PATNA: It's admission time. In the next few weeks, thousands of students, like in the previous years, will step out of school to pursue higher studies. For years, Delhi, as the country's main centre of learning, has become the most favourite destination for students. From today, The Times of India will introduce its special campaign, Mission Admission, in Bihar to help students choose the best available path. The campaign aims at resolving queries of admission-seekers through an online forum - admission.itimes.com. The website, designed with an objective of connecting and engaging with students, will be functional from Tuesday. In 2011, thousands of students relied on the Mission Admission website to get the latest information on admission procedures and also to interact with senior students from different universities. The website has now been updated with new features and facilities for students who can sign up free of cost. Registered users can regularly interact with our panel of experts about courses, colleges, eligibility criteria and opportunities. The panel comprises students, who are already in colleges. This ensures that all fears and doubts of aspirants are understood and appropriately addressed.
The panel had responded to as many as 3,500 queries during the admission season last year. Another useful feature is going to be the course-eligibility calculator. It can be used to find out the course-college combination that matches your marks. Students can also access cut-off marks on the website. The website is also ideal for social networking on the itimes.com platform.
There are College Groups, which aspirants can join to connect with other admission-seekers and old batchmates, and also read about the profiles of different colleges. Features like wall updates enhance the online experience making it more fun and engaging.
Our expert panel of counsellors and the College Editorial Board Team (CEBT) of Education Times will help you with every conceivable query. If you have a question; simply post it on the Q&A page under the relevant subject. Your question will be answered by one of our panelists (you can see their profiles on the experts tab).
CAPITAL CALLING
Delhi is one of the largest hubs of undergraduate education in north India. The network of colleges that come under the University of Delhi (DU) still remain one of the most popular choices. Students can apply from across the country. The university has no quota or reservation. Established in 1922, DU, over the plast eight decades, has grown into one of India's largest universities. Four campuses have been developed - North, South, West and East. Twelve arts and science and education institutions are conferred with autonomous status. Over 30 affiliated colleges, conduct research programmes leading to M Phil and Ph D.
The university offers courses in four major streams - arts, humanities, commerce, mathematical sciences, sciences & applied sciences. Detailed information can be obtained from the website: du.ac.in. You can also post you queries on the Q&A section on this website.
NEW-AGE COURSES AT DU
Tests for admission to some of the most sought-after courses will begin even before the actual admission process sets off on June 4. To begin with, the faculty of applied social sciences and humanities will hold combined journalism entrance test (CJET) and joint entrance test for BA (honours) in business economics, business studies and financial investment analysis on June 3. BBE, BBS and BFIA are popular among commerce students and require the candidate to have studied mathematics in class XII. The faculty has received 19,000 applications for a total of 891 seats. So the competition is tough and teachers advise candidates to practise sample questions to do well in the test.
"The candidates should have good quantitative and reasoning ability. They should solve questions in the previous years' papers available online to prepare for the joint entrance test. The pattern of the paper may not necessarily be the same but it will give them a good practice," said Poonam Verma, principal, Shaheed Sukhdev College of Business Studies that offers all three courses. She added, "Also, make sure not to answer by fluke in the test as candidates will be negatively marked for wrong answers."
For those set to appear for CJET, it's imperative to read newspapers and catch up with developments in politics and current affairs. "We expect aspiring journalists to be aware of current affairs and have good language skills," advised Tarjeet Sabharwal, convenor, CJET 2012, which is likely to have objective-type questions as well as essays. Though BA (honours) journalism focuses primarily on news media, aspirants can opt for other branches of media like film-making and new media by studying bachelor of mass media and mass communication (BMMMC) offered only in IP College for Women.
The forms will be available from June 1 to 20 and the test will be conducted in two rounds. The objective-type eliminatory round will be held on July 1 followed by the second round on July 6. The course covers electronic and print media, advertising, public relations besides other branches of media. "Candidates need to have a good general awareness and an equally good command over English. We have 52 seats, including 26 for general category. The placements at the end of final year are also quite encouraging with average salary of Rs 25,000," said Manasvini M Yogi, convenor, BMMMC.
Besides, professional courses, BA (hons) English also has a common entrance test. Twenty-one colleges will admit students through a Common Admission Test to be held on June 9.
source : admission.itines.com
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