Experience of college life

Overall, I can say that my experience of the college for postgraduate degree is good as of now. Although the course is good, but, I would want more focus to be put on practical learning because after all, it is a practical subject. Other than that, I am content with the facilities provided by the college. I was very interested in the subject and love it personally, so it is a great experience for me.

The college provides admission in post graduation on the basis of merit. I also did my under graduation from the same college. There was no interview round for admission. I chose this course because I feel strongly about mental health and want to make people aware of it and help them in living a stress-free life. I believe through this course, I will be able to attain tools to make the world a better place.

The course curriculum is good but again there is a lack of exposure. The focus is more on theoretical concepts. There is not much focus on practical learning. Although we have practical paper but even that is mostly pencil-paper based. Yes, some research initiatives have also been taken up by the institute. Electives papers are a part of the college's undergraduate courses. These electives cover various aspects like - personality development, environmental studies etc.

Internship is provided in our course but it is in fourth semester and I am in first semester. The internships are both paid and unpaid and they are a great learning experience. Also, because there is no campus placement in our course, internships help us to look for appropriate opportunities and also help in creating good networks.

Since ours is not a professional course so there are no campus placements. But student get placed after post graduation by self effort or on teacher's recommendations. It depends on how they have performed throughout the course. Since jobs are to be found by oneself, it all comes down to right opportunities at the right time. But students of B.Com., B.Voc., and B.B.A. in our college do get an opportunity for campus placement. Many companies visit the campus for their placement.

No fests are organized in the college because of the nature of the course. No events are held in the college except for inter-faculty debate competition. More focus is put on studies and students are not very interested in taking initiatives from themselves for organizing events. Hence, no big events as such.

The fee structure is very affordable. Our fee for the whole year i.e. two semesters is around Rs. 23,000. The course is a good worth of money and I believe is lower than other colleges providing similar courses. From what I have heard, Delhi University also has somewhat same fee and I think that is just fee for an undergraduate course.

The college provides scholarships to meritorious students. Some students receive it but I did not avail any. College does not help in getting some loan, only scholarships are provided. If someone cannot afford the fee, then he/she has to avail the loan facility themselves.

Extracurricular activities are held thrice a year. We do not get ample opportunities to explore our inner talent. Our college authorities majorly focus is on academics and extracurricular are rare. Except, the pre-decided three events, no other extracurricular activities are organized.

Although I am not residing in the hostel, but, some of my friends are. Hostel rooms are on available on sharing basis. I don't know if they have PGs. I don't know the hostel fees but I do know that food is good. It is pretty good for hostel food.

There is no interaction with the alumni. College provides no platform for student-alumni interaction. We have not received any such opportunities as of now and it doesn't seem feasible in the near future as well. However, students are free to interact with their seniors on personally and I too do that.

Exams in the course are very frequent. In a way, it is good because this compels a student to stay up to date with the syllabus but it also leaves them exhausted. The culture isn't what one would call chill. It is pretty hectic but completely worth I think.

We have four faculty members. Out of our faculty- three have doctorates, and one is post graduate. They all have work great experience in teaching and counselling both. Also, they all are very interactive and make sure they explain concepts well.Standard of teaching is somewhere in between high and low because there is less focus on practical learning despite psychology being a practical paper. It would be better if more focus is given to practical learning.