Class of 2013

juillet
Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:41:21 +0000

Spelman’s campus is very beautiful, particularly in the spring. I loved strolling around the historic side of campus in the springtime; it’s warm and beautiful outside, we have cherry blossom trees and freshly planted flowers everywhere. It’s an allergic person’s nightmare, but beautiful. Less so in the winter, when most things are dead.

Downside, however – not gonna lie – is the size. Spelman’s campus is TINY. It takes 10 minutes to walk from one side to the other – and that’s going the long way and walking at a slow, steady pace. It’s nice at first when you realize you don’t have to run to class if you wake up late or take a bus across campus, but after a couple of years it gets a little claustrophobic and you may find yourself wishing you were somewhere bigger. I’m at Columbia now for a Ph.D and I’m so glad it’s bigger.

It is very hard to get scholarships at Spelman. Test scores are a large factor. To get any kind of scholarships you should have at least a 1200+ CR + M score, and to get the highest (a full ride), I would expect a 1350+ score. Spelman was not considering writing scores as of 2008 admissions cycle (for the class of 2012), because they wanted to wait to see the section vetted. I am not sure whether they are currently using it or not.

You biology majors will be in good company. It is the most popular freshman major.