notes from visit

Colleges and Universities A-Z Rollins College
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My daughter and I visited Rollins for the second time - this time was for accepted students day. Below our my notes from both this and an earlier visit in December 2014.

7 most beautiful campus - Florida style architecture

Liberal arts plus business
Business options
International Business - popular and well-established
Business Management - relatively new
Business and Social Entrepreneurship - relatively
new
3/2 BA/MBA - apply up front or after freshmen year
70% of students study abroad - one of best schools for study abroad
Can participate in theater or music groups even if it is not your major
35% of students in Greek - rush occurs in spring semester
Small cafeteria, but food rated highly
Grocery mini-mart on campus
On a lake with a small beach
Outdoor pool
Main Street type downtown with shops and restaurants
New science building
RCC first year program
No easy way to get to Disney - find someone with a car
Cannot have car until sophomore year
Good wifi on campus
Writing center available
Good dorms and rooms
Monthly room checks by RA
Very strict alcohol policy for freshmen
Weekends can be quiet - local students go home - how many from central florida
A few hours of homework per day
Small class sizes - participation is required
For general education courses, students pick a neighborhood (theme) and have flexibility to choose courses that align with the neighborhood
400 local internship opportunities
30-40 of graduates go to grad school - the rest get jobs
Pretty limited fitness facility

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What other schools did your daughter apply to and which one did she choose?
What state are you from and what is your daughter’s intended major?
My S is a Junior from CO and is considering Rollins for a Chemistry major. Any advice based on your visit would be helpful. Thank you!

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@ireneb we are from NH. My daughter is going to Rollins. She thinks she wants to major in business, but is going to try out a bunch of subjects. You do. It need to declare a major until the spring semester sophomore year. Interestingly for you, she will be rooming with a girl from Aspen, CO that she met during accepted students day. She chose from Rollins, Eckerd, UTampa and High Point. She was wait listed at Miami with a spring admit and waitlisted at Richmond. She really liked Miami at first, but now she is excited about Rollins and would not accept a wait list slot if offered. I think Rollins is pretty generous with merit aid. She got $20k per year with a 3.7 GPA and 1800 SAT and good music/theater background. She chose it because of good academics, mix of business and liberal arts, weather, welcoming feel of campus and proximity to a city (Orlando). On the topic of chemistry, when I look at the common data set for Rollins it shows that a tiny fraction of students there major in the physical sciences, so maybe it is not so great for chemistry. Usually if a school is strong in an area it will have a good concentration of students in that major.

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@hehiker Thank you for your detailed reply, and congrats to your daughter!