<p>Hi everyone. I’m a high school jiunior seeking information on Colgate. I figure I’ll apply there because it’s near where I’m from.</p>
<p>Here are my burning questions:</p>
<li><p>Honestly, does the food suck? From what I’ve read, it hasn’t received any rave reviews. My food is important to me. Surely this should not be a major criteria in choosing a college, but I really want good food. Cornell has good food. ;)</p></li>
<li><p>How will the liberal arts curriculum serve me AFTER college? I’m interested in journalism, advertising, communications, and business. What could I study at Colgate to cater to these interests? Any ideas? Also, do Colgate students get accepted into top grad schools? How much weight does the school have?</p></li>
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<p>According to collegedata, the five grad schools that Colgate students select most often are Columbia, Cornell, Harvard, NYU, Penn. From personal experience, I would say people attended Dartmouth, Northwestern, Duke, Cal/Berkeley, UChicago about as frequently as these first five.</p>
<p>Kinda depends on what kind of food you like and what standards you apply. If (as your screen name suggests) you are vegetarian or vegan etc. the limited food will be monotonous and not all that tasty. If your a "normal" eater the food will probably seem pretty good and varied enough. There is much variety in eating establishments in town though or "gourmet" shopping in local markets. For that you have to bring stuff up with you, have it sent or go out on forays elsewhere (Syracuse). The food service at Colgate is provided by Sodhexo which also operates at scores of other school. Google sodhexo and college food service and you'll get an idea of how many schools use them.</p>
<p>gellino, how do u know, the most common grad schools are that good, thete is no way, wouldnt the average students attend BU or suny or schools in that range</p>
<p>footballyus2345, one, I am going by what the collegedata website says and two I added to that with what grad schools were most frequented by my friends from Colgate.</p>
<p>mhc48, I'm actually not a vegetarian. At allll. So don't let the screen name mislead you!</p>
<p>But anyway, I guess the food is not so much my main concern as is the curriculum. What I'm really curious about is how I can study something that applies to my interests and will allow me to have opportunities pertaining to those interests after college. I just don't know if the liberal arts thing is suited to me.</p>
<p>keep an open mind! it's a tough thing for high schoolers to imagine a big world out there and see all the possiblities but take it from the experienced. Going to a national university is much, much more like high school all over again whereas Liberal arts teach you skills and the professors show you how, especially in a very engaging environment. </p>
<p>Also, liberal arts schools like Colgate tend to push their students to reach their potential whereas regular universities couldn't care as much and teach you striaght facts.</p>
<p>when i visited colgate, they made the whole liberal arts/required classes sound awesome. youre exposed to a lot of different things, and may stumble across something that really interests you that you wouldnt have found without the core classes.</p>
<p>Avantgarden, sorry I haven't looked in on this thread for a while. I hope you haven't made any decisions yet. If you're interested in journalism, advertising, communications, and business, liberal arts is probably the best sort of education you can get and should be looking for. It enables you not only to have a well rounded education and get exposure to things and ideas that you need to bring into those disciplines, but it will give you a chance, too, to actually take courses in those specific areas, to see which is most suited to you, which you enjoy and which you excel in. Moreover, at a smaller school like Colgate you can actually get experience participating in activities which in a larger school might well be reserved or limited to people who had committed themselves to that career path.</p>
<p>Nor should you overlook Colgate's well known and incredible alumni network and excellent career services, which helps students get jobs both during school and after graduation. My D, a sophmore got several interviews for summer internships at household name and well known companies in broadcast journalism, PR and marketing. These were all through Colgate's Career services with no other outside family or other connections. And she just landed a paid internship at an internationally well known company in Manhattan this summer.</p>