NEW DELHI: Out of 33,739 aspirants who opted for the ‘upgrade’ option after the first allocation list declared by Delhi University (DU) under its Common Seat Allocation System (CSAS), 11,649 have been upgraded to a higher preference indicated by them in the second round, according to data shared by the varsity. After the first round, aspirants were given the choice to opt for an ‘upgrade’ or to ‘freeze’ the seats allocated to them, depending on the number of vacant seats available at respective colleges for various courses. In the second allocation list, the university said there were 8,133 fresh applications, which indicated that these were aspirants who did not get a chance in the first round but were still in the race for DU. Bijaylaxmi Nanda, principal of Miranda House, said that the college received about 80-90 new allocations in the second round, especially for some of the science programmes and reserved category seats which had earlier remained vacant. “There is not a huge influx but some changes have happened. Mostly, it has been those who have been upgraded to our college. Very few have upgraded from ours to another college. The science programmes, which saw vacant seats after the first list, are doing better but it is still very early to say as students still have a few days to complete the admission process by paying the fee,” Nanda said. Sri Venkateswara College, which had close to 200 vacant seats after the first allocation round, saw an additional 140 vacancies after students ‘upgraded’ to other colleges. Sanjay Batra, admission convenor of the college, said, “A total of 340 allocations were made to us in the second allocation round, out of which 75% were for science courses. On the first day of the second allocation round, about 120 applications were processed at the college level.” Meanwhile, at Aryabhatta College, there were 212 new allocations. So far, 165 students have already applied. Out of the first allocation, 150 students whose applications were approved did not pay the fee and 98 opted for an ‘upgrade’. Manoj Sinha, principal of the college, said, “Looking at how the admission is taking place, there could only be minor allocations in the third list. There might be some vacancy in the reserved categories.” According to data shared by the university, as of Monday evening, 1,868 applications were under process.
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