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| Major: English (This Major's Salary over time) | | Gender: Female | This person cares more about Creativity/Innovation than the average student. | Intelligence:
Quite Bright | | ACT: | | SAT: | | Lowest Rating
Creativity/Innovation F | Describes the student body mostly as:
Arrogant, Broken Spirit, Snooty, ClosemindedDescribes the faculty mostly as:
Friendly, Arrogant | Highest Rating
Academic Success A | How this student rated the school:
| Educational Quality | C+ | Faculty Accessibility | A- | | Useful Schoolwork | C- | Excess Competition | B | | Academic Success | A | Creativity/Innovation | F | | Individual Value | C | University Resource Use | B- | | Campus Aesthetics/Beauty | A | Friendliness | B+ | | Campus Maintenance | C | Social Life | B | | Surrounding City | D+ | Extra Curriculars | B- | | Safety | A- |
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those considering Roanoke, think long and hard. Most of the
reviews on this site are correct- the good and the
bad. It seems as though there are only two types
of people at Roanoke College. You have the LAX Bros/Greeks
and the Uber-religious/Boring. You pretty much pick which side you
are on the first weekend there. Salem is a cute
town, but there isn't much to do off campus (even
in nearby Roanoke) so your hand is sort of forced
depending on which group of people you choose to hang
out with. Roanoke is not the epitome of a party
school, but if you want a social life at all
aside from some cheesy comedy night in the Commons, you
doom yourself to weekends in beer-soaked frat houses which is
only fun the first few times you do it. During
the week (if you're not drunk then), the majority of
the campus population is snotty and arrogant. If you don't
have money, you have to pretend that you do. The
academics are average in every way. I definitely fell in
with the more social cliques at Roanoke and was into
the party scene, but I was promised that the acadmics
would go above and beyond my expectations and that I
would be challenged. Wrong. As for the new core curriculum,
it sounds like a fresh new idea, but I found
myself retaking classes that I had taken through a dual-enrollment
program in high school with a hip name slapped in
front of the introductory level. Roanoke College is a great
place for private/prep/boarding school graduates because campus feels huge to
them. To everyone else, it feels just like a normal
high school did or worse. If you live within an
hour or two of Roanoke, you are probably better off
getting lost in the crowd at Radford or Virginia Tech.
The surplus of out of state students make those from
nearby feel even more ostracized than the rigid social caste
system does. OOS kids clique together and the same for
in state kids, not that there was an option. For
the ASTRONOMICAL price tag that Roanoke carries, I expected so
much more than they could offer. Roanoke is great for
a lot of people I know. It is everything they
dreamed of. Just be sure that everything beyond the perky
personal tour guide and stunning campus is great for you.
The older dorms are in need of serious attention. The
newer ones are either reserved for upper-classmen or are nearly
impossible to get into unless your parents put your deposit
down the day you entered pre-school. In this economy, it's
nearly impossible to pay off student debts in a timely
manner. It's definitely not wasting your money if you are
the slightest bit unsure and if you have an inkling
that it isn't for you, then follow your gut. For
flaunting a near “Southern Ivy” status in their brochures, Roanoke
is simply average in nearly every way. Think long and
hard and explore all of your options before considering the
school.
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