9 things a DU Fresher must know about DU college life - By Mansha Vij

9 things a DU Fresher must know about DU college life - By Mansha Vij

So, if you are a fresher seeking admission in a Delhi University college, you ought to be knowing the inside things, so as to make your college life easy going as well as smooth.

1. Somewhere the college name does matter.

You will probably find a bunch of people around you telling you 'beta, ‘naam mein kuch nahi rakha'. The tag does matter to an extent. Okay, now you cannot just choose any course to be in a brand college for God's sake, learn to expound your abilities in the right direction.

2. Hey! Let's be friends.

The people you gel up with at the very beginning of the college will not necessarily be with you till the end. Do not start assuming that you have found true friends. Observe them more and see if you can adjust with them right till the end. Girls, you probably would want to avoid cat fights, won't you?

3. Engage yourself.

The societies of the college are a great way to enhance your talent. You have a chance of making some genuinely good friends from other courses as well. Keep participating in the fests and other programmes organized by the societies and do not forget to check the notice board for information regarding their selection criteria and other activities.

4. College is so unlike school.

Nobody cares if you have turned up for the lectures or not, not even the teachers. You can pass your time anywhere, you can bunk. Don't think we are promoting bunking and preventing you from attending the lectures. If you think you are missing out on some important lectures, you should be attending them.

5. Do marks matter? Not really.

Trust me, you will forget competing for marks like school. Do not misinterpret these words as not studying at all, but it won't matter whether you are a topper or a 40 percenter. Unless you are very passionate about getting admission in a post graduate college based on your graduation score, you won't run after marks. Instead if you like any cultural activity then be a part of it else you can also join organisations outside of college to gain experience.

6. A tug of war between the north and south campus.

There will always be a hidden competition between the north and south DU campuses. Both the sides keep blabbering about the colleges of the other side. And it's okay to listen than to believe. Rumors are rumors at the end of the day.

7. The Groups.

Yes! You may find a lot of groups in the college, from the cool gang to the hot gang, from the nerds to the ones who will start as well as finish their course on the night before the exam, from the crazy loitering ones to the ones who are very reserved. Choose wisely as to with whom you want to be, or do not be with anyone and live your life as a tanha bollywood actor, or repeatedly tell yourself, 'I am the best, YO!'

8. Do not be too conscious of yourself.

People have a whole lot of time to comment upon your looks, your dressing sense, the way you have been keeping your hair. And it would be more evident in a girls college. The trick is to not be so conscious of yourself, you are best at who you are and what you do. You don't owe anything to the people around you. And gradually you will yourself improve in these things once you start going to college regularly.

9. The addas and eating joints.

Every college does have an adda or a meeting point where you will find lots of students sitting and chit-chatting. BYD, QD's, Pizza Hut, Chowringee rolls, Khan Market, Dominos, CCD Taj Palace, you will never get bored of going to such places, and of course hogging with your friends.

Hope you have the best years of your life in college.

Good luck.