- 4 Year
- ANNAPOLIS, MD
St. John's College - Annapolis
- grade BOverall Grade
- 4 Year
- ANNAPOLIS, MD
- Rating 3.91 out of 5 140 reviews
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- Academicsgrade B+
- Valuegrade B minus
- Diversitygrade A
- Campusgrade B minus
- Athleticsgrade D minus
- Party Scenegrade B minus
- Professorsgrade B
- Locationgrade B+
- Dormsgrade B
- Campus Foodgrade C+
- Student Lifegrade B
- Safetygrade B minus
About
We are often called “the most contrarian college in America.” Or “the most rigorous college in America.” Or “the most intellectual college in America.” No matter how you define us, St. John’s College is unlike any other. Our students share a common curriculum, reading and discussing 200 of the greatest books in history. You learn directly from Plato, Austen, Einstein, Woolf, and Du Bois, to name a few. Instead of lectures and majors, classes are discussion-based exploring philosophy, literature, science, math, politics, and more. With a 7:1 student-to-faculty ratio, the college ranks #5 for best classroom experience and #9 for best undergraduate teaching. Our community has 1000 students on two campuses in Annapolis, Maryland, and Santa Fe, New Mexico. The college was founded in the historic college town of Annapolis in 1696, making us the third oldest college in the US, and beautifully situated on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay just outside of Washington, DC.
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The Great Books Program at St. John’s defies the conventional. No textbooks. Students read original writings of Plato, Shakespeare, Austen, Einstein, and Du Bois (to name a few). No majors. Students discover the connections between literature, science, philosophy, history, and more in a shared, common curriculum. No lectures. Every class is a discussion of great books with 20 students or fewer.
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How could SHC be stronger? -- I wish SJC would provide a single page outline for each reading. Things like. the authors view of humanity, sin/lack of, what’s wrong with the world, how can we correct it, why did the author write the book, what is the historical context, what is the main plot, book outline. This shared outline would send the conversation over the top!
Update the cannon --The most updated Science book I read was written in 1912. I find that if one does not couple modern science (or political/society) with ancient science, it inhibits the student.