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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]'80's alum here.

For the right person, this is heaven. The writing program and environmental sciences are the signature programs.

It's a small school (under 1000) in a small but charming town. Kids who need constant stimulation will not do well here, although retail therapy is less than an hour away. That said, there's plenty to do on campus if you get involved in the various clubs or sports.

Academics are strong, but as with any school, it is what you make of it. You have full access to your profs and classes are small.

Athletics are hit and miss. Men's lacrosse was one of the strongest programs in the country for decades but that was in an era when they were a big fish in a small pond; the program has struggled as more schools expanded into the sport. Men's soccer has been to the NCAA tournament several times in recent years, going as far as the Final Four in '23. The stadium is a state of the art turf facility. The rowing teams, particularly the women, have been dominant in their conference and have also been to the national championships recently.

The waterfront facilities are also top-notch.  A new boat house was built recently, as well as a [b]facility for environmental sciences specific to the bay's ecology. Additionally, the college has a field station of several hundred acres for other environmental studies, such as ornithology. [/b]

The college recently received a HUGE grant which helps knock off a large chunk of tuition.

All in all, it's a great place for the right kind of person.

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Environmental is definitely a stand out, including their "Chesapeake Semester" and they participate in a 3:2 master's program with Duke, along with some much more competitive LACs. DD strongly considered it but ended up at a different LAC with a strong environmental program that, for whatever reason, just felt like a better fit. But I'd have been happy if she'd picked WC. [/quote]

Curious what LAC she chose? My son applied to WC for ES and has been admitted with a nice merit package. [/quote]

Juniata - it also has an off campus ES-focus semester. Things that made her choose it were 1) Revisited both and just felt the "vibe" was a better fit for her at Juniata and 2) She preferred their music program, most notably that it has a pep band and WC didn't, and she gets a small additional scholarship for that. Cost was similar with both schools.[/quote]

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