A Great College

The curriculum has been revised and the system is now a credit based system. It is defintely easier now for students to adapt to the system everywhere else, including reputed institutes, if they want to pursue a post grad. This is what influenced me to choose this course I'd have liked it more if there was more awareness and education around the revised system, as some students still find it hard to grasp the mechanisms. Some of the textbooks are still pending and that's a tough situation to handle since semester exams are around the corner. We are still unaware on exactly what we need to learn.

I pay about 6000 INR per year, including tuition, library (1000 INR) miscellanous and PTA. The tuition cost 1165. I am from Christian minority and I'm unsure if i availed any benefits because of that. i got in through merit via a centralized allotment process. If you are below poverty line the fees would total only 1/5th of what I paid, per annum. I'm also aware there's additional reduction for SC, ST, etc.

We celebrated magazine day in Augus and Onam in september after internals. There si a huge collection of books in the library including rare books. The facilities and provisions in the classroom are pretty average. Just fans, lights, a whiteboard, a lecturer's platform, seating and desk and the student's seating. There is a high emphasis on extra curricular activities and there are no inhibitions regarding them. In fact, they are encouraged especially considering the highly competitive environment.

I also applied to Union Chistian College Aluva, but was not accepted during the centralized allotment process. I was instead directed to Sree Sankara College, Kalady. I think it's great that this happened since Sree Sankara College is closer to my home and I don't need to go through the tedious task of travelling long hours. The admission process was pretty standard. Like I mentioned, it's a centralized allotment process that calculates your points based on 12th marks. Confirming the admission was pretty brief.

I'm guessing that the faculty to student ratio is around 1:8, at least for my department. The professors that I have classes from are pretty sweet and extremely dedicated to their subject. They even go as far as to curate notes and other resources for the students. Most of them are exceptional teachers. The English department is very qualified. The first semester internal exams went decent. On a difficulty scale I'd rate it a solid 3/5. If you follow the professors' advice and listen to them attentively that difficulty rating drops drastically. I'm guessing there are only 2 exams per sem. The internals, conducted by the college and the semester exam conducted by the affiliated university.