Honest review of Presidency College Chennai

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Item: Presidency College
Rating: 2.6
Author: Aditya Kumar

2.6

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Course

2.5

Campus

2.5

College

1.5

Hostel

4.0

Aditya Kumar

Presidency College Chennai, B.Sc, Psychology

Reviewed on Nov 6, 2021(Enrolled 2019)

Remarks

The admission process was online, you have to suit your documents via a TN state government website, TNGSA, from there your details will be provided to the college and then College will contact you for further process.

Course Curriculum Overview

2.5

I choose this college because of its NIRF Ranking, but trust me it's not worth it. The college infrastructure is very old. They don't provide proper classrooms and tutors are not very good. Some are good some aren't. Internal exams are easy and are conducted in the same classroom but sem end is conducted properly.

Class Size: 40Course Fees: INR 1800 per year

Fees and Financial Aid

Fee is very low as it is a government college, and you get a scholarship as well, NSP. Which is 10000 per year and fee is around 2k per for first year and second and third it's around 500. Hostel is also very cheap.

Campus Life

2.5

Campus Life is very good if you're a tamilians or you know Tamil. Other than that for a north Indian, it's not very good, you'll have many problems communicating with classmates and other staff, nobody really knows Hindi here

Hostel Facilities

The room is decent with three or four sharing, they provide can water and food is proper south Indian, sometimes good sometimes decent. But you get a good experience in a hostel. As it is very affordable and neat. Washrooms are common in the floor and the mess bill is around 2.5k per month.

Hostel Fee: INR 17000 per year

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