<p>Another eentsy St. John's-esque school is St. Thomas More College for the Liberal Arts. I have a friend who attends:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.thomasmorecollege.edu/%5B/url%5D">http://www.thomasmorecollege.edu/</a></p>
<p>amykins - do you currently attend chicago </p>
<p>"that I settled for 500-person lectures and foreign T.A.s." </p>
<p>yeah, i feel that way now... which is why i'm transferring</p>
<p>I do-- I will PM you in a second :-)</p>
<p>I work in Annapolis and pass St. Johns every day. The campus - though very small is absolutely beautiful and Annapolis is a wonderful place to live, work or attend college. There is an annual croquet contest between St. Johns and the Naval Academy (their next door neighbor). </p>
<p>I was just talking to a woman who works at one of the historic sites on St. Johns campus. The building she works in is from the 1600s - my building is a relative newcomer - built in 1715!!!</p>
<p>Even if you don't end up going to St. Johns - it's worth a visit to the campus</p>
<p>what's the easiest way to get to DC and baltimore from annapolis? I know there's a bus. Where's the closest train station? I'm trying to determine my transportation needs.</p>
<p>Hmm... one of my major concerns was graduate/professional school placement and the practicality of a SJC education </p>
<p>thanks for the post Corbetts... and Duplessie for the PhD rankings...</p>
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<p>I respect the Great Books approach in general, and St. John's specifically. I think St. John's could be fantastic for students whose plans include law school, business school, or graduate school in fields like the humanities, social sciences, or education. Maybe mathematics too.</p>
<p>My point was only that the Great Books approach has inherent limitations for those who want to pursue careers in medicine, engineering, or life or physical sciences. For example, there's a famous sign on the wall of the library at the Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratory. It's a quote from Louis Agassiz, in his own handwriting: "Study nature, not books".</p>