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The fall 2020 acceptance rate for Shepherd University-Shepherdstown is 91%. That means, out of _____ applications received in 2020 , _____ students were offered admission. The number of males who applied was _____ vs the number of females which was _____.
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What should every freshman at your school know before they start?
Dear Tiffany,
Take it from me, college is not easy. Just because you did well in high school does not mean that you will succeed in college. Get ready to work, girl, because World Literature at Boonsboro High has got nothing on Shepherd. Oh, and trust me, your motto ?work smart not hard? will only get you so far.
Here is the best advice I have for you: buy your books early so you can get them used (have you seen the price for new books? They?re outrageous!) and know how much it will cost you to park at a meter (that is if you do not want to have to walk across campus everyday). If you are wondering about making friends, do not worry too much about that. For the next four years you will take your core classes with the same people, so you are bound to be friends with them eventually. Perhaps the most important piece of advice I can give you though is to have fun. College can get stressful, but if you make the best of it you will do just fine. Good luck!
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Describe the students at your school.
My classmates are outgoing, fun, and filled with the passion to learn.
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Describe how your school looks to someone who's never seen it.
It is a great small campus and everyone is friendly and helpful!
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Here's your chance: Say anything about your college!
Less than 6,000 Student, very small town. Its Great!
Small class sizes, No huge lectures. Everyone is pretty friendly.
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Describe your favorite campus traditions.
Shepherd is well known for its education program. The teaching staff are very friendly and they truely care about about their students. The small class sizes are also a plus.
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What's unique about your campus?
Shepherd University is not very large, so the classes are smaller and students tend to get more attention from advisors. It's also only an 1 1/2 hours from Baltimore and DC so you can still get the benefit of urban culture, such as internship opportunities as well as musuems, concerts, etc.
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What's the one thing you wish someone had told you about freshman year?
How liberal it was here.
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What kind of person should attend this school?
A laid back individual who is broad-minded ready to experience a fast paced college education with a slow paced town living style.
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What do you brag about most when you tell your friends about your school?
How comfortable it feels and the willingness of teachers to help. Shepherd University also offers a wide variety of resources to help study for big exams, they also can provide tutors for all subjects and courses.
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What do you consider the worst thing about your school? Why?
The worst thing about my school would have to be the price. I know getting a college education is not cheap, however coming from a single-parent family, money is tight and living on campus is not the most affordable thing. I wish more financial aide was available to me, so that living on campus could be more affordable to me and those that come from the same family/income situation that I do.
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What kind of person should not attend this school?
artistic, folkie, hippie type people
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What's the most frustrating thing about your school?
I would say that the parking situation here is the only real frustrating thing about Shepherd. There are times when I am late for class because of not being able to find a place to park in the parking lots or in the pay meters that they have.
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What are the most popular student activities/groups?
I believe the football and cheer leading teams are the most popular activity at Shepherd, because many people come from everywhere to watch us or them compete.
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What is your overall opinion of this school?
The school has a large dropout rate after the first year, and prices are jumping every year because they keep trying to imporve and add on more. Shepherdstown is amazing and beautiful and you will absolutely love it. There are parties but you need to know people to know about them. There has been some violence in recent years, it's getting worse, but it's nothing compared to the larger colleges.
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What are the academics like at your school?
I was a psych major. Do not attend Shepherd for psychology unless you want to enter experimental, neuroscience or cognitive psychology. If you want to be a counselor you're better off going with the socialwork program. Take your art and music classes with friends; they're class sizes in those groups for general studies start at 100+ students, you will struggle to stay in the class. Wilgoos was one of my most memorable professors; he's a baptist preacher teaching history, he knows his stuff and he will rip you apart if you disagree with him on anything. Take your english classes with ad-juncts or highly rated ones because some of them are so uptight YOUR ass will be aching. The college has very VERY low requirements, but don't depend on that to see your through, it's easy to slip up and then you fall through the cracks.
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What is the stereotype of students at your school? Is this stereotype accurate?
The stereotype that we have is that we are extremely country, and ride horses all day. Which is obviously not true, there are many different ethnicity's at shepherd.
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