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College is just an amazing path of your life. Education is great in our college. I just think they should conduct fests and other events with more enthusiasm. I made friends here who would be for lifetime, though I faced hardships adjusting here in the beginning but now I am loving it. There are a lot of improvements made in the infrastructure lately and they are planning to start a corporate hospital as well.

I had to give UPCAT as my entrance exams which was MCQ type Exam. My college is pretty well known in UP and had better future providing capabilities thus I landed up there. I did have an interview process with the principal. There was 75% marks criteria as well, in the Higher secondary curriculum. I am pursuing BDS and I selected it because I have been a biology lover and most of the people in my family are doctors so I had a slight inclination towards it from the start.

This course of dentistry is best for me. It is equally balanced between practical application and theoretical emphasis. My college, as well as the dental council of India, conducts regular seminars and workshops to improve our skills and keep us excited about it. My college is a semi govt college so its linked with the DCI directly. The seminars also help us to know the upcoming technologies that will carve a new way for dentistry.

Our institution provides Internship in the 5th year of our course. I being in 4th year right now haven’t experienced it but my clinics have started, a kind of internship which focuses more on teaching us new ways to do our stuff but we have to study and give exams along with it. As far as I know about the internship program, we are paid around 3k per month and it's a major platform of our lives as upcoming doctors.

Placement scenes are rare as in medical field most of the students after graduation either opt for post graduation or join a hospital or open up their own clinics. So we do not have many hospitals to hire us as doctors except Clove Dental. This clinic hires approx 10 graduates every year. Average package is approx 3.5 lacs but it gets raised later with time . Many startup dental clinic also comes to hire graduates.

Our college main event is “Occlusion” around 3-4 thousand students are there for the fest. Our events are organized on a large level and many famous guests are also invited. Though College has a budget of 12 Lacs for the events but a lot of students still participate in it. There's lot of support from the faculty and administration authorities too.

The fee structure is in power with other associations. There are various privileges process available for students belonging to lower strata of society but there are no scholarships given as such on basis of our grades. My fees is approximately 3.75 Lac per annum. I have taken a student loan to be able to pay my fees regularly so that my parents don’t get burdened.

There is no such kind of scholarships given by the institution but we get a price money if we excel in academics or in any big events that improves the college ranking. I did take any student loan. Although I can afford it but my parents didn't want to take any risk if in future anything happened and they were not able to pay the fees.

Our college allows us to compete in events and helps us prepare for it, only when such events are conducted as it does not focus more on extracurricular activities. There are multiple intercollege competition opportunities provided by our college for the students to explore their inner self and improve skills too. Enough support and labor is available to us in such events.

Yes, I reside in hostel and I love my hostel life. I have made pretty good circle of friends here which helped me to adjust . The rooms are fairly Good. It has 3 bedroom sharing room. Food is okay but never get used to it. I prefer more to order from outside. I have paid around 1 lac for food and accommodation.

The alumni network keeps everyone updated about upcoming events and seminars and meetups . Alumni are also called as Chief guests in events to let students meet and know about their experiences. Alumni play an important role and tell us about their hardships and how they overcome it.

The exams are quite frequent and practical work is too tough, it needs ample amount of practice and patience to be perfect in whatever work you are doing in this stream. After so much workload we start feeling sluggish because sometimes we have to do overtime as well.

We have an excellent faculty team. They are very much qualified for their positions. They always have a positive attitude and ever ready to explain concepts by explaining its Practical significance and even techniques introduced in relation to the topic. I am not a very Good student but I understand concepts and my course well. They do have an extra doubt session and have quizzes to keep us regular with our studies.