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Knox College

How this student rated the school
Educational QualityB- Faculty AccessibilityB+
Useful SchoolworkD Excess CompetitionC-
Academic SuccessB- Creativity/ InnovationC-
Individual ValueF University Resource UseF
Campus Aesthetics/ BeautyF FriendlinessB-
Campus MaintenanceF Social LifeF
Surrounding CityF Extra CurricularsD
SafetyF
Describes the student body as:
Friendly, Approachable

Describes the faculty as:
Friendly

Male
Bright
Lowest Rating
Individual Value
F
Highest Rating
Faculty Accessibility
B+
He cares more about Individual Value than the average student.
Date: Apr 10 2005
Major: Undecided (This Major's Salary over time)
Visit this school if you can. I've been here two years and I hate it. Ask around and the majority of students hate it too, they just deal with it because of the financial aid.

The good things are few and far between; the classes are good and some of the professors are great (biology). The teacher student ratio is small so personal attention is good too.

However, the school has been having problems hiring QUALIFIED professors and keeping the qualified ones. Just this last term one professor quit in the middle of classes and walked out - the psych department has been having these kind of problems as they've lost 2 professors in the space of a year.

Furthermore, the town of galesburg is in a word, crap. Since maytag left, jobs have been scarce and so crime has been on the rise. It doesn't make it any better that our science building and our apartment housing is located near the crackhouse/drug dealer locale. A huge number of students have been mugged and robbed, just this last week 2 students were mugged ON CAMPUS. 3 non students walked into a male dorm at night and shot into peoples dorm rooms as well. This is pretty crap when you consider how small the campus is, this is the stuff you'd expect in a city.

Although I haven't had problems with racism, many people complain of it. There aren't that many black or latino students. THe school prides itself on its international students (of which I am one) but only seems to help the ones they want.

Please do not go here, unless you are from the chicago area and want to live in a farm town where there's nothing to do except go to walmart, target or our crappy mall which has 1 footlocker and a jcpenneys. there's pretty much no way to get off campus unless you have a car or are gonna pay for cabs.

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