Whitman College Top Questions

This school is incredibly friendly and happy, and therefore provides a strong environment to work in. The teacher's first priority are the students as oppose to their own research projects. Students will rarely be in a large class. Close friendships are formed due to the small and enclosed campus.

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I think that CORE is the most representative aspect of the Whitman experience. CORE is a year-long course that all Whitman students take their first year. You have a class of 17 students on average (my class was much smaller) and one professor for the entire year. Together, you read texts that have contributed to the development of our society. First semester is Antiquity, second semester is Modernity. It is a fabulous class and one of the best things I ever did. You learn from your professor, from your classmates, and from the other first-year students who are reading the exact same thing as you are. The ideas and skills that you learn in CORE will help you not only at Whitman but later in life. This class teaches you to read closely, think critically, and to express your thoughts verbally and in writing. It is Whitman in a nutshell. For more info, check out the website: http://www.whitman.edu/content/index/acad/general-studies

Everybody is really relaxed and "chill" even though a lot of the students are generally really smart and hard workers - they don't stress out very much. Many if not all of the students were the "best of the best" in their respective high schools, so now that we're all together, it's like we're all equals. But, students aren't obsessed with just their studies, a large percentage of the campus volunteers in the community and are evironmentally conscious.