St Anthony's College, Shillong. A unforgettable experience in my life.

The college is one of the best colleges in the north east India. The college is reknowed for it's academic excellence and great location also. The college even attracts foreign students from various countries.

The course was very insightful and provides a great learning experience. Inspite of this, they don't provide a huge syllabus much to the joy of the students studying there. We studied poems, novels of Indian literature and abroad.

The college do provide internships from various companies that visit the the final year students each year. I personally didn't apply for internship but if one wishes they can and I can assure you that the learning experience it provides is immense. My friends who joined told me so.

Just like the internship, companies also offer jobs with fair package. To qualify one needs to sit for a interview with the companies that visit the college. The jobs are pretty attractive the chance for growth in these particular jobs is huge.

Several attractive college events occur throughout the year. Examples are fresher's program. Hostelers program(stephenian show and Margaretian show), farewell programs, teachers day and the much awaited college week.

Fees vary according to the course you opt for. The fees for arts courses are around 10-12k per year and the science stream is 20-25k per year. Since the college is semi-government and run by the msfs it is very cheap to study here. It is a Bosco institute.

The college does provide the national scholarships that are granted to the students. One needs to register online and the paperwork can be done with the help of the coll who even mail it to the concerned authorities for you.

The extracurricular activities in the college are a huge buzz and very active. Various cultural and sports activities take place throughout the year and the college encourages the students to join such events.

There are two hostel run by the college. One for boys and one for girls. The men's Hostel is called stephen hall and can house around 300 students in all. The mama Margaret hall is the women's hostel and it can house around 300 women too. The fees are also very cheap with a admission fees of 4000-5000 rupees and a monthly fees of 1300 rupees for boys and 1400 rupees for girls.

The college alumni is very active and all final year students are required to register in the college alumni to stay a part of the college even after leaving. The alumni is responsible for catering to senior students and helping them in their further studies.

The college just recently started the semester system with 6 semesters in 3 years. There are 2 exams each semester. One qualifier and one final. The exams are for 75 marks in the final exam and 25 marks are allotted for internal assessment.

I applied for the college online and I had to appear for an entrance exam for a duration of 1 hour. The results got declared a day later and I got selected. The test was very open ended. There were a few grammar questions and a personal description of a given poem.

The faculty has a good strength and the English department particularly are one of the most intelligent ones in the college. They are easily approachable and provide a healthy and fun learning experience. They are good in guidance and still supportive and open as a friend is to us.