Libre Magazine

With sky rocketing cut-offs for admissions in the University of Delhi, students seldom could find the desired college for the desired course. After attending classes at the ‘undesired’ college, they often plan to migrate to the best one in the University as the current one fails to suit their personality. Moreover, social stigma urges them to be placed at the best college, for they could represent them loftily in a social group. These are the topper students of their respective schools, who find themselves ‘out of the place’, when exposed to the globalised world. With increasing globalization, the competition is increasing, too.

This competition is increasing to an infinite extent and there is a need for the students to be well-equipped with the same. When the first year results are declared, students again fail to get the requisite percentage marks or we can say that the second year admission cut-offs of the colleges are too high for the students to seek admission. This is a result of the limited seats for migration in the best of the colleges. From those limited three to four seats, one is reserved for the political quota and one for the staff quota. The remaining seats are either captured through bureaucracy or by paying a high amount ‘under the table’.

Migration has become a mere money play. If you’ve an urge to migrate to the best college, then be prepared to have fortunes in your arms. There are many students who wish to migrate to the best college, but, very fairly they could find one, though they deserve. This is has become an increasing concern for the students.

As a student, I’m also planning to migrate to the best college for my course, aspiring to have the North Campus, University of Delhi degree. Few years back, based on my academic record, I thought that I’d be able to get admission in the North Campus. However, watching the current scenario I’m forced me to revise my dreams and aspirations. This is not the case with me only; there are hundreds of students who either compromise with the course or the college and in most cases, students have to kill their ambitions of getting the high-demand courses like B.Com (H) and Eco (H). The cut-offs for these two courses follow a neck-to-neck pattern and is enough to divert the minds of students.

Therefore, it is just a matter of chance that the students could reserve a seat for themselves for the general quota. Hence, mission migration is left unaccomplished for those who deserve.