<p>I have been researching St. John's College and it sounds like a very interesting place. Would I be ridiculous to attempt a Masters of Arts in Liberal Arts? Also, what are the differences between the Annapolis and Santa Fe campuses? Would I be dissapointed with either one? Would there be expense differences between living in the two cities?</p>
<p>What other institutions offer similar programs based on a "Great Books" curriculum or educational perennialism?</p>
<p>Perhaps St. John’s is too small for many people on this forum to know about.</p>
<p>I was a Johnnie at the Santa Fe campus from 2005-2007. The MA program in liberal arts is great if you are independently wealthy, and do not need to use your MA to get a job. It is great for intellectual exploration, but extremely expensive and practically worthless. On the other hand, my 2 years at St. John’s as an undergraduate cost me about $30,000 a year. I was a straight B-, C+ student. But the education I got there in classics, rhetoric, and the kind of thinking skills that I amassed were mind-blowing. Because of my work at St. John’s, I’ve been an A+ student on a full scholarship at UCLA for the last 3 years, with a fully funded MA program. That’s saved me probably $60,000 or more. The reading and discussing that I did at St. John’s helped me become a national debate champion, successfully run a national media campaign, and receive thousands of dollars for my published research as an undergraduate. Next year, I will probably start my PhD at Harvard, and it’s not because I’m particularly intelligent, but because learning the St. John’s way made me so much more knowledgeable about the classical world (which underlies all of the ‘modern’ world) that I just understand the intellectual underpinning of our society much better than my peers. </p>
<p>Maybe doing an MA there is actually not such a waste!</p>