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Very possible to get good grades if you just go to class and do the daily homework. Class size is small which creates a great atmosphere in the classroom. You can't be afraid to speak up.

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i know ALL of my professors extremely well and legit all of them are willing to help you out with your schoolwork and want to actually watch you succeed. the classes are fairly small but having gone to an all girls boarding high school, i know its for the best. i got to know my classmates really well and because classes were smaller i feel like more was accomplished during each class (meaning we usually left early). i think that education no matter where, is always how you make it. Elon is challenging to me but thats because i take harder classes and actually push myself to do well, so people (like at any school) just ride it out and hope to pass the classes.

The academics are more than I could have ever imagined in college. My professors know my name. I always have a desk in the classroom. Elon is a difficult college, all classes require significant work and study time to be put in the class so you have to be willing to work. Every class I have had at Elon has an attendance policy, for instance you are only allowed to miss 3 classes the entire semester. I, personally am a hardworking student so I would attend class anyways, but for some people they really like this because it forces them to go to class and make sure they understand the material. My most memorable experience was traveling abroad winter term in Europe, I would recommend it to everyone and anyone.

Professors know who you are. Make time available to see you. Studying varies on the student and the major. You find some students in their books all the time and others out and saving everything to the last minute. I guess to some extent you can choose how hard you want to challenge yourself and work. I don't find students competitive at all. In all my classes everyone is willing to help their peers and work together. Depending on the class, I utilize my time with the professor.

The academics at Elon are suprisingly rigorous. Students work several hours a day on work almost every day. The classes are small with no more than thirty students in one class. You get to know your proffesor and they are very friendly and approachable. My favorite class this year was World Religions because in this class, like many of my classes, the teachers are more concerned about intelectual discussion and theory more than memorizing facts and taking tests all the time. My major is Environmental Science and although it is a newer feild of study, Elon has done a fantastic job staying current with environmental issues, technologies, and theories. I enjoy going to class and I feel that it adequately prepares me for a proffessional career after college.

The only bad thing is that some of the teachers from before Elon became a great school still teach there and are bad. The new teachers are great. Students are involved, classes are engaging, and they apply to the real world (it is not just busy work). We do a lot of group work and projects, and the teachers are very involved.

Classes are small around 20 student and professors know your name. They are willing to help you at all times and most of them are really into what they teach. We work in groups in just about every class and presentations are a must. It really prepares you to work in a team environment and to speak in public.

I'm a corporate communications major, and through my classes in just two years I'm already ahead of people from other schools. I have an internship this summer and I fulfilled their projects for me that was suppossed to be over the whole summer in a week. They are constantly updating themselves with new programs and technology that you will always be ahead of the game.

Because Elon is a small institution classes normally don't have more than 30 students. Professors know students on a first-name basis. Elon's tradition of "college coffee" is a time when students and professors chat and joke outside of the classroom and it is not uncommon to see a professor at the coffee shop and join him/her for lunch or dinner. Class participation is very common and students normally continue discussions/debates started in class on their own time outside of the classroom. Students study all the time! There is a never ending flow of homework, papers and projects. For example, for my television production class I was always filming or editing something. The same holds true for my "Writing for Electronic Media" class. I felt like I lived in the edit labs! Every area of study here is challenging and work intensive, but I promise you will graduate with an excellent education.