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| Major: Education (This Major's Salary over time) | | Gender: Female | This person cares more about Academic Success than the average student. | Intelligence:
Quite Bright | | ACT: 28 | | SAT: | | Lowest Rating
Social Life F | Describes the student body mostly as:
ApproachableDescribes the faculty mostly as:
Friendly | Highest Rating
Campus Maintenance A | How this student rated the school:
| Educational Quality | C | Faculty Accessibility | B+ | | Useful Schoolwork | D+ | Excess Competition | B | | Academic Success | D | Creativity/Innovation | D- | | Individual Value | D- | University Resource Use | D- | | Campus Aesthetics/Beauty | A- | Friendliness | B | | Campus Maintenance | A | Social Life | F | | Surrounding City | D | Extra Curriculars | D | | Safety | A |
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Although
my church channelled it's youth to Bob Jones University and
I thought I knew what I was getting into, I
was not prepared for this experience. Classes focused on rote
memorization rather than on teaching how to think, encouraging creativity,
or engaging students in ideas that would differ from conservative
views. I found the rules demoralizing, feeling like some
students, faculty, and staff were more concerned with “catching” you
talking to a member of the opposite sex before breakfast,
wearing a skirt that didn't completely cover the knee, or
chewing gum in the dining hall rather than with forming
a human connection or respecting a person for who they
are. The amount of rage and despisement — for Catholics,
for blacks, for liberals, and basically for most people who
didn't agree with the Jones — came in regular doses
at chapel (attendence required, differing ideas definitely discouraged — one
could be kicked out for having a wrong/bad attitude).
I did eventually leave to attend a kinder, more tolerant
religious school, this decision being one of the best I
ever made. I still have occasional nightmares that I'm
at BJU, and can't tell you how relieved I am
when I wake up and realize I am far far
away.
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