At KMC too, a steady stream of admissions took place, though the BCom (H) programme is giving the college some anxious moments. Said Virender Kumar, vice-principal, "Though it's too early, the admissions in this course have been very slow. We may go in for a fourth list."

For OBC admissions though, the scenario looks quite bleak. While Gupta admitted that a fourth list for OBCs was inevitable, the interesting part is that now colleges will be giving the full relaxation -- 10% -- as laid down by the university. Added the LSR official, " 10% relaxation is the maximum we can go to within the framework of the university rules. But it looks like even that may not be enough to fill all the seats."

Some courses have especially suffered in these reserved category admissions, with none of the seats being taken up as yet. At Hindu, the statistics, English, history, zoology and physical sciences courses have not had a single OBC admission. At LSR though, it's the political science, Hindi and sociology seats that have failed to find takers.