Why the 100% cut-off at SRCC is a national shame!

Finally, it has happened! After the ridiculous 95% and 96% cut-offs for the last few years, the cut-offs this year have finally touched 100% and exposing the joke of these cut-offs in totality. The ‘first list’ cut-off for science students at Shri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC), University of Delhi, has been declared at 100 %, Hindu College is at 99% and Lady Shri Ram College is at 97%. What people were failing to understand all these days – the ridiculousness of it all – they have suddenly understood in one stroke; that education is no more a matter of choice for Indians, its just a matter of chance.

First, let me get into the logic of the SRCC cut-off! Well, the principal of SRCC of course thought it was a natural progression, and he was playing to the market demand and supply. As the number of people getting 96% plus in commerce rose ridiculously, he realized that SRCC seats could possibly get filled by declaring a 96% cut-off for commerce students. For science students, traditionally, the cut-off has been about 4% higher – since it’s easier to score marks in sciences than in commerce and humanities. So naturally, the cut-off for science became 100%. Now, of course, he could have kept it at 99% and avoided all the ridicule; but he obviously had thought that this could also turn out to be a good publicity gimmick for SRCC, and to show how top-grade SRCC is. The other logic was also that it’s a commerce college and science students who fail to get into the likes of IITs typically join colleges like SRCC taking advantage of their high percentage – such students keep appearing for IIT exams for the next couple of years and leave the college midway through the course. So why give science students an unfair advantage when there are so many commerce students, who intentionally chose the commerce stream, work hard and are more deserving?
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