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Sort By: [Date] [Major] [Rating] Undecided  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Quite Bright I'm an international student from Guilford. I love the campus, it's beautiful small and very earthy. It is true Guilford is not for everyone. Most people are hippies and dress very differently but they are all nice. Social life is a bit boring, and the parties suck...but if you don't like to party you can certainly find a place because there are plenty of us don't. In terms of the service for international students, i don't know much about it but all the international students are enthusiastic and well-rounded, they know a lot about the world. There are many many study abroad programs out there. most of my friends think about studying abroad. Student body is bright, but some of them slack off sometimes. Even some athletes are smart, too. In one of my English writing class I was surprised to learn that the one who always make great argument is a football player. Nothing against them but, some of the reviews state that there's a clear line between students and athletic student. Food is OK, really, just don't buy the full meal plan. But they really need to make the green-leaf(coffee shop) better and cleaner. Professors are all really nice, they encourage you to talk. Some time I deliberately don't talk in class just to see if professors will call on me. But of course some class like accounting, you don't really need to talk... workload depends...my first english teacher was easy but second one was a slave-driver...Usually each class involves a term project. Thus no matter how hard that class is, you can always improve your grade a little bit by planning out your project. There are some "bad" professors, like not great at teaching(like my second english writing teacher, but she's really good one-on-one), some are disorganized, but most of the teacher I took was really hardworking and brilliant. I strongly advise you to research a little bit about the teacher before you choose a class... Their first year program is OK. Library Recourses kinda suck...not may books or peer-reviewed articles are accessible. You may choose to do inter library loan, but i never tried...but it's a 4-storied building and you'll always find a place to be when it comes to exam time. If you like community service, this is definitely the place! People are so devoted!They really really love to help people. About career building, I don't understand why a college must prepare you to the real world. Isn't it your job to discover the real world? I think it's cool while in college you still believe in the bright side of the society with Quaker values and carry it on to your work place. They do have career planning center and I think one just needs to reach out more. Greensboro sucks, the mall sucks...but UNCG, a big University next to guilford is somewhat interesting...;has interesting restaurant. Basically that's it. I'm not a hippie nor a left wing; I don't wear pajamas to class and people call me classy and tell me that should drink wine not beer. However I still enjoy this school in every aspect, I like to be shocked and have this Wow moment... Faculty Accessibility: A+, Surrounding City: C+ Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Jul 12 2008 1st Year Female -- Class 2011    Forward  Blog it! Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account: Just copy and paste! <script src='sr_comment.js?sckey=52198&uid=810'></script> <a href='http://www.studentsreview.com' style='font-size:8pt;'>Data Source: StudentsReview!</a> Rate this comment: Useless (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Helpful       Save   Perfomance Arts  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Average Guilford does have a tendency to lie to get you in. Please understand that Guilford College is poor, the school desperately needs money and because of this they allow anyone to enter the school. My friend basically failed out his last semester, purposely, because he decided he wanted to take time off or really just leave college all together... they sent him a letter asking him to come back. Guilford's dorms are pathetic and lacking in every way. There is a currently a HUGE shortage on living space on campus because the school has decided to admit more freshmen than they can handle in order to gain more money for the school. Because of this there is a huge dissatisfaction with incoming freshmen class (my year, there were students living in the common area - I knew someone who slept in a kitchen for a whole semester, but they took out the stove.) They justified this by stating that by the time second semester comes around lots of kids will have dropped out or they will kicked out due to grades and other reasons. True, but way to truly care for the students you admit. While they fixed this problem for the 2011 class, many upperclassmen had to have triplets, which shouldn't be too bad except the dorm room was designed for two people only and it could barely hold two. The food has been horrible but this year (2008) Guilford has changed food providers. The new food provider will apparently serve more organic food. I'm not sticking around to test them out, the thought of a better food provider does strike me but when food is the only good reason to stick around - just no. The education is pretty good. Some professors will take chances with you and will want to hear your creative mind. There's a lot of liberalism but there will be people who can bring in some new insights. All the great things you do hear in class like accepting everyone, opening and expanding your mind, get wasted the minute you exit the class room. Most of the students are "hippies" who don't know what they are talking about. They get drunk, ditch your friends in the woods and let them over dose kind of drunk. A friend of mine left Guilford because all he could do was drink on the weekends and week days. Later on during the year drinking will start on