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Get the inside scoop on Rhodes College admissions. Vault provides detailed accounts by students & alumni of the admissions process, including advice on getting in, applications, interviews, essays, and selectivity.


Status
Admissions Survey Excerpts
Alumni
This school does not provide athletic scholarships but is very generous with academic scholarships. A complete application and personal statement i...   READ MORE
Current Student
If Rhodes does not admit you, you shouldn't be here. Overall, our Admissions department is too lax. This is a very difficult school, and you shoul...   READ MORE
Current Student
The best advice I can give is to be yourself and to make sure that shows in your application during the admissions process. Rhodes is pretty sele...   READ MORE
Current Student
Overall, the application process is pretty easy, and they give you really interesting essay topics. I wrote mine about my favorite movie. One thin...   READ MORE
Status
Academics Survey Excerpts
Alumni
Classes are very small (10-40 people average), professors are very accessible. Students are expected not just to memorize facts but think creativel...   READ MORE
Current Student
All our classes are fairly small, but most are easy to get into. The business and economics professors are very good, and you will learn a lot, but...   READ MORE
Current Student
Professors here expect a lot of their students, and that's exactly what I wanted out of my college experience. The work load is heavy, but by no ...   READ MORE
Current Student
I have loved most of my classes, and most of my professors really care about their students. My academic advisor invites his students to his home ...   READ MORE
Status
Employment Prospect Survey Excerpts
Alumni
Very prestigious with regard to law and international studies. The biology department is also highly regarded and the majority of applicants who appl...   READ MORE
Current Student
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Current Student
Most Rhodes students have little trouble finding jobs before graduation or a short time afterward. A large percentage of graduates go on to graduate ...   READ MORE
Current Student
I've heard that our career services department has some really great programs for setting students up with good jobs. Also, I have heard that our stud...   READ MORE
Status
Quality of Life Survey Excerpts
Alumni
Because the campus is so small it is very easy to maneuver. A great majority of students live on campus all four years. The campus is fenced in an...   READ MORE
Current Student
At first glance, we have a beautiful campus. Then you go inside the buildings. Many of the residence halls and a couple of the academic buildings ...   READ MORE
Current Student
One of my absolute favorite qualities about Rhodes is that it's so easy for students to become emersed in extracurricular activities. That's what...   READ MORE
Current Student
Not all of the dorms are great. I live in one of the worst dorms on campus right now - Williford. It is 120 first-year women. The rooms are minute...   READ MORE
Status
Social Life Survey Excerpts
Alumni
A great majority of students "go Greek." Most social activities are Greek oriented, however campus activities office plans other options. Downtown...   READ MORE
Current Student
Everything involves the Greek system. Even independents can't avoid it. Over half the campus is Greek, so practically every event on or off campus...   READ MORE
Current Student
Quality of life here is what the student makes of it. Those who are involved in clubs, activities, student government, and service activities ten...   READ MORE
Current Student
The best part of Rhodes College is the people. Everyone is friendly and helpful. Strangers always smile when you pass them in the quad. There is a...   READ MORE

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