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"If you are interested in learning for the sake of learning in an honors college that has no required courses, an evaluation-based grading system, and that produces winners wholesale, try New College of Florida in Sarasota. You'll love it."
-Loren Pope
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CHARACTER |
- A liberal arts college founded in 1960 as a private college, and later designated by the Florida legislature as a public honors college for the liberal arts and sciences
- New College’s unique academic program allows students the flexibility to pursue their own special areas of academic interest. In addition to classroom courses and seminars, students meet individually with faculty mentors to develop tutorials, independent research and creative projects, and off-campus study experiences to further each student’s academic goals.
- The college’s stunning 110-acre bay front campus lies along the Gulf of Mexico on the former estate of circus magnate Charles Ringling.
- New College is located just 10 minutes by bus or bicycle from downtown Sarasota, which Money magazine named one of the country’s “best places to live.” Cultural and recreational resources abound, including the Ringling Museum of Art, the Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall, and the white sand beaches of Siesta Key, named by the Travel Channel as one of the country’s premier beach destinations.
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WORTH NOTING |
- New College’s 2007 student award year was particularly strong, with 2 National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowships (and 3 Honorable Mentions), the college’s first Gates Cambridge Scholarship, and a record 7 Fulbright winners. The college’s Fulbright winners total 31 over the past 13 years. For 2005, New College ranked #3 in the country among all liberal arts colleges for Fulbright winners on a per capita basis.
- In 2003, The Wall Street Journal rated New College #2 in the country among all public colleges and universities for sending graduates to leading law, medical and business schools; overall The Journal ranked New College #31 among all public and private colleges and universities in this category.
- Kiplinger’s Personal Finance, Princeton Review and Fiske Guide consistently rate New College among the nation’s best academic values. Kiplinger’s rated New College as the nation’s #6 best value. Princeton Review lists New College as the #1 public college value. Fiske Guide named New College one of the country’s 45 “Best Buys.”
- U.S. News & World Report ranked New College in the top 5 public liberal arts colleges in 2007.
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ENROLLMENT |
- 10:1 student-to-faculty ratio
- Students come from 39 states across the U.S. and from 18 different countries.
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FACULTY & ACADEMICS |
- All classes are taught by faculty.
- 99% of full-time faculty hold the Ph.D.
- New College emphasizes collaborative learning and student research. January is designated as the Independent Study Period, a time to complete a faculty-sponsored project that pursues a particular interest in depth. Students may take on an internship, work on a play or other creative project, and/or do intensive field, lab, or library research.
- Because New College believes that learning should be a highly personalized and individual experience, students receive detailed narrative evaluations rather than grades from their professors at the end of every course. Students also work one-on-one with faculty to research and write a senior thesis, the culmination of their academic program.
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TUITION & FEES |
- 2008-09 Tuition, Room & Board (standard):
In-state - $11,591; Out-of-state - $31,230
- Fall 2008 scholarship guarantee for incoming first-time-in-college students who complete the admission application file by February 15, 2008.
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CAMPUS LIFE |
- More than 50 ever-changing and evolving student groups and organizations on campus, with interests ranging from politics and religion to academics, sports, hobbies and food. Two current campus favorites are the Ben & Jerry’s Devotional Society and the Anarchy Death Sticks Club (knitting).
- Weekly student-run newspaper, The Catalyst, as well as a college-affiliated community radio station (WSLR).
- Diverse guest lectures, theater and dance performances, art exhibitions, and musical events are regularly held on campus.
- The Four Winds Café and student “walls” (parties) offer informal opportunities for students to get together, dance, talk, and play music.
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ACADEMIC PROFILE OF ENTERING CLASS |
- Middle 50% GPA: 3.61-4.21
- Middle 50% SAT range: Verbal or critical reading 630-730; Math 590-670
- Middle 50% ACT composite scores: 27-31
- 39% of those with class rank placed in top 10% of high school class;
73% of those with class rank placed in top 20%.
- 16% are students of color.
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