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The fall 2020 acceptance rate for St. John’s College-Annapolis is 53%. 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?
The only advice I have for students and parents looking for the perfect school is to take advantage of your college visits. You can read all the pamphlets you want, but nothing compares to visiting the campus, talking to students, sitting in on a couple of classes, and eating in the dining hall. The campus visit is when you really find out if this school is "it" or just another one you might apply to.
Once you get to school the best thing to do is to get involved and try new things. That way you'll meet new people and avoid the isolation, homesickness, and lonliness that can come upon freshman. Also, you get to learn about yourself and maybe find a new favorite pass-time. Just because you weren't an athelete in high school doesn't mean you can't play intramurals in college. Take some classes that aren't in your stongest subject. Those of us who are lucky enough to go to college have been given a great opportunity to try new things, learn about the world around us, and get to know ourselves. Take advantage of it.
Read all 18 answers Describe how your school looks to someone who's never seen it.
Unique and challenging school for the study of the classics and great books.
Read all 4 answers Describe your favorite campus traditions.
Philosophical discussions and and very personal interaction between student and professor.
Read all 4 answers What kind of person should attend this school?
Honestly, any person with guts can do this unique kind of education. The question, then, is whether they have the guts to do their best, whether or not they are willing to possibly lose (but possibly regain) their soul in quest of searching for a better self. St. John's literally unmasks the difficulties of the real world by putting the real difficulties of educating yourself right in front of you. You could not wish for a better academic honesty and a willingness to see and discover the world just as it is, nothing more, nothing less.
Read all 4 answers What kind of person should not attend this school?
If you don't like to read this will be painful.
If you do not listen to others you will be painful.
If you only seek to please in your arguments you'll miss the point.
If you aren't honest in your questions, you'll be frustrating, and the answers won't do you much good.
If you can't respect a different idea, you can't understand it.
If you can't find value in something difficult, you'll never find it's beauty.
If you think you can see perfectly, you aren't looking.
If you hate...
Read all 4 answers Describe the students at your school.
My classmates are generally enthusiastic, bright, well-read, motivated, and willing to have intelligent conversations on a regular basis.
Read all 3 answers What's the one thing you wish someone had told you about freshman year?
Student loans are EXPENSIVE. People are generally very welcoming, though, and it is totally worth getting to know them as best you can.
Read all 3 answers What do you consider the worst thing about your school? Why?
The financial aid here is a bear. Do not expect to come out with any loans less than $50000 total; that is, unless your parents are paying the full ride (just like any other school). Also, the grading here is subjective, which is unfair regarding the work of the student.
Read all 3 answers What do you brag about most when you tell your friends about your school?
Definitely the material. We've look at almost everything academic, most of it primary source as opposed to watered down textbooks. I can argue my friends down on topics that are their majors. Because I'm smarter than they are? No. Because the material was presented to me without the professor's preferred book and interpretation. We question everything from top to bottom, and I think I'm a better person, not just a better student, for it.
Read all 3 answers Here's your chance: Say anything about your college!
St. John's College has a fixed great books curriculum. St. John's college has class sizes of under 25 students. St. John's college is the third oldest college in the nation. Academic rigor is accepted as one of the highest virtues, along with civility. Also, the students and tutors (professors) are working together to try and come to a greater understanding of truth and the human condition.
Read all 2 answers What's unique about your campus?
The community. Everyone from the professors and staff to the students in your class are focused on learning and helping you do the same. There is no cut-throat competition for classes and people will generally accept you whether you fall into their normal "social group" or not. This is one of the perks of having a strong central course of study. Everyone at St. John's is there because they love the curriculum. If you love the curriculum too, assumed by the fact you applied, you already have something in common with everyone on campus.
Read all 2 answers What's the most frustrating thing about your school?
The most frustrating thing about my school is the lack of direction it gives me. However, this is not a bad thing, and is in fact why I decided to attend St. John's. No one there is going to tell you what to do with you life. Everyone leaves that decision up to you. This difficult and frustrating, but ultimately very rewarding.
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