The University of Richmond provides “the resources of a large university with the personal attention of a small college” and just “a hint of Southern charm.” Financial aid is “generous.” Facilities are “outstanding.” “Students have access to state-of-the-art technologies and research labs that normally only graduate students would be able to work with.”
Among the sixty or so undergraduate majors, students call our attention to the “great business program” and the “excellent pre-med program.” “Another of Richmond’s strengths is its study abroad programs.” Every year, a few hundred Richmond students take classes in more than thirty countries or complete a summer internship in one of six countries. The “core liberal arts program” here is reasonably broad and pretty much all coursework is “rigorous.” “There are no easy classes,” “and there is a significant amount of homework.”
The degree of difficulty notwithstanding, though, faculty members are overwhelmingly “brilliant,” “insightful, accommodating,” and “extremely accessible.” “They genuinely care about their students and they make themselves totally available,” gushes a political science major. “We’re a school where professors know all of their students’ names,” expounds an English major, “and where the president of the university stops and talks to you on the way to your next class.”
This “gorgeous, peaceful, and isolated” suburban campus comes complete with “glistening lake in the center of it.” During the week, “students get down to business” academically. “Everybody is in the library.” However, “every single student is involved with an extracurricular activity or two” as well, “and since there aren’t 20,000 students here, everyone has a chance to make a difference.” A solid contingent of students plays intercollegiate or intramural sports or is “extremely invested” in a club sport. The University of Richmond successfully competes in 17 Division I sports. Fraternities and sororities also play a “very big” social role. “There are concerts, sporting events, movies, and just groups of friends doing a wide variety of things” as well. Off campus, “Richmond contains so many options for things to do and meaningful places to volunteer. The city itself contains so much history.”
Among the sixty or so undergraduate majors, students call our attention to the “great business program” and the “excellent pre-med program.” “Another of Richmond’s strengths is its study abroad programs.” Every year, a few hundred Richmond students take classes in more than thirty countries or complete a summer internship in one of six countries. The “core liberal arts program” here is reasonably broad and pretty much all coursework is “rigorous.” “There are no easy classes,” “and there is a significant amount of homework.”
The degree of difficulty notwithstanding, though, faculty members are overwhelmingly “brilliant,” “insightful, accommodating,” and “extremely accessible.” “They genuinely care about their students and they make themselves totally available,” gushes a political science major. “We’re a school where professors know all of their students’ names,” expounds an English major, “and where the president of the university stops and talks to you on the way to your next class.”
This “gorgeous, peaceful, and isolated” suburban campus comes complete with “glistening lake in the center of it.” During the week, “students get down to business” academically. “Everybody is in the library.” However, “every single student is involved with an extracurricular activity or two” as well, “and since there aren’t 20,000 students here, everyone has a chance to make a difference.” A solid contingent of students plays intercollegiate or intramural sports or is “extremely invested” in a club sport. The University of Richmond successfully competes in 17 Division I sports. Fraternities and sororities also play a “very big” social role. “There are concerts, sporting events, movies, and just groups of friends doing a wide variety of things” as well. Off campus, “Richmond contains so many options for things to do and meaningful places to volunteer. The city itself contains so much history.”
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