Cut Off

St Stephen's announces first cut-off list 2017: 98.5% for English, Economics; 97.75% for History and 70 for Sanskrit

As the date for the first cut-off for undergraduate (merit-based) courses has been postponed to 24 June, Delhi University's St Stephen's released its first cut off list for commerce, science and humanities students.

Delhi University cut-off list: Nothing less than 95%; for the rest, there's always Sanskrit

DU’s first cut-off list remains too high; beyond the reach of thousands of students, who otherwise did considerably well in their board exams.

Plea in High Court against Delhi University cut-off system for state board students

Delhi High Court on Friday sought the responses of Delhi University and Kerala government on a plea claiming that each college in the capital had different criteria for calculating cut-off marks of students from other state boards during the admission process.

St Stephen's cut-off out: Above 95% for most courses, 98% for Eco, English

The cut-offs for Chemistry, Physics, History and Philosophy were also above 95 per cent for general category students and more than almost 90 percent for those under SC/ST category.

Board exam hysteria: Teaching our kids how to fail

Our frenetic pursuit of academic success is harmful and futile. Given the crushing competition, the odds are that many of our children will fail – be it at topping their class or getting into that A-list college.