Applying to St. John's this year?

ctownes
Mon, 03 Mar 2008 08:50:53 +0000

Hi I’m a senior and was wondering if there are any lurking St John’s students here that can answer my questions…

I have to admit I only considered St Johns when I was searching on collegeboard for colleges that have not passed the RD deadline yet and realised that this was the only decent school there- there might be others (suggestions?) but I did not see them.

I am applying from a British school so I cannot visit so I was wondering:

why is the acceptance rate so high (80ish %)? is it just not a well known school or does this actually reflect the standard of education that they give?

also, is there any sailing team/club? I searched the site and concluded no, but it IS annapolis so I was surprised!

I heard that the learning approach was different- how would it differ from the schools that I have applied to (Bowdoin, Carleton, Dartmouth, Pomona, Swarthmore, and Williams)?