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[quote=Anonymous]I had kid was was intrigued and gave it a serious look. The their looked briefly. Both ultimately  decided the one size for pts all curriculum wasn’t for them and did not apply.  One kid majored in a natural science field. For him, too much 1800s STEM, not enough 2020s. And why was he being required to learn Greek anyway?

I had thought it was a better choice for humanities, but my other kid is an IR/foreign language double. And St. John’s clearly isn’t the place for *modern* and international history, government, geography, politics and economics (ie, the politics on her area of interest or economics involving international trade. Also would miss things like  national security, history of her target area of the world since 1980, etc. and  they don’t offer her modern language.  So this was another kid was was resistant to learning Green (despite having AP Latin in HS), when she really wanted a modern critical language to argument her IR degree.

Both kids are musical (10+ years of an instrument, with private lessons and continued in college, and found their music requirements to be a bit bizarre.

It was an intriguing school, and I would seriously consider for the “right kid”— one who wants a serious grounding in liberal arts, and is pre-PhD in classics or a classics adjacent area. I’m a lawyer and agree that could be another good fit.

But the one size fits all curriculum is a problem  if it doesn’t fit you. And for both my kids (who majored in different fields and decided against St. Johns  for different reasons), the emphasis on classical authors and essentially being required to major in Great Books was a deal killer— the curriculum did not align with their foals.  And they did better taking classes that gave them more modern and practical knowledge and skills was a deal killer.

It seems like a school that would strongly appeal to a somewhat small pool of students. [/quote]

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