University of Redlands

<p>Do anyone know some about this university?
I want to know more but i can not find information in online.</p>

<p>It’s a very good school. A friend’s daughter goes there and loves it. They also give good financial aid, from what I hear.</p>

<p>It’s a good school for B students.
You can find LOTS of information online but also if you go to your school/town library. Get these books: Fiske Guide, Insider’s Guide, Princeton Review’s best colleges. Read what the students interviewed for these guides have to say about their schools.
I assume to read their website, filled out the “request information” form, and got brochures/mailings which you read. If not, go ahead and do it today :slight_smile:
You can look at college data (type the name of the university and “college data”), that will give you a lot of numerical infomation to sift through.</p>

<p>Academically it’s considered an excellent small school in SoCal, although not on par with the Claremont Colleges. It’s not very well known in Northern California, and virtually unknown outside of California. It’s expensive but very good with merit and need-based aid (details posted on the website).</p>

<p>Most students live on campus, and the campus itself is attractive and well-maintained. The library is large, in a fairly new building, and has a good system for borrowing books from off-campus. The food is pretty good, not great. Upperclassmen can choose to live in on-campus apartments that have their own kitchens. A large percentage of students are involved in athletics, either inter-collegiate or intramural. Athletic facilities are good. Having said that, I wouldn’t consider it a “jock” school. Big parties are at the frat houses off campus although there is some drinking in the dorms as well.</p>

<p>The First Year Journey is a great way for incoming freshman to meet a small group of students before school starts, and land back on campus with some friends to hang out with.</p>

<p>The May term is a 3.5-week term where students take one intensive course. It’s very popular and it seems that most students like to stay on campus for it. There are also opportunities to study abroad during this time as well as for a semester or a year. Students used to be required to take 2 May terms over the course of the 4 years at Redlands, but I think that’s been reduced to only one. </p>

<p>My son is a student there and overall he’s had a very good experience. His writing has improved a great deal over the past 3 years. The Liberal Arts Foundation courses ensure that all students take a wide variety of courses in subjects that they might not have considered otherwise. My son has taken courses in poetry, the Constitution, music history, Spanish, anthropology and human resources, all of them outside of his major and all excellent. His ability to link ideas together that cross disciplines has been nurtured as a result.</p>

<p>The Johnston Center is for students who want to define their own major and tends to attract very creative types. The center seems somewhat self-contained; there doesn’t seem to be a lot of interaction among Johnston students with the other Arts & Science students. </p>

<p>An undergraduate business degree is offered as well.</p>

<p>The main negative has been that my son hasn’t always been able to get the classes he’s wanted. It seems like every semester he’s on at least one waitlist.</p>

<p>My S is a freshman this year-- so far everything has been really good. Admissions was slower than stated with responses, but other than that they were very helpful and the visit and admitted student days were very well organized and helpful. Also excellent scholarship and FA offer</p>

<p>S is in a “special interest” dorm as opposed to a freshman dorm. I think there are 5 or 6 of those, and they have a mixture of freshman and upper class students. He was originally in a triple, but moved next door to a single when one opened up in October. </p>

<p>He has not had trouble getting classes but I’m sure it depends on your major. He was last to register for fall so the Spanish he needed was only open at 8 am, but there were openings. For spring the section (teacher) he wanted was full, but he sent an email to the teacher and he was added the next day. I guess it depends on the teacher whether they will do that but it worked for him</p>

<p>He is going on the Washington DC May term trip-- sounds great for him, and that was one of the main reasons he chose Redlands. ALso lots of clubs and activities to sign up for-- more than you could fit in I think</p>

<p>If you have questions feel free to ask-- as I said I only have a freshman parent view, but so far so good</p>

My daughter attends school here. It is a beautiful campus with small class size. The students are nice and friendly. There is greek life, but not much. This school is generous with scholarship money. Some of the dorms do not have AC, and that is not a problem for most of the year, but in August and September it is hot. My daughter is doing very well here, and as parents we are happy with the school.

Why can’t you find information on line? The university provides lots of information on its website. What specific kind of information are you looking for?

Note that the question is a couple of years old and the poster is no longer around. I don’t know why someone bumped it.