Queue Chats

The situation was chaotic at most DU colleges the day admissions opened. Counters for roll numbers, document verification, fee submission, etc. were all in different corners of the respective college campus making the lengthy process a further complicated one. "Taking admission in a DU college is an equivalent of a three hour maze of going from pillar to post" said a hassled Soumya Chadha from Summerfields School. Ankita Bhardwaj, Vice President, Student Union, Kamala Nehru College agreed that "It would definitely have been more convenient if all the counters were on a single floor."



"Timings should be extended", was a common demand. The bank counter, which was supposed to be open between 10 and 1 didn't open as per timing at many places. Even though the forms weren't made available after 1, the information wasn't clearly conveyed at the college gates which, for many, led to a lot of wastage of time besides their adding to the already teeming crowd. "Not enough volunteers at help-desks" and "under-staffed" counters were other complaints one couldn't miss while standing in various queues.



There was a lot of confusion regarding the cut-offs for the innumerable categories besides the subjectivity of subjects considered as vocational. Aspirants also faced trouble due to the differing demands at different colleges in terms of list of required documents for admission. Not being conversant with individual prospectuses, some students carried attested photocopies as specified by Jesus and Mary College instead of originals as required for admission at KNC. Provisional certificate, letter of recommendation by Principal of last school attended (for students applying through ECA category at Lady Sri Ram College), Certificate saying the level till which Hindi has been studied in school were cause for difficulty compelling many to repeat trips.



Parents accompanying students couldn't figure how to cut time. Except for the guardian's signature, most of the formalities are required to be done by the student and hence parents weren't allowed beyond a certain barrier. Thus every fifth minute volunteers had to deal with enquiries from worried parents about their children's whereabouts. Dipali Patel, applying to History Honours at KNC says, "Doing everything on my own was new to me, but I enjoy the independence."