(Augustana) Three things about Augustana that any prospective student should

How this student rated the school

Educational Quality	D-	Faculty Accessibility	C+
Useful Schoolwork	A-	Excess Competition	B
Academic Success	C-	Creativity/ Innovation	F
Individual Value	F	University Resource Use	C-
Campus Aesthetics/ Beauty	C+	Friendliness	B
Campus Maintenance	C	Social Life	F
Surrounding City	D-	Extra Curriculars	F
Safety	F

Describes the student body as: Arrogant, Snooty, Closeminded Describes the faculty as: Arrogant, Condescending, Self Absorbed

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ACT:19

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Lowest Rating Creativity/ Innovation	F

Highest Rating Useful Schoolwork	A-

He cares more about Extra Curriculars than the average student.

Date: Mar 24 2013
Major: Biology (This Major's Salary over time)
Three things about Augustana that any prospective student should know.

1) Overall educational quality is average at best.

2) Very expensive, don't get what your paying for.

3) Faculty are in and out all the time, most are not tenure. Many are often confused and unorganized as to how to teach or plan course material.

4) Credits will not transfer to better funded institutions

5) IF you are here for science, consider transfering unless you have financial ties to this institution. It is clearly not worth what you maybe paying.

6) Liberal Arts Biology versus tech or university biology courses are very different in content. What they cover at a liberal arts institution is very different than what they cover at a tech/university even though class coding is similar (ie. what you cover in Bio 350 at school A, may not be even close to what you cover in school B's comparable course).

7) Good luck to anyone pursuing higher education these days, my advice is research everything about an institution before you apply. Not every private school is good.

8) Science/lab courses on a trimester system are terrible (semester= 16 weeks, trimester= 10 weeks)

Responses

I love this post. It is spot on with my experience (I probably know the person who wrote this, I also graduated in 2013). Yes, if you are a biology, neuroscience, or biochemistry major at this school. Please be warned. Liberal arts science classes are unique. This school is no longer strong in the sciences.

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