Delhi University’s admission committee will take a call on the proposed changes in the eligibility criteria in its next sitting on April 16.
The ‘best of four’ formula for admission to undergraduate programmes in Humanities and Commerce is expected to be reworked, but criteria for admissions to Science courses will remain the same.
The criteria for admissions to Computer Science are set to change. Sources say that five per cent weightage given to Science students is likely to be brought down marginally.
Students from Commerce and Humanities stream can also apply for BSc (Hons) Computer Science. But most of the seats go to students from Science stream, as they get 5 per cent additional weightage.
Going by the existing rules, it is compulsory to have Mathematics to apply for BSc Computer Science. Apart from Mathematics, the scores of one language and two elective subjects are added in the best-of-four aggregate.
Some colleges also take admissions based on scores in Physics, Chemistry and Mathematics (PCM). But students who study PCM in higher secondary have an advantage over students from Humanities and Commerce.
If the cut-off for Computer Science is 90 per cent for Science students, then Humanities and Commerce students need 95 per cent score in the best-of-four aggregate to be eligible.
This time the admission committee may bring down the additional weightage (5 per cent) awarded to Science students. When DU launched its now-scrapped four-year undergraduate programme, the maximum seats in BTech Computer Science went to Science students because the cut-off for the course went soaring past the 95 per cent mark in most colleges.
But Commerce and Humanities students were not far behind in this race, as they too managed to gatecrash into Computer Science with near perfect scores.
The admission formula for BA (Programme) with Computer Science may also be reworked. But sources say that the cut-off list for Science courses will be prepared based on marks scored in PCM.