of a district/civil surgeon or any Government Hospital authorised to issue such certificates under the provisions of PWD Act 1995.
Online OMR forms are available only for general and OBC candidates.
The OMR forms, along with information bulletins are available for Rs.100 till June 18. Post offices will be selling and receiving the completed forms from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. while colleges will be selling and receiving them from 10 a.m. to1 p.m.
The Colleges, based on the number of applications received and the marks of the students will prepare cut-off lists and forward them to the university. Students making it to the cut-off list will have to be admitted. The first cut-off list will be out on June 26. The University has said that there will be no policy of first-come, first-basis for anything, be it selling of forms or admissions into any of the colleges as long as students are within the prescribed timeline.
The University has come up with a special helpline/ InformationCentre which will answer any admission related queries and is available at 155215 or 011-27006900 from 9-a.m. to 5 p.m. on all working days.
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