Fun Life at Shivaji College!

When the cut off came through, I was finally left with two options - Zakir Hussain eve. and Shivaji college. Even though Zakir Hussain was relatively closer to my place of residing, somehow, the area surrounding the college didn't appeal much to me. The same day, I went to Shivaji College to have a look at that college and I loved everything about it. I availed the ladies quota of 5% while getting admission. In the general category, the minimum cutoff required was 90% and there was no minimum age specified to us. For the admission process, I first got the form from the admission office of the college, then I had to take the form to my course's department (English) and get my education documents verified from there. After that, I was supposed to sit in the auditorium and wait for a call to complete the fees payment process. All of this took around 2 days to complete my admission to the college. The process was very smooth and the college seniors and staff members were very supportive.

I wanted to pursue a career in the Content field since I completed my schooling and I've always been an active reader. Thus, this course was my first and only preference to go ahead with it. There were around 8-10 professors and in my batch, we were a total of 130 students divided into two sections. The teaching method of most of the teachers was amazing and highly authentic. It was personal and was really interactive. Our external exams were conducted on a half-yearly basis, i.e., at the end of every semester. So we had a total of 6 external examinations. And the internal exams were conducted after completion of every 2-3 chapters/poems for each subject.

At my time, we didn't witness any fee hike. The cost to study was nearly INR 500-600 per semester as we were to get a photocopy of the extensive notes provided by our professors. Whenever a book was not available in the market, we could get the chapters or the complete books from our professors and get them photocopied.

Shivaji college hosts and participates in various fests, events, etc. Each department had its own set of cultural fests, events, workshops scheduled at least twice a year. Apart from that, the cultural fest of the college is held during February and March of every year and goes on for two days. There are nearly 7 societies in the cultural society of the college and each society is allocated, two faculty members. The annual day of the college included curricular felicitation which is held in the month of August every year. The library of the college is huge, spread across 3 floors. It's also got computer systems available for the students. All you have to do is go there with your college ID card and keep the bags/belongings outside in the open locker where you get the pass for the library.