A College to Enkindle Your Growth

I had applied to a few colleges and the last of them was St Aloysius Mangalore. The college follows a first come first serve approach in handing out admissions. You are good to go as long as you have a minimum academic grade of 60% or higher. The main point is that you arrive for application early on as seats would be filled depending on each course, generally fast. The procedure is basically handing out a written application at the administration office. You will further be interviewed by the Principal, or the Dean, or any of the HODs.

You have two internals and a final semester exam each semester. The difficulty would depend on each course, but for B.A triple major is generally medium tough. Good preparation would be going through the previous year's question papers.

Students are eligible for campus placements from the final semester. They'll be handed out a form that mentions their academic results so far at college to handpick possible internships and jobs. I already applied for a job outside of college so I wasn't involved with the placement wing of our college. But our year in general, impacted by Covid 19 had a significant absence in placements as there were no offline classes for months.

I wasn't part of any scholarships or internships within the college. There is an in-house placement cell to carry out campus placements and internships. There is also financial assistance by many scholarships particularly focusing on weaker sections of society.

Students engage in various associations as part of their curriculum. I was part of the college literary association called Hopkins club, where we used to carry out weekly activities and posters, and events. The college currently holds a literary Instagram handle, called Wordsmiths of SAC, along with a blog site.

My first year was entirely at the college hostel. The food there, for me personally, was too shabby and stale and for those reasons, I chose to shift to outside stay. Afterward, for the remaining two years I used to stay at apartments available at Valencia and Pandeshwar.