Rush hour at Miranda, Hindu

Admission forms fall short; parents, students complain of long queues

Rush hour at Miranda, Hindu

Admission forms fall short; parents, students complain of long queues

On the first day of admissions, colleges in North Campus saw a huge rush of candidates accompanied by parents, friends swarming the colleges. The admission windows saw long queues. Miranda House, which sold nearly 700 admission forms on the first day between 9.30 am and 1.30 pm had people sprawled out in the college lawns in the scorching heat.

Queue ho gaya na: There was a long queue for forms at Miranda
House; Parents had to sit at the lawns at Hindu College
Pics/Subhash Barolia

The rush was such that the admission forms went out of stock at Miranda House thrice during the day, due to which candidates had to wait for nearly an hour each time. Akshita Gupta, a candidate who had come to the college to seek admission in Geography Hons, said: "I reached the college at 10 am, but the queue was so long that by 11 am the forms went out of stock. We waited for 45 minutes till the second lot of forms was brought."
"The college should have kept more windows to sell forms to make things easier for people and also reduce waiting time. Also there are no arrangements for guardians to be seated inside the college. We have been sitting out in the lawn in the blazing sun for three hours," said a parent. Meanwhile, in Hindu College, parents and students complained that the process was extremely time consuming due to which a large number of students were not able to take admissions today.

"We have been standing here since morning and still our child hasn't been able to take admission. What is the point of coming early? They should not have sold the form if this was the case," said Paramjeet Kaur who came to Hindu college with her daughter.

"I reached college at 9 in the morning. It's 1.45 pm and I am still not done. There are fours steps, out of which I have completed only two as the people sitting are too slow. I have to come again tomorrow for the same process," said Shanya Gupta, a DU aspirant.

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"I don't know about that and will find out. But if something like this has happened, I am really sorry for the inconvenience. From tomorrow onwards, I myself will see that the process does not take too much time," said Vinay Kumar Srivastava, principal, Hindu College.

Dr Pratibha Jolly, principal, Miranda House, however said that they offered the best service they could on such a hectic day. "It was an endless day. We sold about 700 forms. Over the years we have seen a huge rush of people, even on the first day. Of the given 986 seats, 415 seats were filled today. We have admitted more students than the seat limit this year in Mathematics, Political Science and Economics. I guess it will be a musical chair thing, a lot of students will cancel, take transfer and shift in the coming admission days."

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