You may have heard the name of my next stop- Stetson
University. For the baseball fans, and
even more specifically, college baseball, you will no doubt recognize this
college from the Super Regional The
baseball team helped this school take a step towards the goal of becoming a
college that has wide reaching name recognition. Not only do they want you to know them for
athletics, but also for outstanding academic opportunities.
Stetson sums up its desire to help students in one word-
significance. At Stetson, students find
their own significance in the world by mastering the discipline of being a
life-long learner and then applying that knowledge to accomplish goals. Stetson University is ranked in the top 5
universities in the South by US News and World Reports. This high ranking is due in some part to the
number of instructors who possess the highest level of excellence in their own
specific areas of discipline- 95% have PhDs.
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Stetson has an extensive Honors Program. The Honors Program waives all of a student’s
general education core courses. This
will allow students to take more electives toward the design of an
individualized degree. This type of
freedom is not limited to students in the Honors program; any student coming in
having a firm grasp of what it is they are interested in will find a faculty
interested in helping build an education that will accomplish this goal. Honors students receive on average of $25k to
$38k in institutional scholarships. On
campus, a program known as the Bonner program seeks to enhance community
service ideals in students. This program
brings students who share this common interest together to live in a common
dormitory and participation in this program will cover all a student’s
financial need.
ROTC is offered at
Stetson. It is open to every freshman
with no obligation until you accept a scholarship or enter into your junior
year. Full tuition, stipend ($25 per
month), full room and board, and all fees are covered. Ultimately, it will cost a scholarshipped cadet
$1000 per year to attend Stetson. Eight
year military service requirement follows graduation. The Stetson Army ROTC is looking for the
following basic requirements: 24 on the ACT or 1150 on the SAT, 3.0 GPA,
athletic ability and demonstrated leadership potential.
One of the oldest Financial Investment programs in the nation can be found at Stetson. A large endowment has funded a 3.5 million dollar (real money) sum that each group of seniors in the program will manage for the year. This real money (good or bad) will go back into the endowment to be used again. As a point of pride, each class wants to do better than the last, and this creates a real-world, skin-in-the-game experience for the seniors. Their "war-room" is pictured.
One of the oldest Financial Investment programs in the nation can be found at Stetson. A large endowment has funded a 3.5 million dollar (real money) sum that each group of seniors in the program will manage for the year. This real money (good or bad) will go back into the endowment to be used again. As a point of pride, each class wants to do better than the last, and this creates a real-world, skin-in-the-game experience for the seniors. Their "war-room" is pictured.
One interesting fact about Stetson’s admissions practices is
that they are a “test optional” school.
What this means is that they will make a decision about a student
without that student submitting an SAT or ACT score. This means that Stetson depends heavily on
high school grades, the high school resume of activities and the student’s
ability to articulate clearly how Stetson is the school of choice.
Stetson's profile:
3089 undergraduate
3.8 GPA
SAT/ACT optional-
33% pell grant students
56% white/44% students of color
$59,202 total cost (financial Aid opportunities can be found
at Stetson.edu/financial-planning)
