<p>I can hardly find ANY information besides the school's website and viewbook.
What is Juniata like?
How is residential life?
Does the campus run smoothly? do professors encourage discussions?
Is the gay community accepted?
How popular is study abroad?</p>
<p>I can answer two of these based on my own studies and several visits.</p>
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<p>How popular is study abroad? - Very popular. A professor who went to Juniata, then on to another school for her PhD and now teaches at a state school, told me that Juniata makes going abroad very easy while at her other schools, students had to go through so much red tape.</p>
<p>xcatastrophex- We visited once last fall and had a really long talk with the admissions counselor. While the school doesn’t seem very diverse racially, it is socioeconomically. I specifically asked about acceptance of gay/lesbian, not b/c it effects us directly, but because in my experience it is a good gauge of how accepting a school is of diversity. The admissions counselor was very reassuring on that point.
We will be visiting again in the fall. Right now Juniata is at the top of my D’s list, but we still have a few other schools to look at.
Good luck.</p>
<p>Both of my children seriously considered Juniata and I know some students who are currently enrolled. My impression is that the professors are engaged with the students and welcome discussion. The “program of emphasis” structure is unique and, from what I have heard, allows students to study fields that might be difficult to combine at less flexible institutions - Biology, Anthropology and Fine Art as an example. We have looked at many colleges over the past two years and Juniata’s study abroad program was one of the best. The range of available countries and support was far above most other schools. I think that Juniata would have been an excellent fit for either of my children.</p>
<p>is it true that juniata is popular for pre med students?</p>
<p>doctorg-yes, they have a very high rate of acceptance to med schools. The admin office can give you more detail I am sure.</p>
<p>Have you read colleges that change lives? Good description of Juniata.</p>
<p>Are there any current students out there? I’m wondering what the activities are like on the weekends? Is there much student involvement with community service? How are minority students treated? I’m really interested in the Peace and Conflict studies major, but worried about being so far away from a large city.</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>chocolatte-I would ask the admissions office for a contact with a current minority student so that you could talk to him/her. They put us in contact with a Jewish student so I could ask them questions.</p>
<p>Thanks holliesue, that’s a good idea.</p>
<p>Any other info out there from a current student?</p>
<p>hi chocolatte… i’m a current freshman and i’m from africa. Juniata is really accepting of everyone and on the weekend if you’re a party person, there are some really good parties and if you’re not, there’s always something going on… like last week we had friday night live ( the comedian was actually funny). you’ll find something to do. There’s a lot of student involvement in community service. It’s right beside state college so you can always go to penn state if you want the city scene. I hope i answered your questions… you can PM me if you have any questions 
you can come for one of the open days as well</p>
<p>Is there REALLY a lot to do? The one thing that turns me off about Juniata is that it’s in the middle of nowhere. I visited, and it didn’t seem like there was much. What are some things you do on the weekend? Do a lot of people go home on weekends? Since it’s a small school, do you find that it’s clique-y?</p>
<p>there really isn’t that much to do and juniata organises events that you can go to… On the weekend, there are always parties, you could go bowling, hang out with friends and all. I was really concerned that it was in the middle of nowhere before i came but despite that i really like it here. People go home on the weekend because a lot of people here are from central pennsylvania. It’s not clique-y at all and everyone is really nice.</p>