Dr DN Gupta, convener of the Admissions Committee at Hindu College, believes that this presents a strong case for centralised admissions in Economics and BCom at the university. "Such a system will greatly reduce the fluctuations in these courses and also reduce the confusion in the minds of students," he said.

Hansraj College said the total number of admissions has been around 800, out of the 900 seats that are available. "We are reducing the cut-off for BCom (Hons) and Economics (Hons) by 0.25 and 0.5 per cent, respectively," said Dr SR Arora, principal, Hansraj College.

It has been noticed at some colleges that the rush has been less this year. "Normally, we would find more students in our campus but that's not happening this year," Ira Pundit, PRO of Daulat Ram College, said. SK Vij, the Dean of Student's Welfare, however, said that he has seen no difference in numbers: "In fact, I think there are more students this year."

Elsewhere, there was a little disturbance at the office of the Dean of Students' Welfare this morning, after many SC/ST students turned up for their admission registration slips, even though the process had been closed on Saturday itself. Looking at their number, the duration was, however, extended and slips were issued till one in the afternoon on Tuesday.