Hollins University

Date: Mar 11 2017
Major: Art & Design Department (This Major's Salary over time)
A reoccurring criticism that I had encountered while considering Hollins was its aggressive, nearly hive-minded student body. I had been warned that if I had any non-liberal views, that I should change them or find another school. I decided that this didn't apply to me as I was raised democrat and have left-leaning ways of thinking. Was I ever wrong. If you do not constantly subject yourself to the self-flagellation of white guilt, do not support self-diagnosis or are sympathetic to white men, you are labeled as a racist, ableist or any other "ist" they can conjure up. I was also disappointed to find that nearly no one attending Hollins is there to study. If the students put half as much time and effort into their schoolwork as they do in their thesis-long rants on Tumblr describing the neurotypical downfall of Steven Universe, their grades would look much better. Of course,so much as insinuating this would result in a witch hunt. I will say this for Hollins: they have excellent, accessible and dedicated professors. Unfortunately, their talents are wasted on a distracted, easily offended student body. Nearly every other day a mass email is sent out, apologizing for something said in a lecture,Halloween costumes (I wish I was joking) or for just existing in the 1800's. I'm all for being progressive, but the professors and faculty are trying to placate students who cannot allow themselves to be satisfied. There's always something to be up in arms about. Eventually, it gets tiresome and you wish your peers would contribute to their academics or society productively.