Knox College Top Questions

The worst thing about my school is the "rumor mill" that starts because of the small population of under 2,000 students.

The 3 term system puts me home when my friends are still at school. I wish the breaks were at a different time, more consistent with other schools.

I think that Knox's weak points are the lack of air-conditioning in housing, the lack of diversity amongst the faculty, and the lack of students/faculty with more moderate views. I believe that Knox can possibly become too liberal and intolerant of conservative viewpoints on campus. This is an issue that many alumni have brought to the school's attention. Also, there are very few minority professors on campus. If Knox truly wants to be diverse, then they should be more open to finding qualified professors from various backgrounds.

It's recruiting too many freshmen...

I think the campus is too apathetic. There is a distinct divide between the "hippie" kids and the "frat/sporty" kids, and I wish that instead, we were all active and passionate together.

The worst part about my school was the athletic department. During season, your coach owns you and you must abide by the team rules even though this is a D3 school. It was miserable during season. Don't get me wrong, I love sports but this was a little too intense for the team that I played for.

It is quite possible to feel fairly isolated at Knox, although it is two hours from Chicago, students get most of their services from the school itself, and, as a result, can completly ignore Galesburg. I think the one thing Knox could do to improve itself greatly is to better relations with Galesburg.

Some times the work load feels unmanagable, but that is mostly a function of my chosen major/minor combination (math and bio) and the fact that I transferred in and have very few choices when picking my classes in order to graduate on time. This is less of a problem for those who have been here all four years.

The worst thing about my school is that, because it is a small school, relatively speaking, it is difficult for them to offer everything for everyone. Often, students will create their own major because the one they want is not offered.

Lack of school spirit. We're a Division III school and are surrounded by Big 10 or other Division I schools (U of I, Iowa, Northwestern, etc.) so it's discouraging when our sports teams, specifically the football team does consistently poorly.

I consider our school President to be the worst thing about our school because he doesn't seem to care about the student body and refuses to accept changes to the school or opinions of the students on how to improve campus living.

Professors of the sciences generally do not curve course grades as is customary at state universities. This makes it more difficult for our students to get the same grade , and therefore, a comparable GPA to state school students. When applying to graduate schools we are at a disadvantage unless our school's curriculum is very familiar with the graduate school's admission staff.

I think that there is a cultural divide between the students and the surrounding community members. People here tend to live in the 'Knox Bubble' as we call it. I would like to see more interaction between those two groups as a means of learning how to relate to others of a different walk of life and socio-economic status.

The worst thing about my school is that, due to its small size, large companies do not always give us attention. Therefore we do not have the job fairs and interview fairs that other larger schools may have. Instead, we band together with other small schools in Illinois to receive attention to benefit the students.

It is in the middle of no where. There's never anything to do around the small town or small school.

The accessibility of a kitchen (in some buildings) and the variety of foods available at local grocery stores.

It's size and overall lack of social activities outside of parties and drinking.

Knox gives out money to lots of different things (like club events), which is great, but it spreads thin. Several departments are suffering because of this. Also, it's a little more crowded because of unexpectedly large incoming classes in the past few years. It's great because we get so many new faces and lots of great talent, but it sucks because Knox is only so big physically.