The Delhi University admissions process for undergraduate courses began in earnest late on Wednesday night, with each affiliated college releasing its first cut-off list. A cut-off list details the minimum class XII percentage needed by the college in a course.

Unlike past years, no DU college sought 100% cut-off. Indeed, as The Indian Express reported, the highest cut-offs dipped slightly this year. Still, the figures were mostly in the high 90s.

The highest cut-off was announced by Ramjas College, one of the first three institutions established under DU. It demanded minimum 99.25% scores for admissions into its BCom Honours programme, which was higher than the cut-off set by India’s top commerce college, the Shri Ram College of Commerce.

Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Khalsa College declared the highest cut-off for English literature. Students hoping to get into Lady Shri Ram College to study journalism are expected to have scored at least 97.5% in class XII. Ramjas College also declared the highest cut-off for political science at 98%.

As in the past, Arts, Commerce, Physics are still the most sought-after courses.

On Twitter, the high percentages sparked much mirth and disbelief.

Many of the Twitter jokes riffed on the Bihar toppers scam, where proxies sat for exams and colleges were complicit in organised cheating.

Jokesters also took potshots at Sharda University, a private varsity in Greater Noida which advertises over 180 courses at undergraduate, post-graduate and doctorate levels, and has the catchline "The world is here at Sharda".