My experience at the SM Shetty College

To be eligible for this course, you need to have passed your HSC examinations (10+2). The application form is on the college website itself. You needn't go to the college office. Furthermore, you will need to fill out all your details online and pay 100 as the application fees. There are reservation benefits for people of the Shetty and Poojary community. I feel the application fees (100) should be reduced.

I chose this course as it helps you to have full personality development. The course requires you to gain a lot of skills such as presentation making skills, public speaking skills, leadership skills etc. The faculty-student ratio is good in this college. Most of the teachers have at least a Masters degree with them. They are also UGC-NET qualified. A few teachers also have doctorate degrees. One of the best things I liked about this college is that the teachers truly were dedicated to teaching you everything else. This isn't something that's usually seen in other colleges. The term exams happened around October-November for the Odd Semester of the year and around March-April for the Even Semester of the year. The difficulty level varied between moderate to a bit hard.

The students become eligible for placements in the 5th Semester. One of the few major companies that have visited the college is Motilal Oswal and Infosys. About 30-40% of students get placements through the college.

The fees for this course is around 30,000 per year and the fees can be paid in 2 instalments or as a one time payment. Furthermore, the fees need to be paid via DD, cheque or online. This college is part of the ANGC Scholarship programme and people from the Economically Backward Background can avail assistance through this scholarship programme.

The annual fest of this college is called Emmorzeal. It is conducted in winter in December usually. The library hosts a wide range of books and it also contains computers. Although, the computers are not in the best condition, they are too slow. The library contains many reference books, textbooks, and even fiction and non-fiction books. The library also has many subscriptions for educational magazines, so the magazine shelf gets updated every week. This college conducts an annual sports meet every December for its students. It also has football and basketball teams. The college also hosts a lot of extracurricular activities throughout the academic year. There are many clubs in the college: the Rotaract Club of SM Shetty, Tivona Nature Club, the NSS are a few among others.