This school is awesome! The professors care about you and actually know your name since classes are never much bigger than 30 students, and you can't beat the community that comes with the small campus population. If you can afford it, do it!
Do you have any tips for prospective students?
Apply for as many scholarships as you can, both from the school and outside sources (like Cappex!). If you end up attending, be ready and willing to go through spiritual change, because it will happen within the first month and continue on throughout your entire stay.
Do you find there’s enough academic rigor at your school?
Classes are generally not so easy that you can breeze through with an easy A unless you are really knowledgeable about the subject. They are hard enough that you have to learn the material in order to get a good grade, but not so hard that it's impossible to finish the homework.
Describe the dorm life at your college.
Each apartment houses 4-6 students and has a kitchen and a bathroom (and some even have free laundry facilities!). The way the freshmen apartments are set up (stairwells) and run gives you a great opportunity to build amazing friendships with people. Some of them aren't in the best shape, but the school is in the middle of a complete campus renovation, and the dorms are supposed to be taken care in the next few years.
Describe the food and dining at your college.
The food is quite good for the most part compared to other college cafeterias. There is a different main course every lunch/dinner, and if that looks questionable, the pizza and burgers are always safe. Every now and then they will have a special theme, and they give nutritional info for almost everything they serve. They try to have a healthy alternative at every meal, and the salad bar has enough variety to satisfy most people. The campus convenience store is a bit overpriced, but they make some good wraps and calzones.
What’s there to do for fun at your college?
Being just down the block from the Belmar shopping center is a plus for anyone who likes to shop. It also has movie theater and a ice skating rink in the winter months. There are several parks nearby that are good for running around and playing sports. A lot of people have season passes at Copper Mountain/Winter Park, so snowboarding and skiing on weekends is a popular activity. The volleyball courts on campus are a popular hangout spot, but I've heard rumors that those might be taken out soon :-(. The Student Union has board games, a pool table, and a ping-pong table. With no class on Fridays, students have a lot of free time on the weekends.
Do you feel you’re getting value for the money you’re spending on college?
Kind of on the expensive side, but it's not as bad as some other private Christian schools. There are lots of scholarship options, and it's worth every penny.
Share any unusual traditions or locations on campus
King Cougar (male beauty pageant); Moonlight Madness (campus-wide volleyball tournament at the beginning of the year); O-Malley's Alley (lip-syncing/dance competition)
Which types of students will excel at your college?
If you love Jesus and want to learn, you'll be great here.
Are you involved in any clubs or activities?
Haven't had too much experience with this other than intramurals, which are a ton of fun, especially volleyball and Tigerball.
How would you describe campus safety? Do you feel safe on campus?
There are security guards running around campus all the time, and they are really friendly with the students. They stepped in and set up a system for registering bicycles at the beginning of the year when they were experiencing theft.
This school is awesome! The professors care about you and actually know your name since classes are never much bigger than 30 students, and you can't beat the community that comes with the small campus population. If you can afford it, do it!
Apply for as many scholarships as you can, both from the school and outside sources (like Cappex!). If you end up attending, be ready and willing to go through spiritual change, because it will happen within the first month and continue on throughout your entire stay.
Classes are generally not so easy that you can breeze through with an easy A unless you are really knowledgeable about the subject. They are hard enough that you have to learn the material in order to get a good grade, but not so hard that it's impossible to finish the homework.
Each apartment houses 4-6 students and has a kitchen and a bathroom (and some even have free laundry facilities!). The way the freshmen apartments are set up (stairwells) and run gives you a great opportunity to build amazing friendships with people. Some of them aren't in the best shape, but the school is in the middle of a complete campus renovation, and the dorms are supposed to be taken care in the next few years.
The food is quite good for the most part compared to other college cafeterias. There is a different main course every lunch/dinner, and if that looks questionable, the pizza and burgers are always safe. Every now and then they will have a special theme, and they give nutritional info for almost everything they serve. They try to have a healthy alternative at every meal, and the salad bar has enough variety to satisfy most people. The campus convenience store is a bit overpriced, but they make some good wraps and calzones.
Being just down the block from the Belmar shopping center is a plus for anyone who likes to shop. It also has movie theater and a ice skating rink in the winter months. There are several parks nearby that are good for running around and playing sports. A lot of people have season passes at Copper Mountain/Winter Park, so snowboarding and skiing on weekends is a popular activity. The volleyball courts on campus are a popular hangout spot, but I've heard rumors that those might be taken out soon :-(. The Student Union has board games, a pool table, and a ping-pong table. With no class on Fridays, students have a lot of free time on the weekends.
Kind of on the expensive side, but it's not as bad as some other private Christian schools. There are lots of scholarship options, and it's worth every penny.
King Cougar (male beauty pageant); Moonlight Madness (campus-wide volleyball tournament at the beginning of the year); O-Malley's Alley (lip-syncing/dance competition)
If you love Jesus and want to learn, you'll be great here.
Haven't had too much experience with this other than intramurals, which are a ton of fun, especially volleyball and Tigerball.
There are security guards running around campus all the time, and they are really friendly with the students. They stepped in and set up a system for registering bicycles at the beginning of the year when they were experiencing theft.