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Interview 107: John Ambrose on "Understanding Michigan State University"
Interview 107: John Ambrose on "Understanding Michigan State University"Interview 106: Benjamin Baum on “Understanding St. John’s College”
- Ben gives his backstory
- What is unique about St. John’s College?
- The unique history of St. John’s College
- “What is the ROI of a St. John’s education?
- How does the career center place kids in jobs in the real world?
- What is the classroom experience and the curriculum like?
- What do you look for that is different as an admission officer at St. John’s versus when you recruited students at Tufts university?
- Does St. John’s serve kids who come from non-traditional backgrounds?
- How does one college with a campus in Annapolis, MD and another campus in Sante Fe, NM work?
- How are the two campuses and college cultures different?
- Do faculty move between campuses?
- Is the admission process different between campuses?
- Is your curriculum full of teachings from dead white men, or do you incorporate diverse and modern voices into your curriculum?
- Are St. John’s students intellectually arrogant?
- Susan describes kids who have been interested in St. John’s College in her counseling career.
- What do college counselors need to know about the kind of kid who thrives at St. John’s?
- What is the difference between an Amherst education and a St. John’s College education?
- What is a senior essay and a senior oral?
- What is the social life like at St. John’s?
- What Ben wants college counselors to know
- How the summer academy for high school students works
- What is the graduate Institute and how does it work?
- Ben goes on the hot seat
