College life - Worth living!

As soon as the first cut off was out, I got 4 colleges which were Kamala Nehru, Gargi, Shaheed Bhagat Singh and DCAC, I chose Shaheed Bhagat Singh because of the decent environment and top notch faculty it has. Also, I was more comfortable with attending a Co-ed institution. Well, I'm not saying the other colleges were bad, it's just I had to choose the best and I did. The admission criteria were meeting the cut off requirements released by the college and if you're availing any quota, which is OBC in my case, you need to show the correct and original documents. If you are trying to avail of the sports Quota, you need to have the documents which make you eligible and also there's a sports trial involved for the selection. Besides that, there's no PI or GD round for the admission process. There's also no counselling involved. It's a pretty smooth and less chaotic admission process just like any other DU college.

I chose to pursue BCom prog since I didn't have maths in 12th so I wasn't able to get into Bcom Hons. I was also a CA aspirant and the best thing about Bcom prog is that its syllabus matches CA's syllabus. So it wasn't a very hard task to get both the courses done simultaneously. The faculty is very Cooperative and has the utmost knowledge of their subjects. The best thing is they cooperate with the students who are preparing for professionals courses or even government exams. Also, they motivate us to excel in those exams and are extremely cooperative when it comes to attendance or rigid deadlines of internals. The semester exams were conducted timely and the syllabus was always completed before the deadline. Even the internals was conducted on time and pretty smoothly.

Well, numerous start-ups show their interest in hiring interns from our college. Profiles such as the content creators, digital marketers, social media marketing, HR interns, campus ambassadors, PR interns, sales and marketing etc were offered by various startups and even the well known names such as Urban company, unschool, metvy etc. Most of them were paid Internships which got the stipend ranging from Rs 5000-10000 per month. They usually hire for 3-6 months and, working with them give them insights into a professional working environment. The tasks of marketing profiles are to help the company increase its reach, Hr interns need to show their recruitment skills by hiring prospective candidates, Digital marketers are required to use their marketing skills and helping the brand grow digitally and social media marketing is all about handling the social media accounts of the brand and helping it grow more.

Students become eligible for placements from the fourth semester. The college has an amazing placement cell which has shown their excellent performance by bringing 25+ new companies on our campus as compared to the last year. Even in covid times, they succeeded in bringing such new and highly talked companies such as DE Shaw, Bain and company, Grant Thornton etc. The highest package which was offered last year was for 21 lakhs. Various profiles from a financial analyst, Article Assistant, Audit and Assurance, Junior analyst etc were offered. All the students who get enrolled in placement drives have a 71% higher chance of getting placed. Among the students who got enrolled, 65% were successfully placed. My plans after getting the degree are to work as an article assistant in one of the reputed firms.

The fees are pretty affordable. My first year fees were Rs10000 for the entire year, it gradually decreases and if you have availed any quota, your fees are likely to be less than that of a general category student. My college does provide the financial aid but it depends on the financial background of the student and also they need to show documents like income statement to avail the benefit. The placements cell of the college provides various internship opportunities during the course. It provides both paid and unpaid opportunities and it's pretty easy to grab them. I myself did few internships that were provided by our placement cell. Not just placement cells, the college got tons of Society who keeps rolling out several internship opportunities now and then.

Du is known for its fest and my college is pretty famous for its annual Commerce fest organised by Commerce association. There are tons of societies and each society works very hard to organise the most talked about the fest and leaves no stones unturned from making it a big success. The college has a huge library comprising of 2 floors and it has got everything that you'll need regarding your course, research projects or even fiction. It has got such diversity in the collection of books that you'll want to spend your entire day in the library. It's one of my favourite spots to spend time. The classrooms are spacious enough as compared to the class size. The college is known for its NCC unit. It has got 20+ societies varying from commerce to fashion to dance to dramatics to entrepreneurship. The dance society of the college is well known for its achievements and awards in various institutions including IIT Bombay. There are social clubs such as the Rotaract club as well in the college.