After St Stephen's, KMC and Hansraj , the latest college to start admissions online is Miranda House.
NEW DELHI: It's not really something you would associate with DU admission process but looks like the system of online admissions has caught on. After St Stephen's College, KMC and Hansraj College, the latest college to start admissions online is Miranda House. In fact, judging by the number of online forms already submitted to all these colleges, it won't be long before DU admissions become synonymous with just a click of the mouse.
"We started the facility this year as we have a more sophisticated web-portal. It's helpful mainly for outstation students who needn't come all the way just to fill forms," said Pratibha Jolly, MH principal.
The college's website www.mirandahouse.ac.in accepts online applications and also fields FAQs which are answered by the principal herself. The best part is that these forms — unlike others — are free of cost. "It's a system we want to encourage," added Jolly... ... And going by the number of students applying online in other colleges, this trend is surely catching up. St Stephen's College, whose website wwwststephens.edu allows students to apply online, has already received 800 forms (there is also an option to download the real form and send it by post).
And with a week left for the admissions to conclude, the college is expecting more students to avail the online service. KMC, which was among the first to start the system of online admissions, has received 1,100 applications so far. Principal Bhim Sen Singh feels that it's the reliability and speed of the system that will make it the future of DU admissions. Hansraj has also noted a huge rise in online admissions. Last year, the total number of online forms received was 2,500. This year, already, 1000 online forms have been submitted. "We are expecting about 4000 online forms this year. This is almost 10% of the total number of admission forms we receive," said SR Arora, principal.