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Sort By: [Date] [Major] [Rating] English  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Bright I know this is kind of pointless now, because Antioch College is now closed, but I just wanted to offer my perspective on the "Antioch Experience". A lot of people have a love/hate relationship with Antioch. I am one of these people. However, in your time at Antioch you will learn to pick and choose your battles. Some people graduate with a lot of bitterness and negativity. I'm just happy for the time I had at Antioch while it was still open. Academically, you only get as much as you are willing to give. I was a Gender Studies and Lit major. Both of these departments were really small, but that classes that were offered surpass anything I've seen in other universities. Some of the best classes I took were Post Colonial Text, Fictions of Crime, Queer Theory, and Identity and Difference. Campus politics tend to be really heated. Antioch's famous motto, "Be Ashamed to Die Before Winning Some Victory for Humanity" often tends to get left in the dust of the bubble of Yellow Springs. Some students get really caught up in campus politics and policies, but forget about the larger world picture. However, you have so many opportunities to study and travel and work with amazing jobs and programs that it's totally worth it. Since there's not a ton to do in Yellow Springs, the school hosts one to two events every weekend. The student body is ridiculously small, but we still have a good time. There's lots of people to meet in town, as well as in Dayton, Columbus, and Cincinnati. I'm not going to lie, this is a hard place to be: academically, mentally, emotionally, and physically. But people here make it work. Maybe we don't have fancy state of the art equipment or tons of students in giant academic programs, but that means that you work for your education instead of just having it handed to you. You have to be really dedicated and willing to tirelessly pursue your goals, but in the end you come out a much stronger person. And although we get a lot of negative feedback about drugs, lots of hippies and "liberals", and the Sexual Offense Prevention Policy, the people who hate on Antioch just didn't enjoy it, you know? It's not for everyone. I personally love the S.O.P.P., and am proud to attend the first school to have their own accountability process to work against sexual abuse and promote safe, healthy, and consensual sex. I hope that someday Antioch can re-open. If this school sounds interesting to you, keep an eye out for non-stop Antioch, a non-accredited continuation of the principles and ideals of Antioch. Friendliness: A+, Campus Maintenance: F Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  May 18 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=47087&uid=1030'></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   Other  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Quite Bright Antioch is a very interesting school. Since 3 semesters are spent off campus on co-ops, it makes up for being in a small town. The town itself is really neat and has a great community feel to it. "Big" town things are close enough if you are bored here, Dayton is only 15 minutes away and there are night clubs etc. there. The capital of Ohio ( Columbus) and Cincinnati are both within driving range, too. Many students carpool places, so those venues are more accessible. The "community government" is run by the students and actually has a big influence over the college. Class sizes are small, and instead of grades, prof's give individual evaluations of your work. This fosters less manipulation of the typical numerical grading "system" and puts more focus on actually learning. Majors are are self designed here, so your senior year will include a senior project and your major proposal, which you will work closely with your faculty advisor on. There are not too many students here, so it's easy to become very involved and not just be another number. Life here is dynamic and progressive. This is also a really good place for people who don't identify with typical "gender norms." Faculty Accessibility: A+, Surrounding City: B Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Jan 24 2008 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=43785&uid=1030'></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   Other  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Quite Bright Loved it! No other place can prepare you better for life! Preparedness: A+, Reputation: B+ Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private) Apr 18 2006 Alumna Female -- Class 2000   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=21997&uid=1030'></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   Political Science  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Quite Bright The atmosphere at Antioch gets inside your head and doesn't let go. I was a student there in the mid-late '80's when the endowment had "bottomed out", enrollment was very low and the condition of campus infrastructure was atrocious. I have read that these conditions have improved somewhat; however, the "cultlike" atmosphere remains. Students who apply are rarely, if ever, rejected and a large portion of the students just did not take their academics seriously. Most students were addicted to incompletes. A sizable portion of students clearly had serious emotional problems (the rampant drug use on campus didn't help) and the rate of attrition was dreadful. Although this may be true to a greater or lesser degree of all liberal arts schools, you are essentially a "public figure" within a few weeks after orientation and that persona stays with you to the end. Make sure it's a good one - people who perhaps get involved in so much as one bad relationship could literally have the Dean of Students office conducting surveillance of them (and I am NOT, repeat NOT, exaggerating this), and don't expect the administration to bother investigating campus scuttlebutt before deciding to act on it. The co-op program probably is what keeps the place going in terms of attracting students, but its administration is a joke and from what I can tell nothing has changed. When I was at Antioch, a co-op adviser lied to my face about promising to keep consideration for a job open before he handed it to another student without notice: since it was my last quarter on co-op, I lost the opportunity to get one of the co-op list's most sought after jobs. The co-op program is just delusional about how students should be expected to go to a new environment they are not familiar with and make a pittance of a stipend and somehow manage to support themselves without incurring deeper debt. Despite all these facts, I did work with some talented and committed faculty members who clearly have sacrificed lucrative careers to try and make things work there. What do I mean about Antioch "staying inside your head?" Just a few months ago (18 years after I graduated, mind you!), I got a call from the school's counseling center claiming that someone identifying themselves as me was making "alarming" calls to their office. I immediately assured them that I did not make, and no knowledge of, these calls. The e-mail that I got in reply strongly insinuated that they thought I had and that they were going to take action through "the authorities"; after that they backed away from that accusation but refused to tell me what the nature of the calls was and then they blandly threw up their hands and said they didn't know who made them. We're talking about potential identity theft, but they didn't want to bother. But I'll say this for anyone who goes there: You may or may not get the best education, and you may feel you're cracking under the stress of being in a social fishbowl, but if you can survive Antioch, you know that you've proven your strength of character, and not even Antioch can take that away from you. Graduate school and law school were a breeze by comparison. Starting Job: Academic Administrator, Preparedness: C-, Reputation: D Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private) Oct 18 2005 Alumnus Male -- Class 2000   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=19089&uid=1030'></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    Next

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