More than 2,500 students who have secured between 90 to 100 percent marks in the Class 12th board exams have applied to the Delhi University’s (DU) School of Open Learning (SOL). According to the official data, the admission process commenced on October 22.

Almost, 429 candidates who have secured between 95-100 percent marks have applied for BCom (Honours), which is also the highest number among the applicants. The number of applicants securing above 90 percent 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).

Nineteen 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).

For submitting applications, the last date is December 15. While the maximum number of students who have applied for admissions have secured above 65 percent marks, there are a few who have scored below 60 percent marks as well. This year, the SOL has also launched a chatbot to answer students’ queries during office hours, he added.