Jerin Sabu's Review On St Stephen's College, New Delhi

I had always heard about St Stephen's College and dreamt of becoming a part of the English department there. My ambition is to become a filmmaker. So i thought getting to read and learn about literature in depth would help me draft good stories for my films. The one thing that I love about this college is the number of societies they have. They have around 40+ societies. The best part is that all the societies are run by students and the college doesn't play any role in the functioning of any of these societies.

We never get our syllabus on time. It is not the fault of the college. It's the fault of the University. The syllabus is quite interesting. I love lectures by Prof. Smita Gandotra. She's so knowledgeable and extremely intelligent.

A lot of companies visit our college every year for campus recruitment. Since my course is English Hons I don't think a lot of students opt to work just after graduation without doing a post-graduation. But I know for sure that the minimum salary package offered is above 80000.

Like I said, there are a lot of societies in the college. Each society conducts a number of fests and events every year. There societies for different states of India too. So each of these societies conduct cultural fests. Onam, which is one of the biggest events in our college, is conducted by The Malayalam Literary Society. All these fests are very much inclusive.

Our college has a gym which was renovated recently. Our library and college buildings are quite old. To be honest the roof of the library fell down last year and the library has been under construction ever since. The same happened with one of the residence blocks too. The Wifi connectivity is good enough.

It is a Herculean task getting hostel/residence in our college. There are 3 blocks for girls and 3 blocks for boys. The number of residents that these blocks can accommodate is 400. So the college gives residence to only a limited number of students. 50% of the seats are reserved for Christian students and a specific percentage of seats are reserved for boys and vice versa. The college gives residence to students based on merit, attendance, and a separate interview for residence. In the first year, students are supposed to share their rooms. There will be a maximum of 2 people in each room. But there is a chance you'll get a single room in your second year. Hostel rooms are really really old and the washrooms are poorly maintained. The rooms are spacious enough.