Dickinson Defined

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Admissions

Creating a class at Dickinson
How many applications did Dickinson receive in 2007?
What is the average SAT/ACT score?
What are the class ranks of Dickinson applicants?

Financial Aid
What kinds of assistance are available?
Are there on-campus job opportunities?
What are the average loans owed at graduation?

First-year student profile entering fall 2006
Why did they choose Dickinson?
What are their plans for their time at Dickinson and beyond?
What kinds of activities interested them in high school?
What are their reasons for attending college?

Four years later - graduate profile
What are the college's retention and graduation rates?
What honors were received by the 2007 graduates?
What are the most popular majors at Dickinson?
How do the majors break down for the class of 2007?

Determining Dickinson's Fit

How to decide
How can students narrow down their "first-choice" candidates?
What about Early Decision?
How can applicants keep a sense of perspective in this very stressful process?

Academics

Curriculum
What majors, minors and certificates does Dickinson offer?
How does Dickinson College provide these "useful" tools?
How do students gain skills beyond the classroom?

Community of Inquiry
Is student research regularly published?
Sciences
Social sciences, humanities, arts
Do students get to participate in professional conferences?
Sciences
Humanities, social sciences, arts
What grants and fellowships do students receive for their research, community service and academic study?
Does the college provide funding for student research?
What is service-learning?

Internships
Why consider an internship?
How many students participate in internships?
Where have Dickinsonians interned?
Where have students interned internationally?

Alumni
What have Dickinson alumni accomplished?
What do alumni say?
Can you provide examples of alumni achievement?

Faculty: Teacher-Scholars

Teaching
How can a student determine the quality of teaching at Dickinson?
In what ways is teaching at Dickinson innovative?
How many students are there for every faculty member at Dickinson?
How many courses do faculty members teach each year?

Faculty Members
How many faculty members are there?
What is the profile of the faculty?
What awards and acknowledgments have faculty members received for their teaching abilities?
What are some of the grants that Dickinson faculty have received?
Where and why have Dickinson faculty been quoted?

Students and faculty working together
Are faculty members approachable?
Can you give an example?

Global Education

Dickinson's Global Campus
Why is a global focus important?
How is Dickinson a global campus?
What is the foreign-language program like?

Dickinson Study Abroad Program
Overview
What makes Dickinson's approach to study abroad distinctive?
Which countries do students go to?
How many students are abroad during the school year?
How long do students generally spend abroad?
What percentage of graduates study abroad?
Can science majors study abroad?
What research opportunities are available for students who study off campus?
Are there domestic off-campus programs available?
Do Dickinson faculty members spend much time abroad?

International Students at Dickinson
How many international students attend Dickinson?
What countries do they come from?
How many international students study abroad?
What do international students major in?

Quality assurance in study abroad
How does Dickinson assure that its study abroad program meets its high standards?
How are programs evaluated?
What other activities affect quality assurance?

Outcomes

The sciences
What are the outcomes for students who graduate with a science degree?
Where have they gone on to study?
Do science graduates work in their chosen field?

Arts, humanities and social sciences
Do graduates of the arts, humanities and social sciences pursue advanced degrees?
What degrees have they pursued?
Do graduates with degrees in the arts, social sciences and humanities work in their chosen fields?

After graduation
Where are Dickinson graduates one year after Commencement?
Where are Dickinson graduates five years after Commencement?
What were the longer-term career goals for the members of the class of 2007?

Skills and career priorities
What kinds of skills learned at Dickinson directly transferred to the work world for graduates?
What is important to Dickinson graduates in terms of their careers?

Dickinson alumni
How do the 19,350 Dickinson alumni give back to their alma mater?
Do alumni return to campus and interact with current students?
Can students network with alumni for internships, career advice and to learn about job opportunities?

Living and learning at Dickinson

Profile of degree-seeking students for 2007-08
How many students attend Dickinson?
What is the male:female ratio?
How diverse is Dickinson?

Dickinson has a variety of housing opportunities
What are my housing options?
What about fraternity and sorority housing?
What other Special Interest Houses are available?
What are learning communities?
Can I live off campus?

Activities and opportunities beyond the academic
Is there access to cultural events and lectures?
Are there opportunities to volunteer on campus or in the surrounding community?
Can students continue to pursue high-school nonacademic interests at Dickinson?
Are there on-campus job opportunities?
What intercollegiate teams are open to me?
How many men and women participate in intercollegiate athletics?
What intramurals are available on campus?
What club sports are available?

Campus Health and Safety
Counseling
Who is on staff at the counseling center?
What kind of counseling is available?
Is a visit to the Counseling Center confidential?
Health
Who is on staff at the Health Center?
Do students always see a physician at the Health Center?
Must students make an appointment to see someone at the Health Center?
What services are available at the Health Center?
Public Safety
Who is on staff at public safety?
How and how often are public-safety officers trained/certified?
How safe is the campus?
What kind of crime is typically reported on campus?

Academic Resources
The Dickinson College Library
The Writing Center
Language Houses
Advising
Who is on staff in academic advising?
What resources can the office provide?

Campus and Community

The Campus
Is Dickinson a green campus?
What else does Dickinson do for the environment?
What kind of housing facilities does Dickinson have available?
What are the library facilities like?
How wired is Dickinson?
What athletics facilities are available?

Food choices on and off campus
What is the dining hall like?
Are there other places to eat on campus?
What about off-campus dining?

Carlisle and Cumberland County
What is the local community like?
How is Dickinson involved with the community?
Does Dickinson support downtown development?
Can I walk to shopping and dining?
What activities does Carlisle and the surrounding area offer?
What is the history of the area?

Balanced budget and beyond

The Endowment
Why is the endowment important?
What is the size of Dickinson's endowment?
How does Dickinson's endowment compare with its top 10 competitors in admissions?
What is the return on investment for Dickinson's endowment?
How is Dickinson's endowment managed?

Tuition and the Operating Budget
Does tuition pay for all the college's expenses?
How much revenue does Dickinson receive from tuition?
In addition to tuition, what are the other revenue streams that Dickinson uses to pay its bills?
What was the college's operating budget for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2007?

First in America: The Capital Campaign
Why has Dickinson started a capital campaign?
What will be the impact on scholarships?
What will be the impact on faculty programs?
What will be impact of a new science complex?
What is the impact of the growth of the Annual Fund?