<p>I wanted to know if they were respected among grad schools and what exactly are they best for?</p>
<p>I heard marine biology wasnt too bad, how are they in economics or hard sciences (aka physics math)?</p>
<p>Respected in what sense? To the employers, the names and prestige of the school? Rankings? By the town? I mean, College of the Atlantic is respected in marine biology too, but the school itself...:(</p>
<p>mostly by employers grad schools...what is this school good for?</p>
<p>on this board, anything less than harvard isnt going to get much respect :-)</p>
<p>LOL, actually Harvard doesn't get any of the pie on CC, it's all about Wharton ;) Oh, and maybe a little bit of UCBerkeley love :p GO STANFORD</p>
<p>My daughter just started at New College of Florida as a potential math / physics major but is also taking a religion course this term. So far, she is thrilled. I know it is only one week but so far she is very happy. Good roomates, the courses she wanted, very helpful advisor, etc. We are northerners but she is adapting to the heat. Good merit money available for out of state students but 80% of students are in-state. </p>
<p>Overall, NCF does well in graduate school placement - made the Wall Street Journal list of top feeder schools for top graduate / professional schools and in Fulbright awards, etc.. Check out the web site. The students are a self-select group who are not interested in interscholastic sports (there are none) and who what to be responsible for their learning. It is a small school but students can do exchanges and study abroad easily. Each student must complete seven learning contracts, 3 independent study projects and a senior thesis. The thesis experience is rigorous - some students transfer as this stage approaches. I was able to read some of these during my visit to campus and I was impressed - well-written, substantive work. One of the math faculty recently won a Florida award for outstanding math teacher. Call / visit - the admissions office is great, you will be known by your name. When my daughter was interviewing last November, she was in a physics class and my husband and I were standing outside waiting when a professor approached us and invited us to see his lab. We talked, learned about his research program and had the chance to observe students interacting with him. We were both impressed. Good luck!</p>
<p>Yes. I am a resident of Florida and I know well that New College maintains an outstanding reputation. NCF is the sixth-highest producer (%) of students who eventually earn Ph.D.'s.....out of ANY school of the nation. I know their Marine Biology program is outstanding, similar to that of Eckerd College in St. Petersburg. I imagine their economics is quite reputable as well considering it is a very analytical social science, and NCF stresses thinking outside-the-box. As a pre-law major, it might actually be one of the best in the nation, considering the school's enormous emphasis on writing, which law schools just eat right up. Hard sciences I have no clue about. The majority of the student body is more the liberal arts/ written word type. However, because of the extremely small classes in the sciences at this school, you can be guaranteed true one-on-one contact with the professor, and you could learn an unbelieveable amount. Know that this review is coming from an extreme-right, ultra-conservative Catholic, so I'm clearly not a student of NCF, but I won't lie and try to deny that the brightest of the bright go to that school, because they normally do.</p>
<p>A friend of the family is on the University of Miami medical school faculty(a senior member) and has exclaimed that the students in the med program from New school are among the most mature, self-directed and competent she has ever seen. Anecdotal or a broadbased impression--you decide. But, I think their reputation is fastly rising and any top graduate will be seriously noticed</p>
<p>Thanks a lot for the info you've answered lots of my questions!</p>
<p>I had never heard of this place until I was referred by someones at my fathers work the location seems great.</p>
<p>Do they offer the possibility of double major double minor? Does anyone else have accounts of grad schools placement?</p>
<p>i think UF is more well known/prestigious than NCF, its pretty much considered our states flagship public u</p>
<p>Prestige is in the eyes of the beholder. Prestige is a different question than the original question of " is New College respected?" Comparing UF and New College is the apples and oranges problem. UF is the state university, huge and full of graduate / research programs. New College is a tiny liberal arts college that Florida has the wisdom to invest in. New College is definitely respected and UF is definitely respected. Every New College graduate has a thesis to demonstrate their scholarly abilities and substantial experience in self-directed learning. This portfolio is not achieved by every gradudate of UF although I am sure some do, perhaps within their honors program. UF has other strengths that attracts the students it does and is a very successful university. Again, apples and oranges. When it comes down to graduate school admissions, whether you go to Harvard or Mars Hill, you have to stand behind your accomplishments in your undergraduate program and make a cogent case for seeking further education. I think these days it matters less where you go to college but what you accomplish when you are there. Good luck wherever you choose to go.</p>
<p>Great post, I think thats something everyone going to college should heard, thanks!</p>
<p>My brother goes to the school and he loves it. I know for a fact that the school does have very good grad placement because I know of several students that graduated last year and are now starting at top graduate programs. The social atmosphere is a bit of a problem for some people, so I've heard. I've visited the campus often as my brother goes there and I think it's a fine college. It has a very good reputation among most of the people who have heard of it. But like most LAC's that is not a lot. Even the most popular LAC's are not known among the general population. Saying, "I went to New College" or even, "I went to Amherst" is not going to register with half as many people as saying "I went to Berkeley or I went to Harvard" etc.</p>
<p>"I know for a fact that the school does have very good grad placement because I know of several students that graduated last year and are now starting at top graduate programs"</p>
<p>Could you give me some examples of the grad school placement and what they studied as undergrad a well as what they planned to study in grad school? Any economy Majors geetting into top grad schools by any chance?</p>
<p>thanks,</p>
<p>I know of one philosophy major who was accepted into various programs and is now attending NYU (making the number of NCF alumni in the NYU philosophy department, two, pretty impressive from such a small school when you consider there are probably only one or not even one from a lot of other fine schools). And then I know of one who won a fulbright scholarship and is going to Germany. Like I said, I don't go to the school, my brother does, but there definetely are numerous examples.
A lot go into law and Stanford, Chicago and Duke are among the schools that have accepted NCF grads.</p>
<p>New College has an excellent reputation for grad & professional school placement. As was said, students work closely with the professors and plenty of opportunity for research and independent study. Keep in mind, however, the school seems to attract "non traditional" students.</p>
<p>Is there a certain fields in which more go? I noticed a lot of law and philosophy I guess its because the emphasis in this school is very much on writing. I was seriously considering this school but law is the last thing I want to do. I was thinking of double majoring in economics and some sort of science (biology or physics). I love everything about the school I just want to make sure it can help me get into a good grad school in one of those 3 fields. Of course many people say that it doesn't matter were you do you're undergrad as long as you work hard but those people cannot deny that there are some places that have better program than others in certain fields. </p>
<p>thanks for the input so far!</p>
<p>well after these posts i was considering this college until i checked out that it is like 81% white. Diversity seems to be lacking here.</p>
<p>Yea, they say that its not diverse at all apart from about 8% latino still...
Do you think taht means that their looking for diversity and they would favor an international student?</p>
<p>Why is the lack of racial diversity such a problem? There is diversity of thought in any group of people. Also, if you think discrimination might be a problem you can forget about it--the campus is accepting of all races/ethnicities.
Also, while some schools boast a huge hispanic/black population the hispanic/black people act just like everyone else. Just because Stanford has a huge Hispanic population doesn't mean you should expect flamenco dancers or even a lot of fluent Spanish speakers!</p>