Tuesdays and even Mondays as opposed to starting on Thirsty Thursday. OH yes, because Guilford is small many in the school will allow rumors to be the basis of their factual information. Gossiping is unavoidable, i've heard way to much about other people then I've cared to The administration, if you pay attention, will make you want to scream. It's corrupt, someone posted a review in which she said she was assaulted.. go read it and believe it. And like another reviewer said, they will tell you that Guilford is the Harvard of the South, if Harvard is like Guilford stay away that or well, I'm about to make bad comments on the south. There are some cool kids on the campus, most live off campus and they are brilliant for it. It's cheaper to live off campus and you get better rooms, used to be better food - probably will be the same. Oh yeah, about the drinking, there's this even called Serendipity. People drink their ass off and go near Ape Shit if they get written up during this event. Outside of Serendipity you drink in your dorm room or go to the Apartments or Bryan Hall and have yourself a drinking binge! So Cons: A lot of crap. Pros: Faculty/staff - education And maybe the food now that Guilford has changed providers. Oh, by the way, when it rains the dorms smell horrible, absolutely horrendous. Education Quality: A+, Surrounding City: F Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  May 17 2008 2nd Year Female -- Class 2010    Forward  Blog it! Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account: Just copy and paste! <script src='sr_comment.js?sckey=47074&uid=810'></script> <a href='http://www.studentsreview.com' style='font-size:8pt;'>Data Source: StudentsReview!</a> Rate this comment: Useless (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Helpful       Save   Unknown  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Not so bright There is an epidemic of students at Guilford who want to transfer. It is really easy to catch! I don't think there is one student that I have talked to that hasn't considered it. It gets draining to hear peers complain about facilities, academics, social life...other students...I caught it myself. After a year there I decided to transfer to be around students who are happy where they are. Before you decide to go to Guilford I'd advice you to really consider the postives and the negatives. Make sure the postives out way the negatives. When I decided to go to Guilford I was aware of a lot of the negatives but decided to ignore them. I thought that most schools had these problems and that I would be able to get over them. In the end, I couldn't. So here are the postives and negatives that I see... Faculty: They are very approachable and make sure to get to know your name. I didn't have one professor in my two semesters that didn't know my name. Also, professors are called by their first names which makes them even more approachable in my opinion. Although this is nice, I found that the professors were as qualified as the teachers I had in high school. I didn't feel like they were challenging me. I was much more captivated in high school by my classes. Facilities: Frankly, they suck. The dorms are falling apart and the food is awful. They are attempting to better the quality of the food at Guilford, but it hasn't been successful. The only dorms that are nice are the New Apartments and Mary Hobbs. The gym is awful as well. The aerobic and weight rooms don't have windows, you are surrounded by cement blocks. If you chose Guilford, you aren't chosing a school with nice facilities. I ignored this aspect because I had gone to schools that didn't have facilities, made up for it in other ways. Students/Social Life: Okay...this is tough one. I did make a few great friends when I was there. I will be friends with them for life I am sure! However, when I caught the transferring illness it started with complaints about the student body. My first complaint is that they are not interested in academics. The students in my classes would do the readings or participate. It was frustrating to be surrounded by people who are paying to get a college education and are wasting it. There is also definitely a major split in the student body...super hippies and athletes. It is difficult to find people who are in the middle of these two or have qualities of both...or are willing to admit that they are in the middle. The students will judge you and try to put you in one of the two groups, eventhough they claim to be accepting. The radical hippies who tend to hang out in the green leaf (co-op coffee shop on campus) are one of the most judgemental groups of people that I have encountered. I have decided to go to a school with better academics and facilities. PS Most students have scholarships...which makes them lose money thus the quality of the school, thus students... Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Apr 05 2008 1st Year Female -- Class 2012    Forward  Blog it! Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account: Just copy and paste! <script src='sr_comment.js?sckey=45845&uid=810'></script> <a href='http://www.studentsreview.com' style='font-size:8pt;'>Data Source: StudentsReview!</a> Rate this comment: Useless (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Helpful       Save   Undecided  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Quite Bright dont come here, everything they say about it here is true Faculty Accessibility: A, Social Life: F Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Nov 19 2007 1st Year Male -- Class 2011    Forward  Blog it! Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account: Just copy and paste! <script src='sr_comment.js?sckey=42273&uid=810'></script> <a href='http://www.studentsreview.com' style='font-size:8pt;'>Data Source: StudentsReview!</a> Rate this comment: Useless (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Helpful       Save      Prev    Select Page:  1  2  3  4  5  6    Next

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