A couple questions about Hendrix...

colece03
Tue, 28 Dec 2010 22:52:18 +0000

I am a current sophomore at Hendrix, and from my experience after your freshmen year Hendrix becomes a much more intellectually challenging enviroment. During your freshmen year you will mostly be fufilling domain requirements which means that you will mostly be in 100 level class, which are designed for both major and non-majors and usually they are larger classes that do not foster as much discussions. When you decide what you want to study and you start taking upper level classes the professors push you more and you will be intellectually challenged. My freshmen I was not challenged at all, I never really studied and waited til the night before to write all my papers and I made good grades. This year as a sophomore I basically lived in the library because I had so much work. That shift between work loads between freshmen and sophomore happen for most people at Hendrix and it sucks but it makes you learn a lot more.

Also once you decide you major and start taking classes in that major the students become much more talkative and class and interested. Classes become more discussion based also. I an an International Relations major have spent many of a hours sitting an discussion topics mentioned in class with other IR majors/minors.

Hendrix could be viewed as a back up school, but it is still a really good school. Hendrix opens up opprotunities for grad, law and medical school and they do a good job preparing you for graduate studies. And from what I’ve heard from employers that recruit at Hendrix and grad school people, is that what makes Hendrix different from a Penn or WashU or the Ivy Leagues is that Hendrix student come out and are well rounded and they are able to apply concepts that they learned in class to real world situations instead of just rambling off random text book facts.