Davidson College Top Questions

I love the atmosphere at Davidson. Everyone is very friendly and encouraging. I wish the student body was more diverse but I love that everyone interacts.

Beautiful campus, lovely people. I couldn't have asked for a better experience.

Davidson is a unique because the students and faculty form a close community. Students are davidson are very creative and outgoing and are eager to eat to know their professors and eager to learn.

Davidson is known for its high scademic level and its basketball team. most people who go here like it a lot, but the classes are very difficult at times

The best thing about Davidson are the small classes and the travel opportunities. If I could change one thing it would be the amount of diversity. The size of the school is just right. When I tell people I go to Davidson they know I'm smart and assume I 'm preppy. I spend most of my time in my dorm room or in the student union. The town is definetly a college town. The administration is helpful. The biggest controversy on campus this year was a racial incident. There is a great sense of school pride! I'm not sure if this is unusual but we have no curfew and no dorm restrictions as far as who can come and for how long for all four years. Also self scheduled final exams and take home exams. One experience I'll always remember is my study abroad trip and Spring Frolics!!! Student's complain about grade inflation.

Davidson is a rather individual school. The honor code is one thing that really separates us from other colleges. We have take home tests and quizes and self-scheduled exams. We can leave our doors unlocked and our computers sitting in the student Union with out fear of stuff being taken. We also have an incredible laundry service. For those students who don't know how or simply don't want to do laundry, the school will do it for you...free of charge (well, it's included). When I tell people back home that I go to Davidson they say one of two things: "What's Davidson" or "Wow, you must be really smart!" I think the size of the college is pretty good. It could maybe stand to be a little larger (I sometimes feel like I'm still in high school because I know everyone I pass), but at the same time I really like being able to have classes with a total of 10 people, and also having the teachers all know me by name. Davidson definitely has great school pride, especially after making it into the elite 8 this year!!

Davidson is an academically rigorous school, and provides its students with the opportunity for a well-rounded education. A majority of students study abroad during their Davidson career and the small size allows students to get to know many of their peers. Davidson has a great amount of school spirit, especially when it comes to our basketball team. Although Davidson is small, it still boasts one of the best basketball teams in the nation. The trustees even paid for many students to travel to the Elite Eight in Detriot to cheer on the team.

Davidson is completely centered around community and relationships. Relationships between faculty and students, the town and the college, upperclassmen and freshmen, your hall and the hall upstairs...everyone is involved in active community with one another. We are a small place, so you get to know a lot of people, but at the same time, you meet someone new every day. We are all here because we love it and you can really see that in the way we interact with one another. People are passionate about their interests and involved to the point of crazy schedules. Recently with our basketball success (we are a division 1 school) we have begun to be recognized by the national press, so our credibility is constantly on the rise. These articles like to point out things like our laundry service and honor code (two things very true and unique at Davidson) but these, to me, just supplement the community that really drives the campus. I wouldn't change a thing about this school. People respect one another, the honor code allows us a great deal of academic freedom, and I can pursue all of my interests. We have a lake campus where I can waterski and lay in the sun, I eat dinner regularly at my professors' houses, and I get to watch some of my good friends play basketball in the Elite Eight in Detroit (courtesy of the trustees, I might add). I have found a great deal of happiness at Davidson and I wouldn't trade it for the world.

I love the small size of Davidson because it allows for a close community of students, faculty, and staff that is conducive for a wonderful Honor Code (which is more like a way of life down here) and a quality education. The class sizes are small so I really feel like I get to know my professors (I have even eaten at some of their houses). The town of Davidson is also really close to the college so the support we receive (especially in basketball season) is wonderful. The general sense of love that everyone has for this school is just amazing to experience.

I like that everyone here is intelligent, interesting and motivated. Occasionally, it feels small because students tend to get into their own social groups, but if you go to a different house for a party or take a class in a new department, you realize that the school is bigger than you think. Most people ask if it's a community college because its not well known in the North. At least it wasn't until our basketball team did well in the NCAA tournament. The college town is great. We have wonderful town-gown relations and it's a very traditional small southern town. Everyone smiles and says hello, students frequently babysit for town members, and many develop friendships just by running into each other on the jogging trails or in the town coffee shop. I think the people here like Davidson, but we don't have "school spirit" in the sense that it's difficult to get students to attend sporting events because they spend so much time in the library. Grade "deflation" is a constant controversy on campus. Students feel short changed when they enter the job market. The faculty is so militant about disallowing grade inflation, that our grades are abysmal compared to students at schools who do half the amount of work. It is a disadvantage when you apply for internships or jobs with GPA cut offs, but if the employers know Davidson they understand the gap in GPA. In terms of the social scene, I like the fraternity and eating house system. We have theme parties almost every weekend, which is a lot of fun.