XLRI Delhi Harsh Reality :) batch’26
People often ask what the culture at XLRI Delhi is really like. Honestly, it’s difficult to explain unless you’ve lived it.
Before SIPs, seniors go out of their way to help the batch, mock interviews at random hours, resume reviews, shortlists guidance, prep groups, pep talks when things get rough. Nobody does it because they have to. They do it because somewhere along the line, someone did the same for them.
And the best part is that the batch genuinely stays together through everything. Here, someone else’s success actually feels personal. You celebrate shortlist calls like they’re your own. You feel bad when someone has a rough day. There’s competition, of course, but it’s healthy.
Everyone has their own space here. Some people are fully into DML and academics, some are grinding case comps, some are always around Greens iykyk, some live for sports and committees. Yet somehow, all these very different people still feel connected.
Maybe it’s because we’re a batch of just 180 people. Over time, it stops feeling like a college and starts feeling like a very close-knit family.
And yes, when it comes to competing with JSR, we know they naturally have certain advantages. We’ve always known that. We are, and probably always will be, the secondary campus in perception. But what makes XLD special is that people here don’t sit and complain about it they work harder, push more, and build opportunities for themselves together.
Ask almost any XLD student what they love most here, and chances are they’ll say the culture.
It’s not flashy. It’s not something you can properly put into words. But it’s real.