A good college to be in!

I opted for this particular college firstly because of the brand name attached and the kind of placements that the college offers to the students with companies like Amazon, Wipro, Multifit and many others coming to the campus for recruitment processes. The second reason was that I had heard from my seniors who were studying there that there are a lot of activities which take place all year round like Sympulse, Cult notes and many more!

The course curriculum is pretty dynamic in SCMS, Pune. A lot of focus is given on practical exposure in the form of research assignments, Mooc courses, and field assignments. The best thing about the course curriculum is that you can choose two specializations in your second year from among the following: 1) Entrepreneurship 2) Marketing 3) Human Resources 4) International Business 5) Environmental Management 6) Accounts and Finance

Yes our college does provide internships. The general stipend is around 6k per month which I guess is good for an internship point of view. Our college provides internships in very good brands like Kohler, Multifit, Radma Research and many more. The overall experience of the students who have done an internship from college was enriching.

Our college is ranked first as far as placements are concerned. I am a placement coordinator of my college and I take pride in saying that we are the only college in India that provides such a high package to BBA students. Companies like Amazon, Mahindra, Wipro, Multifit, Pwg,KPMG have visited our campus for the recruitment process. The Placement rate for the year 2017-18 was 96.68% which is by far the best by any undergraduate college in India.

The annual fest of our college :Sympulse is the most recognized college fest in India. Actors like Farhan Akhtar, Ayushman Khurana have been the chief guests. There are lot of departments under sympulse like Symulate which organizes business fests, Simunc, Sprint which organizes sports events, Compliance, Finance and Headline events which organize events like Fashion shows,Pit stop and many more fun events.

The fee structure is a bit expensive with an annual fees of 2,20, 000 for Indian students and 4,40,000 for International students. But it is worth it because of the Dynamic course curriculum, opportunities that are provided to students, excellent placement opportunities and obviously the brand name attached.

Sadly,there are no scholarships provided by our college. I am not sure about this as I am not aware about any kind of scholarship /loan facility provided by our college.

The campus life is amazing to be honest as you get to explore a lot of things. As the motto says, Vasudhev Kutumbukam which means that we all are one and united. There are international students as well on the Campus. Students from over 26 countries are a part of the SCMS family.

There are no hostel facilities for boys. There are two hostel wings for girls namely:Wing A and Wing B. The mess facilities in college are amazing offering buffet for just 80rs. There is a canteen as well for those who do not want to eat meals. There is a Cafe coffee day shop as well in the campus.

The alumni network is great in our college. We have an alumni cell as well which organizes alumni meets every month which is very helpful for the first year students.

The exam structure is very good as it does not lay a lot of stress upon students. There are enough gaps between two consecutive exams which I guess is required by college students. There are internal as well as external examinations. Internal exams constitute 40 marks comprising of an assignment, written test, presentation and Mcq. The external test is for 60 marks which goes to the SIU for evaluation.

First I gave the SET exam in which I scored 105/150 and cleared the minimum criteria which was 92 during that year. Then I went to pune for PI-WAT process which consists of a Personal Interaction and a Writing Ability test. My personal interaction was fairly good and my Writing ability test really went well as I could connect to the topic on which I had to write the essay. I got through in the second list released by the college and the journey started on 27th June, 2017.

The faculty of our college is way too supportive and highly qualified. Most of the professors in our college have done their PhD degree and are highly eligible as well as qualified. They are available outside the class as well and so you can clear your doubts after your class timings. They are strict at times but I guess that is very important to maintain discipline. Some of the teachers like Sabiha Fazalboy, Vijay Mishra and Dheeraj Jain have written a lot of research papers and have been awarded on various occasions for their work.