<p>Here's the highest profile incident from a while back </p>
<p>Guilford</a> players charged in assault - Local & State - News & Observer</p>
<p>It got picked up by some national outlets. I believe there was another, smaller fracas a year or so ago as well, but it was only a brief local story. General storyline was drinking + athletes = obnoxious and intimidating behavior to some of the hippier kids.</p>
<p>An unfortunate incident, indeed, but I truly believe these sorts of incidents can happen anywhere (like the "blackface" incident at Smith, of all places). What's important is (1) was the administration's response immediate and unequivocal and (2) thee extent do the wrong-doers enjoy the support of their fellow students. </p>
<p>I want to say I was hoping for something juicier, but it truth I'm happy it was, as I said, the sort of thing that could happen anywhere.</p>
<p>Thanks, Iderochi.</p>
<p>There was a terrible Holy Cross incident this fall. A lot of colleges have incidents. Many times they are not picked up by the media.</p>
<p>There was a huge outcry from the student body after that assault thing - rallies, banners, etc. I agree that it could have happened anywhere. You can't judge a school on one incident.</p>
<p>The non-traditional students y'all are talking about (they're called CCE students) do often take night and weekend classes, but they also take regular classes. I'm three semesters in and I've only had one or two classes without CCE students. I've worked with them in group projects, even made a couple friends. As far as I can tell, they only add to the experience.</p>
<p>Might be a mainly "southern thing"! High Point does it on a marquee at each individual parking space. It is part of the WOW factor there, and it did make her feel special! Wingate had a reserved parking space with her name on it also --it just wasn't electronic like HPU. You know about "southern hospitality" right? I grew up on the Jersey Shore (LBI) but have been in the south for 30 years--for the most part, it really is a friendly place....</p>
<p>Just a comment on Student Reviews. I actually found it to be very good info clearly written by real students. For the schools my kids attend, it's very believable and useful.</p>
<p>I know a Guilford grad, a young person, daughter of a close friend. They are Quakers, and the school offered an amazing merit scholarship.</p>
<p>She had a good experience and has a great job in NYC now.</p>
<p>She did have some difficulties in college, but they were due to issues she had before she went to college. Guilford did a good job of helping her address them.</p>
<p>She is more on the quirky side. Definitely not into sports at all.</p>
<p>Did anyone visit Guilford during spring or winter break?</p>
<p>PackMom, any more details regarding your niece’s fall/winter visit?</p>
<p>Foolishpleasure, no more details except that Guilford continued to up the ante on scholarship money for niece until it was almost equivalent to an instate public.<br>
In the meantime, neice decided she was not going to do her sport in college and will be attending big state u. in the fall as a reg. student.</p>
<p>A little off topic, but can someone recommend sites to get student reviews. We were also going to check out Guilford, but the food/athlete comments have me concerned.</p>
<p>Even here on CC, Guilford does not rate it’s own board, nor can CCers post Guilford reviews on the “college visit” board. </p>
<p>There may have been limited Guilford posts on stew dent re-views (the mods don’t like posters to refer to other sites). I don’t think there was any info on UNI go.</p>
<p>Three years ago S1 looked at Guilford and Elon the same week - loved Elon, disliked Guilford. I think he did not have a good student guide at G. and thought it was in a depressing part of town. He applied to Elon, wasn’t accepted; didn’t apply to Guilford.</p>
<p>There is another web site called students review. Just google the terms students review and you will find it.</p>
<p>Regarding the site “students review.” There have been references to that site on CC and many of those references don’t take the students review site seriously. Anyone who is disgruntled and wants to be purely negative posts there; a lack of balance. There is also a question as to whether or not the reviews are legit.</p>
<p>Regarding Guilford: I don’t know one way or another. Good luck.</p>
<p>Guilford is a unique college that still reflects it’s Quaker origins. The dorms are simple and everything is very well maintained. The professors and classes are very interactive and are reported to be of high quality. Everyone is referred to by first name as a sign of equality and respect. The “Peace and Conflict Resolution” and “Geology” program appear to be outstanding.
A couple of other impressions. Some part time students are on campus at night. You certainly don’t need to be Quaker and I’m sure that there are parties but they may be more subdued or underground than at most schools.</p>
<p>How timely! I recently visited Guilford with D and we both loved it. </p>
<p>As ncmentor posted above, Guilford’s Quaker values are reflected in every aspect of campus life. At the info session, the adcom talked about recognizing that some high school students still hadn’t found the setting that best suited their learning styles and that college might be the first opportunity to really find a school that was a good match. I was impressed by the compasion in her voice and the fact that, while making everyone feel welcome and comfortable, she did not suggest that Guilford would be the right school for everyone.</p>
<p>Our tour guides were both informative, though D felt that the male guide was more objective than his female counterpart; he loved Guilford warts and all, she was somewhat reluctant to acknowledge any flaws (or perhaps they were not issues for her). I had read earlier reports that the campus was somewhat rundown, but I observed no maintance issues during our tour (and having read those posts, I was looking for evidence of wear and tear). The school has recently change food services, no doubt in response to reports that the food was “lousy,” but we were unable to stay for lunch.</p>
<p>All of the review books describe the student body as fairly hippie-ish, but we did not see evidence of this. OTOH, we toured fairly early in the morning (9:30am - 11am) and didn’t see very many students.</p>
<p>D’s only complaint was that Guilford was not in Greensboro proper. Had Guilford been in the center of town, like Greensboro College or UNC-G, it would easily be one of her top choices - - even despite the absence of an obvious hippie element. I liked the fact that the school seemed very supportive without smothering the students. I also found the slower, softer southern pace very appealing.</p>
<p>“Regarding the site “students review.” There have been references to that site on CC and many of those references don’t take the students review site seriously.”</p>
<p>So I’ve heard - - but returning to warriorboy648’s question: any good source of reviews or other info about Guilford?</p>
<p>You might be interested in reading this thread from 2005:</p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/26527-son-dismissed-guilford-college-after-first-semester-low-gpa.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parents-forum/26527-son-dismissed-guilford-college-after-first-semester-low-gpa.html</a></p>
<p>Wow!! That’s some thread; I read only 3 of the 13 pages. </p>
<p>Very sad story - - and frightening that OP’s son rec’d no notice that dismissal was a possibility. OTOH, S’s gpa was .9, so he must have known he was teetering on the brink of disaster. </p>
<p>I have always wondered what schools do when a student is perilously close to flunking out - - especially when the student might not have signed the form giving the school permission to forward his grades to his parents.</p>