Guilford College

Date: Apr 05 2008
Major: Unknown (This Major's Salary over time)
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…