India, May 27 -- For thousands of Delhi University aspirants who just appeared for the CUET exam, the immediate relief of finishing is giving way to a new, more complex questionnaire: What next? Which college? Which course? Which campus - north or south? And what is a CSAS preference sheet?

The admission processes can be difficult to navigate. Private counsellors are charging packages running anywhere from a few thousand to well over ten thousand rupees for what often turns out to be a handful of sessions and a PDF. some current students of the varsity watched this all play out last year and have pulled together a team of 25 current DU students from across colleges and departments and started CUET Decoded, a free, peer-run initiative aim...