Miranda House Unfiltered

At the latest placement cell fair, there were a great number of companies offering internships as well as placements. Keventers, Arihant Publications, iFortis Worldwide, Outlook Publishing India, Adda 247, Studify Success, and Indian Hempstore are some examples. The roles offered included project manager, associate and account manager, Teach for India fellowship, content writer, business leadership and management, etc. The stipend ranged from 3k to 20k for internships depending on the company and job profiles while for placements, the CTC ranged from 4LPA to 15LPA.

I am pursuing English honors at Miranda House, University of Delhi, and the fee structure has been highly favourable for me. My fee for the first year was exactly Rs 15000, while for my second year, it went down to a little around Rs 14,800. My exam fee ranged from Rs 1110 - Rs 1310, depending on the subjects taken; for example, if I had lab/practical subjects as VAC or SEC, then the fee would be on the higher end.

The even semester is when the fest season is in its full splendor. There are departmental and society fests lined up from February till April, ending with the college fest (Tempest) in May. Zenith (the annual fest of the economic department), Chrysalis (the placement cell's fest), and Litfest (English department's annual fest) are just some of the multiple fests which are held in the months of February to April. The infrastructure facilities are top-notch with the library constituting a wide range of books, which are easily accessible through the opac website. There is a separate room and guided walkway made for the visually impaired as well. Some of the classrooms are gradually shifting to smartboards from blackboards, however air conditioning continues to remain a problem.

While I did apply to Christ University in Bangalore and Symbiosis at Pune, they were just my backups, and I did not really study for their entrance exam or interviews. I was confident in my ability to get into a high-ranking DU college, which was my aim, and I succeeded. I got a confirmed admission from Christ, but I preferred DU over Christ University because of a lot of factors, one of the major ones being my residence in Delhi. I preferred to stay in Delhi itself for graduation and move abroad for my higher studies. The admission for DU is more or less the same for all affiliated colleges, except in some instances, such as in St.Stephens College, where students under the Christian quota are required to give an interview. The admission to DU is done through the CUET exam, wherein you are required to give 4-5 papers depending on the preferred course. English honors required 3 subjects I studied in school, along with English, as the additional 4th subject. The cutoff for the general category ranges over 750 out of 800 for English.

The faculty-to-student ratio is 1 professor for 60 students, but a class strength usually does not exceed 30 on a normal day, so it is effectively 1:30. The faculty is highly approachable and is ever ready to help in academics as well as personal matters. Regarding exams, other than end sems, there are 2 internal assessments (IAs) and 2 continuous assessments (CAs) for every core and general elective (GE) papers. The IAs include one test and one assignment, 12 marks each, plus 6 marks for lecture attendance, making it a total of 30 marks. The CAs can include presentations, group discussions, movie reviews, etc., basically anything other than a test, with 5 marks for tutorial attendance, making it a total of 40 marks. Attendance strictness depends upon the faculty, as some professors readily give marks to the entire class for the whole semester, while others like to go by the rules. The difficulty level of the exams is moderate as long as you are studying appropriately and there is rarely a circumstance where students fails to clear the exams.

Being a day scholar, unfortunately, I do not have the luxury to enjoy the nightlife of North Campus. But as far as unwinding after classes is concerned, Hudson Lane and Kamla Nagar are the go-to spots for the students. There is an outdoor gym in Miranda House, which becomes a popular spot in winter. There is one main canteen, a Nescafe, and a PAM cafe (all open till 5-5:30 pm)