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Compared with other schools I considered, Wheaton College was the place where I felt the students were most authentically committed to their Christianity and this is a large reason why I chose to attend. If you are truly committed to your faith, want to attend a small, suburban liberal arts college, don't especially mind cold weather, and are decently bright, then seriously, Wheaton is amazing. I absolutely loved my time here (I'm graduating in December '08).

Wheaton is both strongly committed to biblical Christianity and academic rigor and success. It's hard to find a school that is both, and that's what I appreciate most about it. It's also very big on community, which is why 95{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of students live on campus (you have to your first two or three years). Another important aspect of Wheaton is that even though it is a Christian school (and a lot of kids are conservative), it is also very big on social justice. It's what made me into a sociology major!

we are completely Christian and have a set of rules we have to follow (no alcohol, drugs, etc). It keeps the school's Christian values at the forefront, which I appreciate.

There is a great sense of community here, and the professors are very involved.

Here's to low budget, highly entertaining chapel videos.

Kensuke Okabayashi's Wheaton College experience.

COME TO WHEATON

I studied abroad last semester in a program called Wheaton in Chicago, where Wheaton students live in Chicago and take classes in an Urban Studies curriculum. I learned a lot about the world outside of Wheaton and my suburban upbringing, and learned about poverty, systemic racism, and other social justice issues, among other things. It made me more aware of the way the world works, and it was a great program. One of the best things about Wheaton, definitely, since Chicago is so close but many students never go there, or just go to the downtown 'loop' area and never venture into any of the other neighborhoods.

We had a male model. He got suspended for being too damn sexy. Youtube it.

Wheaton has its flaws, and, of course, everyone at Wheaton - students, professors, staff, etc. - is flawed. But I've found that we're an institution where people can have the freedom to admit that, and there is such beauty in that. People can be honest and open about their failures, because we are a place that believes that all the good in us comes from God, and that honesty and openness is so crucial to the type of long-term friendships and relationships that form in a community like Wheaton.