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| Quite Bright | It took me about two years to really fully appreciate and come to love Dickinson... and it's been a long journey to get there. I came in completely unprepared for the very wealthy privileged student body that attends Dickinson and the very ignorant attitude of some of the students here. Another person said on this site that going to Dickinson will make you question what you want in a friend and that is most definitely true. It's possible to find some amazing people here and I most definitely have but they're not the easiest to find. I had to really evaluate what sort of people I wanted to surround myself with and then make the effort to go out and meet those sorts of people. If you're not into the mainstream Greek system mentality that's prevalent on this campus this can be really hard to do. It may take you a while to warm up to Dickinson but if you can weather the storm and meet some of the amazing people who attend this college I can almost guarantee you'll come to love it. I know I have. | Faculty Accessibility: A, Individual Value: C- |  | | |
| | Jul 17 2010 | 2nd Year Female --
Class 2012 | | Blog it!Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account:
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| Average | I did make my closest friends at Dickinson College and had a nice rapport with several foreign language professors. However, I had many negative experiences at that school. I found that the administration cared very little students bullying each other. It was however, extremely concerned about money issues. The campus is very fraternity focused; I was not in a fraternity. The town of Carlisle is not that exciting. As it stands, I do not wish to donate to the school or attend alumni events in my current city. I have visited the campus a few times since graduation. In fact, I attended my 5 year reunion. I did have an okay time but I do not have a burning desire to go to another reunion. Overall, I think I might have been better off at a bigger school, less fraternity focused, and in a bigger city. | Starting Job: reservation agent, Preparedness: D+, Reputation: F | | |
| | Jun 23 2010 | Alumnus Male --
Class 2000 | | Blog it!Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account:
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| Bright | Going to Dickinson College is one of the biggest regrets of my life. The college completely misrepresents what is required of students when talking to prospective students. I, myself, was deceived by the college's failure to communicate its academic demands. One must take about two semesters of courses that are Dickinson College Graduation Requirements, making it absolutely impossible to take courses for the sake of learning. The rest of your two years will go to your major, AND you spent $100,000 (and rising) your first two years going to classes you will most likely not enjoy. One must take two lab sciences (which are time-consuming and terrible if you are a humanities student), language up to 116, U.S. Diversity, etc. Certain courses fulfill more than one requirement; however the college will only let it count toward one, so then you must take another class at some point. i.e. Astronomy may fulfill Quantitative Reasoning and a Lab science, but only one at a time. So you have to take two courses even though you learn what is required of you in one. Dickinson gains many students through abroad programs; however there are many unstated restrictions, like you must take this many classes, know a language up to this level, etc. And with all the graduation requirements, it is difficult to fulfill abroad requirements, and on top of that, major requirements. But it is important to go abroad, even if you get stuck in Norwich, England, because presumably no town is more boring than Carlisle, PA.
Overall, I find this college to be terrible - even academically. On top of that, Campus Life is terrible, the college will not help you out as much as you need to be helped financially, and the town is awful. Maybe they're trying to make cultured, well-round students with their absurd amount of graduation requirements; I, however, will resent this college for the money and time they are stealing from me. | Education Quality: C, Faculty Accessibility: F | | | |
| | Apr 20 2010 | 1st Year Female --
Class 2009 | | Blog it!Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account:
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| Bright | The administration at this school is looking to take your money and once you attend a year at this school you are locked in unless you want to lose a year and start over at another campus. A lot of the classes are not transferrable to other schools and it forces you to almost suck it up for 3 years if your parents aren't donating any money. I have been involved in many extra curricular activities and have enjoyed my time here. However, the upper administration doesn't connect to the whole student body well enough and I never plan on donating a dime to this penny-grubbing school. If I didn't make such good friends at this school from my freshman year through sports and my extra-curricular activities I would have left a long time ago.
Overall once you get into this school you'll meet tons of great people and the professors are awesome in all fields, however, everyone on campus presently will agree the administration blows. | Faculty Accessibility: A, Perceived Campus Safety: D- | | | |
| | Feb 24 2010 | 3rd Year Male --
Class 2011 | | Blog it!Blog about this comment from your webpage or Blog, or MySpace account:
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