St. John's College (MD)

Pros: Education at its finest
Cons: Easy to lose touch with the "outside world"

Typically, people choose to go to college for one or more of the following reasons: 1) to be trained for a specific career or profession 2) to party and eschew adult responsibility while developing a more pseudo-intellectual version of adolescent...

Pros: Two beautiful campuses. Discussion oriented education. Great Financial Aid. Lose contact with the real world.
Cons: Leaving.

I am currently a Freshman at St. John's college in New Mexico. St. John's College is one college on two campuses. There is one campus in Annapolis and another in Santa Fe. The curriculum on both campuses is the same. Students who are accepted to either ...

Pros: You will receive a great education in the great works and ideas of western civilization, you will learn to think critically and objectively
Cons: low number of students - can be stifling

If you love to read, if you love to think, and if you think education should be more than training for a job, this is the school for you!! At age 18, I loved to read and think and discuss important ideas, and thought people didn't do enough of these...

Pros: Well-rounded, classical education
Cons: Preparation for the real world questionable

Being a recent Maryland transplant, I had the opportunity to spend a couple of weeks at a performing arts institute housed at St. John's College. While my memories of the institute aren't the best (a subject for another time), I greatly enjoyed the...

Pros: Fun, Great Exercise, No Pressure
Cons: None

The Epinions checklists simply don't fit the St John's program as it is utterly unique.

St. John's athletics is a wonderful experience. I don't believe much has changed since my time. Almost all sports are intramural (the annual croquet...