Assumption College is located in a nice area. The professors are excellent, and really work on spending time with you. The campus is small, so the student body really gets to know one another during 4 years.
Do you have any tips for prospective students?
Be prepared to do a lot of walking across campus from one building to the next. Worcester gets really cold in the winter, and has a lot of drastic weather changes, so be prepared to wear your winter coat. Like any college, some professor and classes demand different work ethic out of their students. Be prepared to work hard.
Do you find there’s enough academic rigor at your school?
As mentioned before, each professor has different demands for their students.
Describe the dorm life at your college.
The dorm life is great! You really get to know the different people that you live with, pretty well. This results in making good friends that live 2 feet away from you. Here at Assumption, there is a Tagaste Program for first year students, which encourages freshmen to make friends with other people in their class because they live with them, as well as have 2 classes a week with each other. It's a great experience, and I would highly recommend being apart of the program.
Describe the food and dining at your college.
Taylor Dining hall has its good days and bad days. Sometimes the choices are so good, that you can't help but go up for seconds. However, there are those days where eating a hamburger for lunch and dinner just might throw you over the edge. Luckily, there is a suggestion board, where students can suggest the food that they want to see more of, and the cafeteria staff takes it very seriously. You can usually see a change of menu within a week. The eating area is usually well maintained and cleaned, considering Taylor does feed over 1,000 kids a day. I've never had a problem with the utensils or cups. Taylor is your typical college cafeteria.
What’s there to do for fun at your college?
Worcester is a great place for fun, because it's a big city. However, sometimes its better to be an upperclassmen than a freshman or a sophomore. As an underclassmen, you can go to 18+ clubs in Worcester, as well as many off campus parties at the surrounding schools. Assumption also creates many activities to do on campus directed by the student government.
Do you feel you’re getting value for the money you’re spending on college?
In all honesty, Assumption takes some time to get used to. If you came from a big high school, it will be culture shock, so be prepared for that. I found that a lot of the aspects of high school were carried on into college during my Freshman year. But overall, you will makes some great friends and you will learn a lot.
How would you describe campus safety? Do you feel safe on campus?
Campus Safety is excellent. You normally will never feel like you can't walk anywhere alone at any hour of the day. There are always police cruisers driving around campus, and checking in at the dorms. If you ever do encounter any trouble, there are emergency blue light boxes, that a student can press, located around the campus. It really makes me feel like I don't have to watch over my shoulder all the time, which gives me a much better feeling about living on campus.
Assumption College is located in a nice area. The professors are excellent, and really work on spending time with you. The campus is small, so the student body really gets to know one another during 4 years.
Be prepared to do a lot of walking across campus from one building to the next. Worcester gets really cold in the winter, and has a lot of drastic weather changes, so be prepared to wear your winter coat. Like any college, some professor and classes demand different work ethic out of their students. Be prepared to work hard.
As mentioned before, each professor has different demands for their students.
The dorm life is great! You really get to know the different people that you live with, pretty well. This results in making good friends that live 2 feet away from you. Here at Assumption, there is a Tagaste Program for first year students, which encourages freshmen to make friends with other people in their class because they live with them, as well as have 2 classes a week with each other. It's a great experience, and I would highly recommend being apart of the program.
Taylor Dining hall has its good days and bad days. Sometimes the choices are so good, that you can't help but go up for seconds. However, there are those days where eating a hamburger for lunch and dinner just might throw you over the edge. Luckily, there is a suggestion board, where students can suggest the food that they want to see more of, and the cafeteria staff takes it very seriously. You can usually see a change of menu within a week. The eating area is usually well maintained and cleaned, considering Taylor does feed over 1,000 kids a day. I've never had a problem with the utensils or cups. Taylor is your typical college cafeteria.
Worcester is a great place for fun, because it's a big city. However, sometimes its better to be an upperclassmen than a freshman or a sophomore. As an underclassmen, you can go to 18+ clubs in Worcester, as well as many off campus parties at the surrounding schools. Assumption also creates many activities to do on campus directed by the student government.
In all honesty, Assumption takes some time to get used to. If you came from a big high school, it will be culture shock, so be prepared for that. I found that a lot of the aspects of high school were carried on into college during my Freshman year. But overall, you will makes some great friends and you will learn a lot.
Campus Safety is excellent. You normally will never feel like you can't walk anywhere alone at any hour of the day. There are always police cruisers driving around campus, and checking in at the dorms. If you ever do encounter any trouble, there are emergency blue light boxes, that a student can press, located around the campus. It really makes me feel like I don't have to watch over my shoulder all the time, which gives me a much better feeling about living on campus.