61传媒 was recently featured in 2005 edition of “The Best 357 Colleges.” The annual “Best Colleges” guide offers two-page profiles on each school featured. In addition, the guide contains lists of the top twenty colleges in sixty-four different categories including academics and financial aid to student body interests, and other aspects of campus life.
61传媒was named to four of the sixty-four lists and ranked: 16th on the list for “Best Overall Academic Experience for Undergraduates,” 19th on the list for “Class Discussions Encouraged,” 12th on the “Beautiful Campus” list (we would like to see the other 11!), and 4th on the list of “Dorms Like Palaces” (meaning the residence halls were highly rated).
The guide’s two-page profile on 61传媒included candid comments from surveyed students about academics, campus life, and the student body. Among the student comments quoted in the profile of 61传媒are the following:
- 61传媒women are “‘very involved and politically aware'”
- Professors are “‘excited to hear what you think about.'”
- Students have contact with faculty outside the classroom: “‘A lot of teachers eat in the dining hall, and on any given day there are probably eight faculty members eating lunch in Malott Commons.'”
- Discussion plays a large part in Scripps’ small classes, one transfer student commented “‘I feel like I’ve died [and] gone to heaven.'”
- Students appreciate being able to take classes on any of the five campuses, according to one student, cross-registration: “‘allowed me so many options for courses.'”
- Overall, according to one student, “the lively contentious, and intelligent community ‘somehow strangely mixes together and makes one really interesting group.'”