The incredibly beautiful campus does a lot to help de-stress during the rigorous academic year. Though, rigorous as it is, I am constantly engaged in curiosity, learning and discovery. My intellect is always challenged, and I remain confident that I picked the perfect school for me.
Do you have any tips for prospective students?
Time management skills are absolutely necessary. There is time for job, school and friends, but only if you can manage your studies in your off time and understand your learning well enough to know how many hours of continuous writing or studying you need to accomplish before a due date or testing date. Also, have a study place that you really enjoy, but can usually be gentle and without distraction. A place outside can be really good. Fresh air helps you to enjoy your studies, and nature can either be a beautiful background image or a way for your mind to rest when you get stuck.
Do you find there’s enough academic rigor at your school?
My first semester of my freshman year, I had to write a 15-page paper. It's intensive, but the classes are quite small, and your professors always offer office hours and one-on-one attention during class time to ensure concepts are understood.
Describe the dorm life at your college.
Almost all the freshman dorms are quite nice for common dorms. As you move up in grade level they become significantly nicer, however also significantly more expensive.
Describe the food and dining at your college.
It's okay. There are at least always standard ways of making food you like with healthy options. There is a panini press and salad bar and common stations that you can often rely on.
What’s there to do for fun at your college?
Go for nature walks around campus and the nearby woods and graveyard. Go to the local natural Blue Hole. Or, if you're feeling particularly adventurous, you can hop into a car for the 30 minute drive to Austin.
Do you feel you’re getting value for the money you’re spending on college?
It is steep in prices, but I do believe it is worth it. I just wish there was more scholastic help for a middle class family with an okay GPA.
Share any unusual traditions or locations on campus
The church courtyard is beautiful, and most students build a relationship with the Story Tree, and old, large knotted tree right next to the soccer fields.
Which types of students will excel at your college?
artsy, intellectual types.
Are you involved in any clubs or activities?
There are a lot, and they're active. But, often times you have to choose between clubs and holding down a job.
Are you involved in any clubs or activities?
There are four fraternities and four sororities. The sororities do not have houses, but the four frat houses lie together on campus. They are the hub of social life, and there's a house for most types of people to fit in.
How would you describe campus safety? Do you feel safe on campus?
SUPD is wonderful, and are very concerned with students safety, as well as very conscious of student social life.
The incredibly beautiful campus does a lot to help de-stress during the rigorous academic year. Though, rigorous as it is, I am constantly engaged in curiosity, learning and discovery. My intellect is always challenged, and I remain confident that I picked the perfect school for me.
Time management skills are absolutely necessary. There is time for job, school and friends, but only if you can manage your studies in your off time and understand your learning well enough to know how many hours of continuous writing or studying you need to accomplish before a due date or testing date. Also, have a study place that you really enjoy, but can usually be gentle and without distraction. A place outside can be really good. Fresh air helps you to enjoy your studies, and nature can either be a beautiful background image or a way for your mind to rest when you get stuck.
My first semester of my freshman year, I had to write a 15-page paper. It's intensive, but the classes are quite small, and your professors always offer office hours and one-on-one attention during class time to ensure concepts are understood.
Almost all the freshman dorms are quite nice for common dorms. As you move up in grade level they become significantly nicer, however also significantly more expensive.
It's okay. There are at least always standard ways of making food you like with healthy options. There is a panini press and salad bar and common stations that you can often rely on.
Go for nature walks around campus and the nearby woods and graveyard. Go to the local natural Blue Hole. Or, if you're feeling particularly adventurous, you can hop into a car for the 30 minute drive to Austin.
It is steep in prices, but I do believe it is worth it. I just wish there was more scholastic help for a middle class family with an okay GPA.
The church courtyard is beautiful, and most students build a relationship with the Story Tree, and old, large knotted tree right next to the soccer fields.
artsy, intellectual types.
There are a lot, and they're active. But, often times you have to choose between clubs and holding down a job.
There are four fraternities and four sororities. The sororities do not have houses, but the four frat houses lie together on campus. They are the hub of social life, and there's a house for most types of people to fit in.
SUPD is wonderful, and are very concerned with students safety, as well as very conscious of student social life.