Devin

All of my professors know my name and we call most of them by their first names, which I think creates a great atmosphere for learning as mature adults. My department (Physics) is really great. It's very small, with a graduating class of about 10 majors per year, so classes are very small and we get alot of individual attention from professors. Our labs are also really wonderful - we do alot of very interesting experiments that I don't think other schools do. The professors int he department also know all of the majors and are very willing to help us with anything - from reccomendation letters for internships, help with finding grad schools, to homework help or even supplementary math help. If you need help they are always there and willing to help - even if you're not in their class. I think Bucknells academic requirments are very reasonable and allow you enough freedom to have plenty of electives and explore things outside of your major, but at the same time you don't have to spend alot of time doing general requirments and can really get into the material important to your major right away. Something I also think is great is that we are always taught by real professors. A friend that goes to a bigger school has alot of classes taught by grad student TAs, and I think that if you are paying so much to go to college you should get real professors who are willing and excited to teach students rather than just do research all the time and leave the teaching to TAs.