Anybody apply with VIP application?

shennie
Tue, 09 Dec 2008 14:27:33 +0000

I graduated from Allegheny back in the dark ages. We go back to campus every few years for alumni events. One of my sons applied and was accepted a few years ago, but chose to go somewhere else.

The campus is lovely. It is located about a mile up the hill from downtown Meadville. It is a mix of old and new buildings. They work hard at keeping buildings and programs updated and there is usually some building or remodeling project going on. Their strongest academic programs are chemistry, biology, psych, environmental science, geology, poli sci, history and English. The professors have always been very involved with students and are very accessible. Class discussions are expected and class sizes are usually small enough to encourage that.

I have many close friends from Allegheny that I continue to have regular contact with in spite of the fact that we live all over the country. I think this is pretty common for Allegheny alumni. The college stresses the intregration of subjects and tries to get students to see the connections between things. My Allegheny education allowed me to become a critical thinker. I completely changed fields a few years after graduation but my education served me well nonetheless because I had learned how to apply basic principals across disciplines.

Hubby is also a graduate. He was admitted to a top grad program in his field (chemistry) and felt very well prepared. We both would have been very pleased if any of our 3 kids had chosen to attend there, but they had other ideas ;)