Reetika Raj's Review On Janki Devi Memorial College - [JDMC], New Delhi

Being in a girls college, especially JDMC, DU, made me independent in ways I couldn't imagine it thought me a great deal about life and career i love and miss my college.

I got admission in JDMC , through the common Delhi university cut off based on my 12th Boards results there is no interview, your marks speaks for you. And I always wanted to take Political Science hons., which was something very new for me to explore.

The course was thought provoking and amazing they started from the basics and as the semester proceeded , all the facts and theories of political science was led out. The syllabus followed by Delhi university is very well structured and also similar to the Upsc in some ways since, it was an undergraduate course much of research was not included in this phase.

For my course that is Bachelor of Arts , certainly there is no placement schemes in the college but for streams like commerce, they have placements and job interviews done in the college In this process company's sent their recruiters to the college and select the candidates according to their varied requirements.

Well , there is a freshers , farewell and the college fest 'Symphony' every academic year to begin with there's also this Miss JDMC contest where I participated and won the college title in 2012. Next come the various inter college and inter department competition the main fest is in the even semester where you have a rock show and a DJ night from time to time the college also invites the esteem personality to come speak to us or motivate the students in my college years, I have met personalities like Mr. Shashi Tharoor , Mr. Aamir Khan, The British PM Mr. David Cameron and many others , who were called to college on various occasions the year ends with a grand farewell to our seniors every year there is also an alumni meet from time to time organized by the college.

JDMC coming under Delhi University , which a centralized university of the government of India is very very inexpensive. All you need is marks to get in . The tuition fee per month is as less as Rs . 180 and including all other charges it comes upto Rs. 6000-7000 annually.

The college do have few scholarship schemes totally based on the Student's academic performance none that I have availed. But yes the toppers did fetch some money from these scholarship schemes.

In JDMC , we had people from different parts of the country, from every state the environment of the college was very safe and secure , we girls could whatever we like . There is a great deal of freedom in college in choice of clothes , voicing ideas , skill wise etc we had seminars on ethnicity, race , genders which also helped us to raise questions , clear doubts , in short broaden our thinking process we also had people from different class of the society, but in the college it made no Difference as to where you come from.

Well, Jdmc didn't provide a hostel facility or mess facility so most of the students rented a flat or stayed in a pg in the Karol bagh area or the rajendra place locality the pgs and food facility in these areas are very expensive the average pgs cost around Rs . 10,000 - Rs . 20,000 for per room or maybe on a sharing basis even though the college is inexpensive , the living and food cost is very high the facilities provided by the pg owners are also not that impeccable.

The college do organize an alumni meet from time to time being in touch with my seniors helped me in certain career choices, what to do after college etc.

The whole academic year is divided into semesters most of the time it was very chilled out, but only during the semester end things got hectic. We have assignments and class tests lined up to prep us for the semester exams . We generally had 4 papers each semester attendance also was a vital requirement to get the exam ticket hall in JDMC approximately 70% of the attendance is required.

After the declaration of the 12th Cbse board results, Delhi university displayed it's first cut off . According to my marks I was getting admissions in JDMC so I had to take all my certificates and go to the college , fill the form and get them verified, pay the fees and you get your admission slip.

The professors you find in Jdmc are well versed scholars. They are into research as well as into teaching ; they give new ideas to students, challenge our thought process , make us more open minded they are all PhD holders either from JNU or some prestigious institutions.