MY COLLEGE - A ROLLER COASTER RIDE

As mentioned in the title, my college life was a roller coaster ride. Like every college student's life in college, even my life had its ups and downs. On the whole, my college was really good and I enjoyed and learned a lot from it.

I wrote EAMCET and my rank was 61218. I chose CMREC because at the time of joining, CMR Group of Institutions was one of the top colleges in Telangana State and CMREC had the best infrastructure when compared to other campuses in the CMR Group of Institutions.

I opted Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE) because since my childhood, I was interested in how gadgets were designed. ECE helped me in understanding patterns and how things actually worked. The circuit designing was interesting and I made sure that I enjoyed what I learned in CMR.

No, our college did no provide any internship. But the placements in our college were very good.

Each and every student knew their potential before the placement season and our college faculty and management made sure that we prepared according to it. The high placement results of our college are an example of how good our placement process is.

We have a Two-Day Fest called AVAZYA, every year in our college. All the students and faculty members from each department show their hidden talents and participate in all sorts of technical and non-technical events. Even the students from other colleges come to participate in these events.

The fee structure is feasible in CMREC. Our college follows the fee structure provided by the state government. The students who couldn't afford the fee were provided fee reimbursement from the state government, so that everybody gets the education they deserve.

I don't know about any kind of scholarship program in my college. But the students who topped every year were presented with a cash gift.

The gender ratio was 2:3 in our college. Most of the students were boys and it was almost 1:10 ratio in the mechanical department. We had various workshops and seminars every month. As far as I know, there was no such discrimination regarding gender, race, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation or economic status.

I was not a residential student, hence I wouldn't know much about the hostel facilities. But as per my knowledge from my friends, the hostels were neat and clean and the mess food was edible. The cost charged as the hostel fees was also moderate and economical.

The senior students were always helpful to us. They provided us with their notes regarding the subjects and gave our advice regarding matters like placements and other important aspects.

The exam system and the labs schedules were neither hectic nor chilled out. We always had a moderate system in our college with mid-terms once in every two months apart from the final semester exams. And we had regular lab sessions which showed us the practical side of our course.

The faculty in CMREC is really talented. As they say "All fingers are not the same", each faculty member had their own way in teaching the subject. Some taught while making us laugh, while some taught us while making sure we stayed professional and disciplined.