<p>How would you describe the academic environment at Kenyon?</p>
<p>Sink or swim?
Nurturing?</p>
<p>Something else entirely?</p>
<p>And what's the academic advising like?</p>
<p>c’mon students. You must have some opinion of what Kenyon is like.</p>
<p>Nurturing. It’s an uncool thing here to talk about GPA’s, and if friends ask you what you got on something it’s not done in a competitive comparative way. </p>
<p>The English major, however, is somewhat cut throat and competitive, but it’s usually confined to certain specific individuals. </p>
<p>Concerning academic advising, it depends on who you end up with. Most teachers are very helpful and hands on about scheduling, classes, and the like. Coincidentally, if you are unsure of what you’re majoring in, don’t put Psychology. Psychology professors tend to be bad advisers…there’s a heavy research emphasis in that department.</p>
<p>Many classes at Kenyon are based on collaboration and cooperation between classmates. Many of my classes have group activities/projects and professors seem to really appreciate it when students get together outside of class to help each other. Most professors want to see students succeed and are willing to work with struggling students to help them make it through the class.</p>
<p>I think that pretty much all professors at Kenyon are extremely helpful with scheduling classes, including those in the Psychology department. As a Psychology major at Kenyon who has had a Psychology advisor for all three years that I have been at Kenyon, I think that the department has some of the best faculty at the college, with some professors being prominent researchers in their fields nationwide. Psychology is considered a Natural Science at Kenyon, which includes a heavy emphasis on research because, well, that is where the field is heading. Without research, there wouldn’t be psychology. Many psychology students get admitted to graduate school, which would absolutely not happen without the emphasis on research. (Not to attack your statement about the Psychology faculty, but as someone who works very closely with the department, I can say that your statement was not called for.)</p>