York College of Pennsylvania (YCP)

For students searching for an undergraduate experience at a ���private and prestigious��� institution with ���an inviting atmosphere��� that���s ���priced competitively,��� York College of Pennsylvania has much to offer. The ���small, cozy, and spirited��� school provides access to ���small classes with a focus on practicality��� and ���great laboratories and research opportunities at a low cost.��� One student declares,��� Our school is community driven school with many activities and programs but also with a lot of emphasis on professionalism.��� Students praise their school���s ���excellent nursing, engineering, and secondary-ed programs.��� York���s strengths also include ���a strong support system within each major as well as tutors at the Center for Teaching and Learning to provide additional help when needed.��� Another asset is the school���s ���very involved and caring academic faculty.��� One student raves, ���How can you not like professors that care whether or not you are equipped to succeed after graduation?��� Numerous students agree that ���Teacher/ student relationships are important and easy to establish because of small class size.��� At this school, ���Professors view students as adults and friends, not students who know nothing.��� Although students are generally satisfied with York���s education programs and faculty, many of the commuter students have one gripe.Those students point out, ���They take the commuter parking for everything on campus and leave us with nowhere to park.���

Many of York���s ���easy going and approachable��� students ���were raised in suburban or rural communities in Pennsylvania or the surrounding states��� and it ���seems like a good chunk of students are from New Jersey...��� In general, ���Most students are from bluecollar or middle-class families.��� This may explain the ���down to earth��� vibe among the student population. One student points out, ���The stereotypical college hippies or cool kids I've met from more cosmopolitan schools don't exist at York. You see goatees and Wranglers rather than Ray-Bans and J. Crew.��� While students admit that the student body is ���not very diverse due to geographic area��� and that ���it's a very homogeneous community,��� they prolaim that students are ���self-motivated and accepting of other students regardless of background.��� ���The typical York student is involved in maybe 2-3 clubs, cares about grades but is not overly nerdy about it, and knows the value of money,��� says one student. When it comes to extracurricular life, ���Most fit in by being a part of Greek life or a club.���

York���s ���beautiful campus��� offers students a ���small school feel, big school experience��� through ���lots of school-based activities and clubs.��� The student-run Campus Activities Board (CAB) ���organizes events during the week and every weekend to keep the students entertained. Some events include; hypnotists, bands, poets, plays, free food, movies and sports events.��� With its Division III teams and ���great athletic facilities,��� it is no surprise that ���sporting events at York, especially soccer and boys basketball, are very popular.��� Students who prefer alcohol to sports should note that York is a dry campus and that ���the Campus Safety officials do their best to crack down on underage drinking and drinking on campus.��� However, students admit that ���There is a lot of partying off-campus on the weekends��色�� Although ���Most people go to off campus homes on Jackson Street to party,��� students warn that the area next to the campus is ���not always the safest place to be at night.��� The city of York itself has ���lots of eating places, movie theaters, two malls in the area and some big cities are roughly half an hour away.��� For those seeking some big city action, ���The school sponsors many bus trips to cities such as Baltimore, Philly and NYC.���