Very Bad

The college experience has not been good up till now. Academics are good, although they do strain upon it too much, but, still, the results aren't that appealing. Some of the teachers are aloof and disinterested but some are really good. So it brings the teaching standards to only above average. They have all the facilities but utilization of these aren't up to the mark. The college management could do better by taking assessments from students. I didn't enjoyed college as I thought it might be.

Delhi University doesn't conduct entrance examinations for most of its courses including mine, B.Com(Hons.). They do not host any interviews or screening for the admissions. Hence like every other applicants, I got admission by applying online on the DU admissions portal as I fulfilled the only requirement of having marks above the cutoff in the 12th board examinations. I had opted for commerce stream in my senior schooling years and ever since then I wanted to pursue B.Com. Also DU being one of the esteemed universities in India, and I had heard a lot about it from friends and family over the years, I had all the more reason to choose this course from a college under DU, so I finally landed up here.

The Course Curriculum is well designed by the university, but the only problem is in its implementation in our college. The teaching staff doesn't take the burden to teach the subjects practically, rather they just dig into the theoretical context immensely. So most often we just learn what is in the text rather than understanding the applications of these topics. I think it is a major fault considering we are studying commerce. I am not fully aware of Research works going on in my college, but I believe there must be a plenty as DU is a deemed university of India. Yes, we have electives relating to pure core subjects in the second and third year of graduation.

Yes, there are some internship fairs conducted in the college. But all the companies that come in are mostly startups offering no stipend. There are no internships available within the campus as part of research projects or anything. Other internships are all outside the college and we are supposed to find them ourselves. They are better because more than often we have stipends.

Placement scenario is the most demeaning part of this college, which compared to other colleges under Delhi University is very poor. They don't care much about the future of their students. There are only very few companies that come for recruitment. Some of these are start-ups themselves, so it doesn't provide us students with the needed exposure or a good salary. Only a fraction of students who apply get good placements in the first place. So eventually, many of us settle for outside campus opportunities instead.

Events aren't frequent as they should be, let it be any kind of event whether cultural or managerial or technical. Once in, like, 2 months, is what is the frequency of any event and that too not that good. There is Ethnic Day and the Annual College Day to name a few. The college does organise the events themselves. We have funds allotted from the college end for these programs. The university strictly asks for a certain number of events every year so thats what the college does. Other than that the society culture of my college like all other DU colleges is pretty strong, and their events and workshops happen often.

Fees is a really affordable matter in all DU courses as it is not at all expensive. It aims at providing good quality education with only moderate fee amounts that everyone can afford. Fees for B.Com Hons amounted to only Rs. 10000 a year. There are no hidden charges or donation fees. Those who stay in hostels will have to pay extra for that as the figures mentioned before covers only the academic fees.

No, college doesn't provide any scholarships. Students are supposed find the scholarships or funding on their own. The college does not arrange for loans either, mostly because only very few students actually require loans with such low fees.

Extracurricular activities are abundant, but the opportunities provided is the main problem. The facilities are too good. The daily schedule is always full with classes, assignments and project works. We usually don't get enough time to pursue other interests most of the time. It is a full stop for all the aspirants for such Extracurricular activities or a matter of putting grades and academic performance at stake.

No, I don't stay in a hostel or a PG. But I do have friends who stay in hostels. From what I heard from those hostellers is that the hostels are pretty good. The rooms are a choice between single or double sharing. They are well furnished with a study table for each student. The food is average but lacking variety, it gets a bit tiring to eat the same dishes over and over throughout graduation. There are PGs outside campus and some of the students prefer living there. I don't know about the rates there of the food provided.

Once in a year, there is an Alumni Meet conducted by the college and preparations are made at length each time to host them heartily. There is not much of Alumni-College relationship otherwise.The meetings are nice but they do not help the students in any way or in the college overall development. A strengthened and deeper student-alumni interaction will help bring better benefits I believe.

Exams aren't frequent in our college. We do have both internal exam and end semester examinations and they are all regular throughout each semester but it does not tire one out. There is a certain pressure to perform well but I think it happens all the time to students in general. Whereas to be in the notion that graduation from DU will not be hectic, would be absolutely wrong. The number of assignments and submissions we get was just a little more than normal days, making college often stressful.

Faculty is well qualified, but is not as interactive as one might expect from the college teachers. Some teachers do interact, but that is only a small proportion out of the lot. Most of the teachers are not at all bothered about their subjects. I found the attitude really discouraging. Sometimes, even when we genuinely want to approach them for clarifications, they might blow us off. The few who are interactive are good enough but they cannot make up for others. So on a scale of one to ten, ten implying worst, I would rate the faculty at a six.