<p>Does anyone know much about St. John's college? I am applying, but.. it is an accredited college, right? Everything i have heard about it is extremely positive, but I'm just trying to make sure, because my parents are sort of paranoid. Any info would be great, any opinions would help a lot. Anyone else applying/apply? Thanks!</p>
<p>There are two campuses, one in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and the larger, older one in Annapolis. Both are accredited, and highly respected. </p>
<p>What makes them really stand out is that the curiculum is based entirely on the Great Books list. There are no electives; everyone takes the same classes (all of which are seminars), with the same reading list starting with Plato, and ending (if memory serves me) with Sigmund Freud.</p>
<p>I think St. John's sounds fantastic. It got on dd's radar early, but didn't make the final cut for practical reasons (not sure fin'l aid). Yes, it is fully accredited and has a fanstasticly high rate of students going on to grad school. Mostly in education, law but also in medicine. We were interested because it seems to appeal to out-of-the-box thinkers, but one (credible) person told us that it is really for far-out-wierdo-out-of-box. I think this person is too conservative. The St. John's program is fantastic, and you can move campus between Anapolis and New Mexico. I think this program is very good because of the seminar style teaching, where classes are small discussion-style with at 'tutor' (ie the Prof). It requires much reading of original source material so you do not have a filter or explainer, instead you discuss in class what the relevance is. This is not for everyone, but I'd pick it for myself if I had the option. In the end, my dd is not as great a 'reader' as I am. She is more advanced in studies than I am (or was), but I spent my HS years immersed in books; she rarely has time for pleasure reading because of the advanced course requirements and EC's.</p>
<p>If you want to convince your parents, just google for grad school admit rates.</p>
<p>wow i really did not expect responses, especially so quickly. thanks a lot. I know the practical stuff, of course, since i am applying. liek i said, i am jsut being a tad paranoid because the college, on the website, had to defend the fact that it was accredited and that just made me a bit suspicious. also, since i know of no one who has attended, or is going to attend, or wants to attend..</p>
<p>thank you, though! the more i learn about it, the more excited i am by it. it woudl be great to go there.</p>
<p>I was looking into this, and my teacher (with a Ph.D from Emory in Philosophy) said St. Johns is extremely highly respected in academic circles. Hope that helps.</p>
<p>BC is right - St. John's is very respected by graduate and professional schools who recognize the quality education students receive there. Their admit rates do not reflect their excellence because it is a self-selecting group of students who apply.</p>
<p>One of my dearest friends is currently at St. John's in New Mexico, and absolutely loves it. He's definitely of the "out of the box" type thinkers. And we always tease him about the two statistics he's given us - that they have a high incidence of the Plague (as in bubonic), and STD's (90% of the student body is infected - or so say the stats he showed us)</p>
<p>It was on my list of schools I am very impressed with, but I decided the curriculum wasn't what I wanted.</p>
<p>FWIW, Annapolis is one of the best places you could ever hope to live. The campus is in a fantastic spot.</p>
<p>*** PRETTYFISH?!?!</p>
<p>thank god i applied to annapolis. I mean, i love std's and all but...</p>
<p>Willywonka: do you live in/near annapolis? hah.. i knwo this is a standard sort of question but whats the weather like? political leanings? safety?</p>