Academics
Students live by “the Gentleman’s Rule” at the all-male Wabash College in Crawfordsville, Indiana. Backed by an “exceptional” academic reputation and preparation for graduate professional schools (“Wabash’s medical school acceptance rates are above 80 percent”), Wabash is “truly an A school for B students.” Students say that Wabash “does a great job of making opportunity for students in the Rust Belt.” “It opened the world up to me,” says one student, “it changed the arc of my life.” The school has a “great alumni base” that will help develop a student’s “career while…in school and make it easier to get a job after you graduate.” “Well-regarded,” “outstanding,” and “down-to-earth” professors “include students in research” (one student mentions being “published as the first author in a biochemistry journal soon”), “always have their doors open for questions,” and “occasionally open up their home to students” for an “evening of dinner and discussion about an assignment or topic that is bothering you.” The “classes are tough but rewarding” and require “lots of reading…and critical thinking.” There is plenty of “opportunity for students to take leadership positions on campus,” with students having “a lot of control over their budget,” as one example. Students also praise Wabash’s office of “career services” and “immersion learning.” And not for nothing, students feel respected and heard: “I think that our school does a great job of…engaging with the students and allowing their voices to be heard equally with that of the professor in order to progress the narrative and enhance the learning process, rather than just dismissing student perspectives as background noise.”
