Villa Marie: Not worth the hype

The curriculum is set by the affiliated university which is Osmania Univerity. So even if we want any changes in the curriculum we cannot because it is just given and we must follow it at any cost. I chose this course because I wanted English literature as one of my subjects. The curriculum helps us to get an ample amount of knowledge about our subjects but it would have been great if they weren't very lengthy. The syllabus for the subject Psychology is a lot and it feels like the student is doing their masters. The teaching methods are fine and usually, the faculty takes very unique approaches to teaching the students. The semester examination which is for 80 marks lasts for a month and there are two internals which are conducted before each semester, which carry 25 marks each. This also includes practicals and assignments which are needed to be submitted.

From the last semester which is the 6th sem, the students are allowed to go for placements. The companies that visited included Deloitte and other companies as such. that visit the college. And the highest package was around 5 lakh per annum. The placements were in full go only for courses like BCOM or BSC Computures, there were no placement opportunities for the course of B.A. There did not take any recruitment take place as such for our course. The percentage of students getting places was very low. The average package was 1 to 2 lakh per annum.

The yearly fee is 56,000. And it has to be paid before every semester. Each semester we are asked to pay a sum of rupees 28,000. This is the fee structure for the course B.A Psychology. So by the end of the entire course which is for three years, the student must have paid a whole sum of rupees 1,68,000. There are no scholarships or any fee concessions based on reservation. This fee structure excludes the examination fee and other recreation fees that the institution will ask for. The examination fee is asked before writing the exam, every semester and it is around 2,000 to 3,000. And the most important point Is that this college doesn't take online transactions of fee. And they don't even take cash. We must deposit, get a DD done from the bank and then submit. They do not accept any online forms to make the students and also parents life easier. This is the worse fee payment method.

The only thing good about this college is the recreational area. There are tons of events, parties, and activities going on every week at the college. All the important days are celebrated and they aren't just celebrated on a low rush they're grandly celebrated by getting every one participate equally and have fun. Something is going on always when it comes to events or activities. The library is available for students and they can access it anytime. But there isn't much range of books or diversity of books to study from. There are smart boards present in the majority of the classrooms. There are student-run magazines and student-run newspapers in the college. Sports is also available but it isn't seriously attended to.

The admission process of our college is not a task at all, You just walk in after the dates for admission are announced but be sure to come early and take your seat because it goes by first come first served method. You walk in and ask for a seat and you are easily given a seat based on the availability. You are asked to pay the deposit then and there and the seat is all yours. I chose this college because I wanted a subject where English literature is there and I could not find this subject in any other university or college so I opted for this one. Because I wanted to pursue my master's in Literature which I am currently from Osmania University of Arts and Sciences. I just applied to this college only and no other college because I could not find my desired course anywhere else.

The faculty of the college which we had was the best. And accordingly, the faculty was very friendly and were almost like friends to us also because they're very near to us in age. The faculty and students are the best part of this college. The faculty is very mature and very well-read. They are very amicable and also very helpful in every aspect. Be it personal or professional they give great insights. There are 60 students in our course and there is one class teacher and one faculty for every subject. Our course is a mixture of three main subjects and 1 sub-subject. The main subjects are - Psychology, Mass Communication, and English Literature. The sub-subjects are the languages which we can choose from, the languages which we can choose from are- French, Arabic, Hindi, and Sanskrit.