It was nice!

Overall, my college life is best. I thoroughly enjoyed my college life. There were lots of opportunities for me to explore myself. I became a really literary person after the course. It was a beautiful three years. Some of those days are the memories I still cherish. The college has had its negatives, but which college doesn't have any!! The course was the best part because it was really good and detailed. My love for the Punjabi language was furthered by it. I also used to love the campus.

There were no interviews and entrances to get into SGTB. I got admission on basis of marks I had in my 12th standard.

The whole curriculum was simply perfect and there is no other way to describe it. We had learnt the grammar and the literature, from the Old Punjabi literary genres to the latest novels and musical innovations that had come into the language, we covered it all in the syllabus. We were also encouraged to learn about the origin and development of the language. We, of course, use Punjabi for communication while at school.Those of us who have it as our mother tongue used it all the time. It is one among the most spoken languages in India. It is a well-developed language and there are a lot of literary nuances in it which sets it apart. In our curriculum we not only are taught them but we also explore the Punjabi culture and history as part of it. I don't know if there was any research going on in our campus that time, there could be.

I didn't do any internship. For my course, I was unable to find suitable internship. I was not really interested in doing an internship in something like Marketing or Content writing in English. The college did not provide us internships within the campus. There were also no arrangements made for internship recruitment in the campus, like in other colleges. My classmates who were interested in internship experiences found something on their own or online like work from home internships.

There was no job placement in that college for my course. The only placements available were offered for the B.Com and BBA students, that is, the commerce department. Even then only few companies came at end of the year for placements in the campus. But since the number of students who appeared was less than 50, there was a chance for almost 70 percent of them to get one job or another. Some of them never applied and went on to do a PG. I don't know about the average packages or anything.

The annual fests were the best​ programs in college. It included a lot of competitions like musical events, dance programs of students, instruments and food stalls. The best part of these was the​ ​that ​popular singer​s​ perform​ed​​ in college during these days. The live music was superb​.​ We used to have a lot of fun then. There were also department wise fests organised in our college. Students from neighboring colleges came to take part in them. ​

​​It was pretty affordable. The fee is fixed by the University for all colleges affiliated to it. The college wasn't expensive in comparison with other colleges. I could easily find the required amount and never had to avail any external funding for the purpose. So was it with my friends. They also provide really good facilities even with the low fee rates. As much as I remember, my fee was around 10000-15000 per year and that is very just for an undergraduate course.

Maybe my college provided scholarships/loan, but I am not really aware of them. I hadn't been eligible for any such scholarships. Also, I ​didn​'t know​ of any SGTB scholarships so far. The college sometimes announced when government scholarships were available for economically backward students, otherwise, it didn't help us much, economically. The college did not help anyone in getting loans as it is a government college and they are not allowed to do so officially.

It was pretty good We had really great facilities in the campus for sports. The grounds and stadiums were awesome. So much so that in fact, the college had hosted the practice Rugby match in Commonwealth Games. That proves the awesomeness of these facilities. They really stress the need for physical exercises in students but does not impose this. Anyone who has enough interest is encouraged in plenty.

My house was an hour away, so no hostel for me. I had friends who stayed in hostels. They all said the hostel was good. They had normal food and rooms there. Sharing a room between two or three students was the norm there. There​ were no PGs in or near the campus.

My interaction with my seniors in my college time was good. Now that, I am a pass out, I am still connected to some of my juniors.​There were alumni meetings every year. The alumni association was really good. They supported pretty well in the development of the college​. Once a while the prominent among them came to interact with students. I really used to enjoy these as it helped us to move in a focused manner.

Nope, the exam culture wasn't bad at all. They gave us enough time to prepare for the exams. We used to have three examinations in a semester and only 5 exams in each of these. We did get days off between exams so there was enough time to prepare for them all. Timetables were all pre-announced and everything went as per those dates. Yes ,it could be called a chill-culture in my time, I don't know what is the situation now. Well, they are very strict about marks.

They were the best teachers you could find. All of them had either an M Phil or a PhD at the very least. Most of them had great teaching experience. Others, though not so experienced, put all they had into teaching. We are all really happy to have them. Our department focused on both, the academic and the extra-curricular activities of students. So they encourage us a lot in everything we do. They are strict for the attend​ance and assignment submission but they also let us off to participate in all kinds of seminars and workshops that are arranged in college. I am really satisfied with the standards of teaching.​