St. John's College

I'm ALWAYS learning... both the curriculum and the lifestyle of this campus are stimulating and dynamic. There is usually some sort of event going on; there are tons of options with intramurals, and there's a huge array of individuals. Classes always manage to turn over my brain-- the Dead Poets Society (film) standing on tables at the end is symbolic of the mentality of this campus. The idea is to look at things from endless perspectives and squeeze all the truth and growth out of them as you can. It's great. So far every tutor has been very good to excellent; they are all very intelligent, if I have a right to judge, if not brilliant.

The expanse of what one will study at St. John's is impressive by itself: ancient Greek, Euclidean geometry, Shakespeare, Greek tragedies, parts of Western history, French language and literature, Ptolemaic astronomy, calculus, great novels, seminal experiments in physics, biology, and chemistry ... not to mention almost every prominent Western philosopher from 500 B.C. through our own era. But how this study is conducted is probably even more important. Every current student I have spoken to has said that their St. John's experience has made them a far, far better communicator, in all four facets of communication: writing, reading, speaking, and listening. For me personally, I'm expecting to learn a great deal about what it means to be a human being -- far more than I would learn at any other college.

I think that St. John's has a lot to offer with its great curriculum it goes from Greek history up to modern history, and it links every form of study with philosophy which makes the learning there totally different from any other kind of learning elsewhere.

An intellectual school filled with bright philosopher's. If you like books and seminaring, then this is for you. Although, it is a set curriculum.