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Not Challenging, but Hardly Shabby.
I'm an honours student with a 3.96 GPA. I take 19 credits a semester because I'm a double major with a minor, work at least seven hours a week, and still have time for Bible studies and a movie. I won't lie--with that kind of workload, I don't really sleep. But my first semester I took 17 credits without working, and I never touched my homework on weekends. The academic situation will not knock your socks off with cutting-edge ideas and a stunningly original classroom environment, and if you're a focused worker you can make straight As without putting your brain into overdrive, but it's solid. The core curriculum needs a major overhaul--Bible, communications, English 101, SCS 110, and Learning and Transition are all "pass without thinking," "learn because we gotta teach," "no undue scholarship going on here" sorts of things. Mindless and lifeless, really. If they would do a few revamps, however, I would give the core courses a high rating for well-roundedness.
The professors are the selling point for the university, and the main reason that I'm going to give this a decent rating. They don't grade hard or teach revolutionary things, but they're wonderful people, and many of them are extremely brilliant in their fields. They're always willing to talk to you, and your advisors generally have their heads on straight. They are models of Christian life and thought, and will change your life at least twice per year.
Most of the classes within my fields of study--all liberal arts--have been wonderful. Can't speak for the sciences, but I've heard largely good things.
Bottom line: great professors, average to slightly sub-average scholarship, good learning experience! If you want to be challenged, pile on the credits, be a perfectionist about your GPA, and have fun!
Aug 19, 2011
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