DU SOL Admissions 2021: Over 25,000 students with 90-100% marks apply for admission in SOL

As per the SOL data, 65,000 students have secured admission by paying fees, while it has received nearly 1.3 lakh applications until now. Candidates must note that the last date to submit the applications is on or before December 15. 

DU Admissions 2021: As per the official data released by Delhi University, over 2,500 students who have secured 90 per cent to 100 per cent marks in the Class 12 board exams have now applied to the Delhi University's (DU) School of Open Learning (SOL) until now. The DU SOL Admission 2021 process began on October 22. 

Out of the number of students who have applied for admission, 429 have secured between 95 per cent and 100 per cent marks with the highest number of applicants being for BCom (Honours). As per the SOL data, 65,000 students have secured admission by paying fees, while it has received nearly 1.3 lakh applications until now. Candidates must note that the last date to submit the applications is on or before December 15. 

While the number of students applying for DU SOL Admissions 2021 is high for those who have secured 90 per cent to 100 per cent marks, there are only a few who have applied for admissions have scored above 60 per cent marks.

As per the data, the number of candidates who have scored 90 per cent and above marks in their board exams is 142 for BA (Honours) English, 305 for Political Science (Honours), 618 for BA programme, 567 for BCom and 954 for BCom (Honours).

As of now, only 19 students who have secured above 95 per cent marks in their Class 12 exams have applied for admission to BA (Honours) English, 41 for Political Science (Honours), 56 for BA programme, 135 for BCom and 178 for BCom (Honours). The highest scorers have secured 97.2 per cent marks in BA (Honours) English, 98.4 per cent in Political Science (Honours), 98.2 per cent in BA programme, 99 per cent in BCom and 99.2 per cent in BCom (Honours).

"The SOL also gives the choice-based credit system like regular colleges. Students are also given an option to migrate to a regular college from the SOL and vice versa," said Uma Shankar Pandey, officiating principal, SOL. To make the admission process hassle-free, the SOL has also launched a chatbot to answer students’ queries during office hours, he added.

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