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Let
me start off my saying that Providence College somehow manages
to attract/select some of the best and most genuinely friendly
and sociable people each year. For this and many
other reasons PC was easily the best 4 years of
my life. People who knock it are usually a)
students/alums who wanted to go to BC/Notre Dame/a more nationally
known private school but didn?t get in or couldn?t afford
it or b) alums/students who realized too late in the
game that they would have preferred a more liberal university
approach rather than a more conservative one. Spoiler alert: Providence
is a Catholic school founded in the Dominican tradition.
You will have to take the Development of Western Civilization
as one of your core requirements to graduate (a program
that I personally found academically rewarding). Regardless of what
you believe is the best approach to a university education,
the bottom line is that when YOU decide to attend
a more traditional Catholic school, you can?t then complain all
day that the focus of certain core requirements is Judeo-Christian/Western
Civ centered. I personally believe that this sense of
tradition, morals, and values is an amazing part of PC.
It not only fostered my academic growth, but also
contributed to a very potent sense of community. PC
is a fairly small school with about 1,000 students in
each grade. It wouldn?t hurt if it were a
little bit bigger, but I wouldn?t trade the sense of
community at PC for anything. You can?t walk to
class without seeing a few familiar faces and waving to
a few friends. Class sizes are generally small which
allows you to get to know your professors and classmates
and allows for good class discussion. There are tons
of activities to get involved in. While you have
to interview or ?try out? to become a part of
the bigger organizations and performance-based clubs (i.e. a capella), there
is really something for everyone. It?s hard to find
a PC student who hasn?t been involved in some type
of organization or service activity at some point in their
college career. The campus itself is pretty but not
beautiful, although it?s always improving. Definitely exudes a real
college-campus feel. While PC may be similar to schools
such as Fairfield and Holy Cross, the fact that PC
is actually right next to a city definitely gives it
one up socially. The PC shuttle can take you
to downtown Providence or East Providence, which is right by
Brown University. If you ever get bored on campus,
exploring Providence is a great option. It may be
a smaller city but it?s accessible and has basically everything
you need in terms of restaurants/shopping/bars/coffee shops. The fact
that we have a decent basketball team in the Big
East also provides for fun ?Friar Fanatic? school spirit, although
it?s no secret that we?re not as die hard as
Duke fans or anything like that. It would be cool
if we were that good, maybe someday. In terms
of the students themselves, many go by the mantra ?work
hard, play hard? or ?work hard, play harder? depending on
who you ask. PC students are very social and
like to go out at the nearby bars, nearby upperclassmen
houses, or in the city of Providence itself. There
are a lot of fun social traditions that keep things
exciting on and off campus. Basically, the people are
incredible, fun, and friendly, and by your senior year you
have tons of lifelong friends. Yes, it?s unfortunate that the
tuition has gone up, but unfortunately that seems to be
the asking price so to speak of all the private
schools in that category. You can?t knock PC for raising
the price to its competitors. I just hope that the
student demographic (genuine, generally intelligent and down to earth) doesn?t
change because of the price increase. Overall, great school.
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