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The fall 2020 acceptance rate for Hood College is 70%. That means, out of _____ applications received in 2020 , _____ students were offered admission. The number of males who applied was _____ vs the number of females which was _____.
What should every freshman at your school know before they start?
At Hood College I have gained all the benefits of a liberal arts education at a highly diverse and well respected institution. The small class sizes here increase both the amount of class participation and the availability of our instructors. Through the care and dedication of my professors I have learned the skills of critical thinking, and honed my writing skills to a collegiate level. I have found a special place in the Hood College community where faculty and students are working together to make the world and the community a better place. I know that my time at Hood has properly prepared me for graduate school which is the next step in my academic career. In addition to these academic benefits, I have made countless friends and connections that I will continue to treasure long after I have graduated.
Read all 183 answers Describe how your school looks to someone who's never seen it.
Hood College is a small, liberal arts college where the student is deemed the most important aspect of the classroom; class sizes never exceed 25 thus, students are able to get individual help in the classroom as well as outside of classtime.
Read all 34 answers What do you consider the worst thing about your school? Why?
The worst thing about my school has to be the cost. That is the only thing I can think that I don't like about it.
Read all 30 answers Describe your favorite campus traditions.
Hood, being a liberal arts college, is known best for it's excellent music, language, law, and biology programs. There is a large amount of biology students who go on to work at Fort Detrick, which is right down the road. It used to be an all women's college until it went co-ed about six years ago. Also, our college is the location of "one of the most haunted places in maryland" : Broadbeck Music Hall.
Read all 29 answers Here's your chance: Say anything about your college!
Hood is a wonderful school. They helped alot with my learning disability. They helped me find myself wanting to finish school and get my degree. Giving up was never an issue at this school. They pushed me to try my hardest. I feel like they are my second home. The professors and students are a great positive group of people. The atmosphere at Hood is an outgoing, clean, positive, and caring school. Academics are number one for students and not sports; Sports are second. When I need help with any academic paper, aid assist is there on campus to help.
Read all 28 answers What kind of person should not attend this school?
A person who does not like a small background and is not open to diversity. Hood is a small college on a nice campus with many different cultures and backgrounds.
Read all 28 answers Describe the students at your school.
My classmates, who are passionate about learning, come from diverse backgrounds and ethnic groups, are open-minded, gregarious, studious, introverted, extroverted, conscientious, tall, short, and are apprehensive about their future and the job market.
Read all 26 answers What kind of person should attend this school?
The kind of person that should attend Hood College is someone who is open to change and diffrences. The campus at Hood College has so much diversity it is very delighting t is nice to be open to many people. Also if one would like to attend Hood College it would be very benificial if they were friendly beacuse everyone on the Hood College campus is friendly and we are famous for our "Hood Hello".
Read all 24 answers What do you brag about most when you tell your friends about your school?
The prestige of the college. Its is much tougher than most colleges and is a private school.
Read all 23 answers What's unique about your campus?
The unity on the campus. When one person hurts, we all hurt. The campus staff, faculty and students really work together for the good of the campus community as a whole.
Read all 21 answers What's the one thing you wish someone had told you about freshman year?
THE ANOUNT OF WRITING ASSIGNMENTS.)
Read all 21 answers What's the most frustrating thing about your school?
The most frustrating thing about my school is that it does not get enough credit, where credit is do. When I tell people I go to Hood, they look at me as if I have eight heads. People do not know that Hood is such an academically wonderful school. I hate how people judge the school by its name and do not take it seriously. I put a lot of research into finding a college that was right for me and if everyone would do that, Hood would be more respected and a well-known College.
Read all 21 answers What are the academics like at your school?
The classes are not too bad. I feel as though I am learning a significant amount. The coastal studies semester I took was probably one of the best opportunities I've had in college.
Read all 1 answers What is the stereotype of students at your school? Is this stereotype accurate?
That everyone there is very smart. It is actually true because no one is dumb in my opinion
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