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Sort By: [Date] [Major] [Rating] Computer Science  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Bright Grove City has a huge amount of rules, and it also is completely lacks any diversity of thought or race. if you can handle those two downsides, its a great university. The education, particularly for engineers and teachers, is quite solid, and at a price that cannot be beat. Friendliness: A+, Social Life: F Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private)  More →  Aug 07 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=53410&uid=1167'></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   Biology  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Quite Bright Overall, I enjoyed my 4 years at GCC. I am currently a graduate student earning my Ph.D in Molecular Biology ( which means I am unemployed :) But I do get a stipend to the tune of $21,000/year. Pros: The people are incredibly nice and the school offers a very challenging academic education. Cons: If you aren't a Christian: Chapel is a requirement (focuses on the students spirituality). It is a quiet campus that can get fairly loud in the dorm rooms. There are plenty of fun things to do and incredible people to hang out with. It is a very small campus, so walking to classes is very easy. The buildings are beautiful and the classrooms are very nice. The surrounding community is also nice. Sheetz is a frequent stop for students, along with Rachel's Roadhouse and other restaurants. Also, there is one of the greatest shopping centers in the U.S. about four miles away. Students are required to go to chapels, but they are not very long and its not a requirement EVERY week. Students are also required to take classes in the Humanities, and there is a class called Fitwell that they must also take. It is a nutrition/work-out class. There are a lot of functions held at the school, and the students are all very enthusiastic about participating in them. Overall, it is a great school. Starting Job: Graduate Student, Preparedness: A, Reputation: A Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private) Feb 07 2008 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=44163&uid=1167'></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   Economics  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Quite Bright This college met all of my expectations and more. When I was about to enter college as a High School Senior, me and my parents, together with friends at my church outlined the criteria for a college that I would like to get into. We wanted a college that......... (not necessarily in this order) 1) Has extremely high academic levels. Not in the PR that all colleges seem to put out in their brochures, but as measured by a) Student body that is highly selective b) Faculty that is distinguished, challenging, committed, and TEACHING c) A grading system that does not reflect grade inflation d) Respect given by employers of serious note. e) Quality of visiting lecturers 2) Commitment to a pro-evangelical, pro-Christian, pro-western civ., pro-free enterprise, worldview where a serious major could study free of the straight-jacket of Darwinianand relativistic ideology ( A number of allegedly evangelical colleges fell off the list at this point). We wanted to see this demonstrated IN DEED as well as PR. We wanted a school that, while pro-evangelical, would also have a broader student body - including conservative Catholics and Protestant "Mainliners" 3) Financial integrity, as measured by........ a) Equity in dealing with tuition charges by avoiding 'cross subsidies'. We preferred not to patronize a college, if we could help it, that charges some people more in order to charge others less - especially when distributing financial aid (read discounts as in car dealers) according gov't guidelines (Federal Fin. Aid Forms). I HATE AFFIRMATIVE ACTION AND ALL THE CONSEQUENT RACIAL TENSIONS IT HAS BRED. b) Avoiding compromise of the college's mission and management through entanglements in Federal Regulation. due to accepting taxpayer's involuntary support c) Making sure that students come, stay, and leave with a purpose, proactively monitored by a REAL career and guidance office. We whittled the colleges down to about 7 or 8 and finally chose Grove City. Needless to say, the school has met and exceeded my expectations. I thoroughly enjoyed my 4 years in college. Mind you, this college is not for everyone. You must possess a certain kind of value system and temperament to be able to make it here ( and stay here if you ever make it ). For those who want to know, Grove City College : 1) Has a faculty that teaches and advises in person. I found most faculty members to be personable and helpful. 2) A rigorous academic curriculum that can humble the best of the best 3) A graduating senior class in 2006 that had earned enough respect from outsiders to receive more contract job offers from the Top 5 accounting firms, proportionately, than any undergraduate school in the country. I currently work as a quantitative analyst for the Federal Reserve and I got my job via an introduction from an internship I had with the Heritage Foundation. 4) Visiting lecturers that include the likes of such conservative stalwarts as .... Philip Johnson, Michael Medved, Armstrong, Williams Peter Marshall Michael Horowitz, Ed Meese, Gary Bauer, Michael Reagan, Thomas Sowell, Ric Santorum and Tom Ridge. 5) Mandatory core courses that highlight the great ideas of the West and knowledge of the Bible ( no fluff courses like Gay and Lesbian Studies ). 6) A comprehensive tuition plus bioard and lodging of $17,600, with the school making very clear that NO family was being charged to subsidize another family. Built into this price is a new HP notebook computer with a color printer that the student keeps at graduation. 7) Refusal to take federal 'aid', allowing the college to teach and manage itself without the compromises that come with accepting the forced 'contributions' of others. Thus, the school practices what it teaches in the Economics and Business Departments. 8) A Career and counseling office that models it program on Larry Burkett's 'Career Pathways' seminar. The school considers it a failure to have a student go through 4 years of college work without having a clear, and reasonable, idea of what to do with his or her degree after graduation. Students are pushed to make a firm career choice by late sophomore or early junior year, with a well planned job search ready, going into the senior year. Most college 'career' offices at evangelical schools are a very bad joke - not at GCC. 9) Senior students whose knowledge of Civics and America's Founding principles outclash most Ivy League Schools. 10) Separate Men and Women Dorms ( Intervisitation allowed with strict curfew ). 11) Over 50 degrees to choose from. A true value for money of a college in a great but not too restrictive Christian atmosphere. Starting Job: Quantitative Analyst, Preparedness: A, Reputation: A Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private) Feb 06 2008 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=44150&uid=1167'></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   Communications  Major Salary, Salary Trend, Satisfaction, Unemployment Quite Bright Great Campus Culture, Great Professors, Rigorous Academics, safe Environment, Wonderful Schoolmates, Excellent Career Services ! And to top it all --- I graduated with almost no debt ! What's not to like about this school ? TALK ABOUT VALUE FOR MONEY !! I found a job I enjoyed within a month after graduation and it was through their job fair where hundreds of companies actually came to recruit. BTW, to those complaining about the conservative culture of the school, please note that it is because Christians tend to enroll here. No one imposes their beliefs on anyone else and teachers in the humanities, philosophy, political science and history do allow dissenting opinions although they unashamedly teach the founding princples behind the founding of this country and the seminal ideas of western civilization. It is required in the core curriculum. Students pray on a regular basis and missions work and charity (like the red box mission ) is encouraged. I personally found my experience here to be enjoyable and formative and would definitely want my future kids to come to this school. Starting Job: Sales/Marketing Manager, Preparedness: A, Reputation: A Have a Question? Your Response/Question:     To be informed when someone replies to your comment. (private) Jan 29 2008 Alumna Female -- Class 2000   Forward  Blog it! 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