<p>I'm curious about this school. Has anyone had a student enroll in a school that has a "one class at a time" curriculum? Anyone visited this school or have any opinions based on some experience?</p>
<p>You might want to post your question in the Colorado College forum. They have the same Block Plan one class at a time approach. Colorado College is more selective than Cornell College. We just visited Colorado College and were favorably impressed.</p>
<p>You might find this helpful:</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/cornell-college/620697-what-cornell-college-really-like.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/cornell-college/620697-what-cornell-college-really-like.html</a></p>
<p>Very limited half-day experience but we visited on our far northern swing. Happy kids. Lots of them from Chicagoland. Campus is on the only hill around. IMO (and D’s , too) isolated feeling, more than Grinnell and a good bit more than Knox. I was intrigued by OCAAT and quizzed the kids about how that would work for a science-y kid.The students I met felt that it worked well for a independent, self-directed, disciplined kid who stayed on top of things. Maybe not so well for others. I would have thought it would help a kid focus but I didn’t hear that (from our admittedly tiny sample). But , hey. It’s worth investigating further.</p>
<p>I’m hoping to get a few more responses here.</p>
<p>I visited campus. I dropped in on an Intro to Biology course, which was all PowerPoint/lecture, and very dry (though this may be biased, as I am more humanities-oriented). The campus is pretty. The town is practically nonexistent, and many resources require going to Iowa City a half hour away, including a hospital.</p>
<p>I visited Cornell College twice because I was seriously interested in “one course at a time” for a while. The campus and town of Mt. Vernon are nice, but unbelievably tiny. That didn’t really bother me, but I know that that kind of thing can really bother some people. The students I met on my visits were nice, interesting and liked the school (on a side note: the student body is more geographically diverse than one would think; most students are from Coloardo). The staff I interacted with were great, too. Basically, all of vibes I felt from the college were good.</p>
<p>I have a friend whose son graduated from Cornell College. He really blossomed there. He loved the one course at a time experience - from the time he was a little boy he loved to delve deeply into things - and he loved the personal attention he received. He was from Iowa so the smallness of the place was not a problem for him.</p>
<p>He is now a doctor and still talks about his college experience.</p>
<p>My son has only applied to really big schools besides this one. I’m visiting with my son Thursday so I will post more info from our experiences after that.</p>
<p>firefighter40-please post a college visit report!</p>
<p>I will do that. He’s going to sit in on a class and I intend to talk to as many students and teachers as possible. Stay tuned.</p>
<p>We visited the school today and we are very impressed. It’s a much smaller school then my S was considering but the attention to detail they seem to have and the OCAAT program seems to have some great potential for S. </p>
<p>The town is small but seems to have a charm to it. Nice shops and overall friendly and inviting feel. I spoke with students about the town and all seemed to like going into town and felt welcome in the community. </p>
<p>The tour was great and I felt that most of the students I encountered were very happy to be there. My S really liked the school but still has reservations about being in such a small school and small town. I think he will have a difficult decision to make once he gets all the admission and scholarship information back from his prospective schools. Deep down, I feel that even advising him as a parent will be difficult because I like the many of the schools he is considering. Somewhere inside, I’m pulling for Cornell because I think the OCAAT system could work well for him. I also love the way their “Dimensions” program works for the Pre-Med system there. Lots of attention.</p>