my college

My college life was one of the happiest phases of my life as every other people. That was the turning point of my life which provided me with the knowledge to live and for my livelihood. The motto of our college itself is that " the education for life and education for living".

I was selected through Interview. I scored well in the interview. I chose this college because of its student-friendly atmosphere and the excellence of the teaching faculty there. Moreover, Amrita has a huge reputation for being good at academics and research.

It was good in case of academics, but little bit huge compared to other government universities in Kerala. We learned the history of English literature and became familiar with all the writers who wrote in English down the ages. We have gone through all the branches of English literature like American literature, African literature...etc.

Actually, the college provides internships. But we could not make the complete use of that opportunity because of some technical and administrative issues.

We have a fully functioning placement cell which has connections with top job providers in the nation and abroad. Many of the students got great campus placements in top companies with fancy salary. But I did not apply for campus placements as I had other plans in mind.

The most celebrated event of the college is the birthday of Sri Mata Amrithanandamayi Devi, the patron and Chancellor of our college which we call Amma's birthday. It is usually celebrated on our campus because the Ashram of Amrithanandamayi Devi or Amma as we call her is very near to our campus. Her birthday is on September 26. Vidyut, the tech show of our technology students, AmritaKalotsavam or Arts day, Ugadi, Campus Day, Deepavali, Onam....etc are the other events celebrated in the college.

The fee structure is really expensive compared to other colleges in Kerala.But I would say it is worth it because of the quality education there. It costs around 2 lakhs per year for an Integrated MA student staying in hostel including the hostel fee.

We have a pretty good campus life. But the uniform which is very useful one way actually makes it colourless. Our college has a pretty strict students affairs department. But we had enough fun on the campus. We have a good number of events to celebrate. We have a lot of extracurricular activities in college like sports, arts and music. We have talk shows, debates, radio... etc on our campus.

Our mess food is strictly vegetarian with a strictly followed menu. The food items are nutritious and healthy, but we will get tired of the monotonous menu. The cost is pretty high. Though we get a lot of dishes, I can not say it worth it when the delicacy is concerned.

Our campus generally has a good network of alumni which is very helpful to find more about the prospects and scopes of the courses in our college.

We have semester system with end semester exams. Each semester is around five months long. Within each semester we have two internal exams which we call periodicals.They are of 50 marks with 2 hours exam time. The maximum score of our end semester exam is a 100 marks with the duration of three hours.

The application was offline.I sent the completed application form along with the DD of the application fee in the post. Then I received the call letter for interview. I was selected for the course by the interview panel which included Principal, Head of the Department and a few senior teachers.

Teachers were very qualified. They were very accessible and always looked forward to helping their students. They catered to and fueled our interest in English literature. We became experts in English literature under their guidance. Apart from academics, they were so morally supportive.