
What Students Say
Likes
- Infrastructure of college is very good.
- The faculty especially for my particular subject were an amazing bunch.
- The community that the college creates because of the limited number of students was a tight knit one
Dislikes
- Mess food can be improved in some hostels.
Course Curriculum Overview
There have been multiple complaints against the course structure of DU. As it remains outdated and refuses to incorporate newer elements of the literature of the present.
Internships Opportunities
So I completed two internships during my time at Stephen's - One was with Network18 CNN-IBN as a desk writer. This was an amazing oppirtunity for the wannabe journalist in me to understand the ropes of the world of journalism. It was an amazing experience enabled to better gauge my future cours of action as a writer. The second internship was with NSDC. An amazing team with even more amazing job profile.
Placement Experience
Campus placements are available for all semesters but the offers are more the students in third year. The offers came form many reputed companies like Deloitte, EY, NSDC and more. The highest packages offered were 24 LPA. Almost 75 to 80 percent students got the campus placement. I did not sit for the placement as I was beginning my preparation for UPSC.
Fees and Financial Aid
The entire fees for the course was 18,000 per semester. Based on the requirment of lab and other facilities for the Science and other course there were some additionals for the Science based courses. There were many scholarshi[ps and financial aids available, based on your community and financial stance.
Campus Life
Th annual college fest is called Harmony and it is a three day long festival of social event, cultural events, food and much more. The library has a large collection of books,s ome antique and in the library for over a century. Further the books are for a wide range of subjects and disciplines and in multiple languages. As for the facilities provided, all classrooms hav an AC, smart boards, projectors and more.
Admission
So I had applied to all colleges in DU, St Xavier's College in Bombay and Ambedkar University Delhi. With some whip of luck I got into JMC, Miranda, Xavier's, AUD and Stephen's. Personally I never imagined I would be getting into Stephen's. The admission process in Stephens during my time had three stages. First one is the cutoff. For my partciular subject the cutoff was 97.8. Then they issue a list of candidates eligible for the interview based on the cutoff. The second stage is the interview where a panel of four or five senior members of the college will rack your brains about different spheres of the subject you have chosen. I had interviews for two subjects History and English. Since I got in English I did not attend the History interview. The final part is the documentation and paying the fees. At this stage it is more of formality except in rare cases where there is an issue with the application or the documentation part.
Faculty
There were 9 faculties for our batch throughout the three years and we were 30 in a class. So there was a good 1:3 ratio between the faculty and the students. This is one of the foremaost reasons why the students graduated from this particular course however disinterested in the subject, cannot shy away from atleast a good understanding of the basics and in depth idea about the subject if interested. In particular I liked Themeem sir, Ann Susan Ma'am, Jaideep Sir, Ashley Sir, Hannah Ma'am, and Anju Ma'am. As for not liking I don't think there was anybody like that. The exams were according to the system of the University of Delhi, i.e. there were two exams in one semester - Mid-Semster Exam and End-Semester Exam.
Night Life
The entire campus is safe for nights and most of the vents, movie screenings and rehearsals, society meetups, etc happen at the night. So the college is never silent except in the wee morning hours. The hostel timings are till 10 pm but obviously there are some shortcuts. The gazebo, football ground, any of the lawns are a good place to be at night.
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