Mills College combines beautiful scenery, with progressive thinking and social justice. This all women college reminds us of the importance of having goals and an action plan. All the staff and teachers are supportive and as eager as the students.
Do you have any tips for prospective students?
For any college, always make sure that the program you're looking into is highly regarded, and rigorous. Look at the alumni networks and look at the rates at which students get internships and jobs from teachers and alumni. College will end one day, make sure you ask questions and are prepared for the future.
Do you find there’s enough academic rigor at your school?
You receive a lot of assistance when needed, but the teachers do not hold back on the their assignments, tests, and expectations.
Describe the dorm life at your college.
Depending on when you enter, you get acquainted with your fellow residents through activities set up by your Resident assistant. There are a variety of residence halls, including a resumer wing (for 23+), quiet hall, handicap accessible, and others.
Describe the food and dining at your college.
While any dining hall can get repetitive, Bon Appitit takes suggestions for food and implements them that same week. The food is always fresh, delicious, and offers a wide array of options for meat eaters to vegetarians to vegans to people who have allergies as basic as peanut to as advanced as dairy and gluten.
What’s there to do for fun at your college?
There is at LEAST one event per week, and usually multiple happening on campus the same day. If one wants to get off campus, they are only a fifteen minute bus ride from downtown and only a five minute bus ride from libraries, cafes, restaurants, and grocery stores.
Do you feel you’re getting value for the money you’re spending on college?
Because this school was founded for wealthy white women in the 1800s, students now are privy to many school traditions such as the president's tea, the Junior/Senior celebration, and many other events that have clearly been around since the early 1900s.
Share any unusual traditions or locations on campus
Apparently the school is haunted, and while I never experienced (or invited) ghosts around me, many on campus believe they exist.
Which types of students will excel at your college?
A resumer, a transfer, and a first year will all have very different, but equally fulfilling experiences at Mills College.
Are you involved in any clubs or activities?
Just like any other campus, many of the clubs are run by a few passionate individuals with members dropping off here and there.
Are you involved in any clubs or activities?
There is none but the campus isn't particularly friendly to it. Part of the reason is because our campus is so small, it wouldn't accommodate for big chapters, but we have a strong history of being the sister college to Cal State Hayward and Berkeley so many students join chapters from those schools.
How would you describe campus safety? Do you feel safe on campus?
The dorms are alarmed and public safety is always on the ready. There are blue alarm boxes and phones situated around campus. Not to mention the whole place is fenced in.
Mills College combines beautiful scenery, with progressive thinking and social justice. This all women college reminds us of the importance of having goals and an action plan. All the staff and teachers are supportive and as eager as the students.
For any college, always make sure that the program you're looking into is highly regarded, and rigorous. Look at the alumni networks and look at the rates at which students get internships and jobs from teachers and alumni. College will end one day, make sure you ask questions and are prepared for the future.
You receive a lot of assistance when needed, but the teachers do not hold back on the their assignments, tests, and expectations.
Depending on when you enter, you get acquainted with your fellow residents through activities set up by your Resident assistant. There are a variety of residence halls, including a resumer wing (for 23+), quiet hall, handicap accessible, and others.
While any dining hall can get repetitive, Bon Appitit takes suggestions for food and implements them that same week. The food is always fresh, delicious, and offers a wide array of options for meat eaters to vegetarians to vegans to people who have allergies as basic as peanut to as advanced as dairy and gluten.
There is at LEAST one event per week, and usually multiple happening on campus the same day. If one wants to get off campus, they are only a fifteen minute bus ride from downtown and only a five minute bus ride from libraries, cafes, restaurants, and grocery stores.
Because this school was founded for wealthy white women in the 1800s, students now are privy to many school traditions such as the president's tea, the Junior/Senior celebration, and many other events that have clearly been around since the early 1900s.
Apparently the school is haunted, and while I never experienced (or invited) ghosts around me, many on campus believe they exist.
A resumer, a transfer, and a first year will all have very different, but equally fulfilling experiences at Mills College.
Just like any other campus, many of the clubs are run by a few passionate individuals with members dropping off here and there.
There is none but the campus isn't particularly friendly to it. Part of the reason is because our campus is so small, it wouldn't accommodate for big chapters, but we have a strong history of being the sister college to Cal State Hayward and Berkeley so many students join chapters from those schools.
The dorms are alarmed and public safety is always on the ready. There are blue alarm boxes and phones situated around campus. Not to mention the whole place is fenced in.