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Grove City College

How this student rated the school
Educational QualityA- Faculty AccessibilityA
Useful SchoolworkB- Excess CompetitionB-
Academic SuccessA- Creativity/ InnovationB
Individual ValueA+ University Resource UseA
Campus Aesthetics/ BeautyA+ FriendlinessA+
Campus MaintenanceB Social LifeF
Surrounding CityF Extra CurricularsB+
SafetyA+
Describes the student body as:
Friendly, Closeminded

Describes the faculty as:
Friendly, Helpful

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Date: Mar 22 2015
Major: Accounting (This Major's Salary over time)
This school is not for everyone.

The best things about this school are:

1) The faculty. Most of the professors are extremely intelligent, friendly, very qualified, and want you to succeed. There are some who aren't so good, but all the professors love working here and could go somewhere else if they wanted to.

2)The academics. This goes along with the faculty, but the academics are intense. You will learn a lot and be prepared for any job or graduate school you go to.

3)The campus. It's beautiful

4) The environment. Honestly everyone here is extremely friendly as a result of the Christian environment.

5)The safety. There are never any incidents on campus, and you could leave a purse full of cash lying about for a week and no one would steal it

6)Activities. There is a strong intramural program here and there are a lot of activities to join depending on what kind of person you are. Most of them are really religious based. It isn't too hard to get involved

The worst things about this school

1) The people. I almost feel bad putting this here because everyone is extremely nice. However, most of the people who go here are extremely sheltered, judgmental (it doesn't bother me but it gets annoying), boring, and lack social skills because they were homeschooled or went to a small Christian school somewhere. A lot of the people here are ugly too. Not everyone here sucks, there are plenty of other like me who don't really fit in. It can be hard meeting other cool people, and I am a fun, outgoing person.

2) Social Life. If you want a traditional college social life, you'll be hard pressed to find it here. Joining Greek is the best way to do it. Be warned, some of the Greek groups are basically just youth groups that live together, while some are fun. If you want a dry social life there is usually a lot do here for you.

3) The town is awful. Nothing to do here, and no where good to eat nearby. People drive 40 minutes to Chipotle a lot just to get good food. The people in the town are nice. You don't need to be afraid of them like I was at first when I saw their hideous white trash appearances.

4) The football program sucks. No one else has commented on this yet. Being from the South, college football is a huge deal, and the games are depressing. You are lucky to see them score at all in a game, while the opposing team usually scores more points than your typical basketball team does in a given game. Not only that but Campus Safety prevents students from sitting together!

5) Campus Safety will make your life hell. These white trash wanna be cops speed around campus in trucks and golf carts without looking out for pedestrians. They impose a lot of rules, and are power hungry but they don't do any good. I honestly think they exist just to sweep drug and alcohol busts under the rug for the school so that bad publicity doesn't get out.

6) The rules. They are very strict and can get old, even for someone who is a devout Christian. The rules give the school the feel of a high school boarding school as opposed to a college.

Basically you should only come here if you feel you strongly fit the profile they describe to you. In other words, very religious, don't want to party in college, and very smart. If you are those things you will love it. If you aren't you probably shouldn't come here. If you get here and feel like you don't fit in, join Greek life! If you're normal it's not too hard to join, and you will at least some other cool people and be able to party. I made the mistake of not joining because I was too involved in a fall sport. Most of my friends were in Greek life, and I might've liked it more if I'd joined a group myself.

Despite the negatives this is a phenomenal school, and I really wish I could have liked it here more. Take my advice as seriously as you want or don't want to. There a lot of extremely happy people here, and a lot of others who wish they were somewhere else

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Don't know if you'll ever see this, but GCC actually had an incredible football season this year, we even hosted and won the conference bowl game.
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