<p>Like eamon, I’m a current Johnnie (freshman, in my case), and he answered your questions really well, but I thought that I’d chime in and offer my own thoughts. </p>
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<li><p>I also love that we don’t read secondary sources. I feel like I’m learning so much from my peers about how to approach a text and enriching my ability to think critically. Because the Program moves (basically) chronologically, there’s also this feeling of snowballing, of gathering more and more information about the world and the way people have thought as you move on. And I’m only a freshman!</p></li>
<li><p>Our acceptance rate is really high, because plenty of people hear about the school and have zero interest in coming here. And that’s fine. St John’s isn’t for everyone.
It’s a lot of work. It’s a lot of time. I think it’s wonderful, but I recognize that plenty of bright thinkers that I know from home simply wouldn’t thrive in this environment for whatever reason. You have to know yourself a little first.
But if you think you’d do well, then you just might.</p></li>
<li><p>My social circle tends to slip into the Program when we least expect it. 11 PM. Dinner. Sunday afternoons. It comes up all the time, but at the same time, it’s hardly the ONLY thing we talk about. You’ll find friends who want to talk about it roughly the same amount that you do… And there’s all kinds of people. </p></li>
<li><p>Actually, Annapolis can be pretty darn boring, and I come from a suburb… but I don’t mind. Sure, there are rare days I wish for something really exciting, but mostly- my friends and I manage really happily with what we’ve got. I did two hours of seminar reading a few days ago just sitting by the dock downtown, watching the boats and the ducks intermixed with Aristotle… and I loved every minute (at least until I realized that I couldn’t feel my fingers 
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<li><p>Something that the school does when they assign you your classes is they also create core groups, clusters of two-five students who share every class. That way, there’s always someone to run to when you forget an assignment, or a deadline… Although every class is working off the same Program, there are slight differences in, say, what Euclid proposition or chapter in Greek they might be up to. </p></li>
<li><p>I was really nervous about committing to SJC. Heck, I started this thread.
But for me: I know that I made the right choice.
It came down to trusting myself… and I opted to go for it.
Yeah, I’m not taking a random assortment of classes, but I’m learning so much.<br>
There’s always reading on your own, or taking classes some other time…
I think everyone here has just this life-long passion to learn whatever they can, and everyone’s here because right now, they want to learn this. </p></li>
<li><p>I’m female, so maybe my opinion doesn’t count, but I know that I look around at my friends and I see beautiful women…</p></li>
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<p>Hopefully this helps as well. Feel free to PM me if you have any more questions.</p>