What's so special about Scholars

saint_paul
Fri, 22 Dec 2006 20:41:22 +0000

I’ve heard of other colleges having LCs, but I don’t know the details about how their LCs work – so I can’t really give a comparison. Beside the $$, registering priority for classes, and the grades/rank mentioned above, the Scholars program really works to immerse you into your field of study. I talked to one of the people working for the LSP (Law, Society, Politics program… I think that’s right) and he explained how Scholars students in that program get a lot of help for learning how to apply for law school when they graduate, get connections, do community service, and so on. Plus, that LC has special classes that only those students are allowed to take, making the class size smaller and more focused on the subject in at hand from a larger perspective (aka English 101 and law) – not sure if other residential learning communities are the same.