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| Major: Language - French/Spanish/etc. (This Major's Salary over time) | | Gender: Male | This student rated most things higher than other students did. | Intelligence:
Quite Bright | | ACT: 27 | | SAT: | | Lowest Rating
Surrounding City B+ | Describes the student body mostly as:
Friendly, Afraid, ApproachableDescribes the faculty mostly as:
Friendly, Helpful | Highest Rating
Faculty Accessibility A+ | How this student rated the school:
| Educational Quality | A | Faculty Accessibility | A+ | | Useful Schoolwork | A | Excess Competition | A- | | Academic Success | A | Creativity/Innovation | A | | Individual Value | A+ | University Resource Use | A | | Campus Aesthetics/Beauty | A | Friendliness | A+ | | Campus Maintenance | A | Social Life | A | | Surrounding City | B+ | Extra Curriculars | A+ | | Safety | A+ |
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I'll
begin by stating that my comment is unlike most of
the others that you'll read on this website because, unlike
the vast majority of those commenting, I was saved at
20 years old; most of the other students attending this
school were saved when they were in elementary school.
To me, this makes a world of a difference when
you want to factor in a person's life experience to
his or her point of view regarding such a (I
must admit) controversial school. Nonetheless, I learned all the
“Christian-lingo” at Bob Jones; using words like 'saved' and 'worldview.'
The vast majority of students have been using this
kind of vocabulary since they began walking. So, you
may ask, where am I going with this? To
be very blunt, I think most of the negative comments
about the school come from those who had the privilege
of growing up in a Christian home and may not
understand or appreciate the value of the (dare I say)
gift that the Lord placed in Greenville. To give
you a better picture of my upbringing (in contrast to
theirs), I grew up with a father who left my
mentally ill mother for another woman. They got divorced.
My mother then got into a relationship with a
man who, unbeknownst to her, was a convicted felon (a
repeat offender, at that). He then continued his pattern
of violence and abuse on her. Luckily, she got
out of that relationship and he got back in jail.
But, clearly you can see that I didn't have
the same kind of childhood most students that attend Bob
Jones had. In light of all this, this is
not to say that the school is as much of
gift for everyone as it was for me. I
hate to use idioms to suffice for more valid reason
and logic, but one person's trash really is another person's
treasure. I obviously haven't had the same experiences at
this school as others have, so those who did truly
have negative experiences may have honest and credible complaints that
should be addressed. Anyways, I'm really grateful that the
Lord brought me here. Firstly, and most importantly, if
it wasn't for this school I wouldn't be saved.
Period. But for this school, I wouldn't have accepted
Jesus and I wouldn't have talked to my friends and
family about Him. Secondly, not only did the school
prepare me for the after life, but the school really
prepared me for my future in this life. I
participated in the debate association, really liked it, and succeeded
in winning a speaker's award and advancing to the school
finals in my first year of debating (ever). The
mastery of the liberal arts is heavily stressed at the
school. I probably learned more valuable logical, oral, and
written argument skills by taking economics and essential science at
Bob Jones than I did in two years of paralegal
classes at community college. On the whole, I feel
like Bob Jones prepared me for success in law school.
Although I haven't gone there yet, I know I'm
much more prepared to develop and carry out arguments against
some of the top tier law students and it's because
of Bob Jones that I'm able to do that.
As far as whether or not I think you should
go there, I think you really need to ask yourself
what it is the Lord wants for you in life.
As we can evidently see, the school is not
for every believer; there are many believers who don't go
there. The Lord's plan for them has nothing to
do with Bob Jones. So I would say that
if you're thinking of going to Bob Jones, do your
research. Obviously you shouldn't limit your research to reading
comments written by people on the Internet... including those written
by myself. I'd encourage you to at least try
one semester there: the school is now regionally and nationally
accredited which means that if it's not the Lord's plan
for you, then you can go elsewhere without having your
money and credits thrown away. I'd say that the
person who knows best what the Lord wants for you,
besides Him of course, is you. I think it
would be in your best interest to form your own
opinions by seeing and feeling the place out for yourself.
It's the same with anything new in life: try
it out, and if the Lord wants you there, you'll
be there.
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