College life is different from what it seems: Ankita Madhuri
St. Xavier's College, Kolkata
Everyone in this world picturizes differently of what college life is. Well, in my case, I completely took it to be what we see in movies. I'll tell you about my story. It was different. It was amazing as I thought it to be at first. I had friends, I had my well-wishers and I was happy to be in college until the day hard work began.
Of course, after the hard days of high school, I wanted to be free like a bird flying high without any hesitation, but the birds too face difficulties up in the sky. I always thought that a college would be fun like what I saw in movies or any series, but it was different.
Getting admission in St. Xavier's College, Kolkata, was easy as the selection criteria was marks obtained in class 12th. At first, I felt I was admitted to another school after getting over with high school. I wanted to run away and I wanted freedom. Then, one of my friends came to me, spoke to me about my career planning and helped me build my future.
It was fun indeed. I got to learn about new things in my college. I pursued BCom from St. Xavier's College, Kolkata. Here, you'll get a number of opportunities to show up your talents and build your future. I was always interested in singing, so I got a lot of opportunities to sing in this college. Because of this, I made a lot of friends. You will get good faculty members and professors here who teach very well and provide with good notes of all subjects.
In my final year, I took up marketing management as my specialization paper. It was very interesting, and I got to know about so many techniques of sales and marketing.
In the final year, all the students get a chance to appear for the campus recruitment programme where they get selected for different companies and jobs with good incentives. But I didn't appear for any campus recruitment because I didn't really want to. My interests were somewhere else. So, right after my final year exams, I appeared for the SBI PO exam and got through. Today, I'm happy again as I got what I wanted.
College life is fun indeed but one needs to work hard in the college too because the sheer amount of study required to make a career.
P.S. Please never believe in movies for any educational matter like I did. Your dreams might get shattered.
About the Author:
My name is Ankita Madhuri. I completed BCom from St. Xavier's College, Kolkata and went on to crack SBI PO exam.
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St. Xavier's College Kolkata is a good institute that gives all the necessary facilities to its students for an enhanced experience. The college also gives Study Abroad and Exchange Programmes to the students. It has facilities like hostels, wellness centre and sports facilities. The college also gi
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St. Xavier's College Kolkata is a private college that is recognised by organizations like UGC and gives good education to the students. Below given are the reasons to choose St. Xavier's College Kolkata:
- Good Ranking: The college is ranked 8 in the Colleges category by the NIRF 2025.
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It is not difficult to get into St. Xavier's College Kolkata. The college gives admissions on the basis of entrance test and merit, depending on the course. The admissions also depend on factors including the Written Admission Test and Personal Interview rounds.
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The top recruiters of St Xavier's College Kolkata in 2025 were Accenture, DE Shaw, PwC, Deloitte, EY, MCKinsey, Adobe, TCS, Well Fargo, etc. Students from courses like BCom, BMS, MCom etc.. got job offers.
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St. Xavier's College Kolkata tries to makes it courses and fees affordable to most students with semester-wise tuition fees in the range of INR 64K and INR 2.05 Lakhs.
Though students may face lower or higher fees depending on scholarships, extra charges, hostel fees, etc. This fee should not be too
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The St. Xavier's College Kolkata is famous for its unique status as an autonomous college that has been recognised by the UGC as a 'College of Excellence' with 'Special Heritage Status'.
Further the college is highly ranked by national ranking bodies such as NIRF 2025 which placed it under the 8th pl
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The documents shown here are required for St. Xavier's College Kolkata admissions:
- Passing certificate of the qualifying exam (either Class 12 and 10 or bachelor's/ master's degree as the case may be).
- Statement of marks at the qualifying examination and migration certificate (only for candidates pass
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