At Prescott College I've found people--students, faculty, and staff--who are amazingly vibrant and wonderfully engaged in increasing the quality and value of their learning experiences, their teaching experiences, and their contributions to the College and our societies--local to global. Students in PC's programs--from undergraduate to PhD programs--are led and coached into "real world" experiences related to their conceptual studies, and asked to think critically and generatively, and to find and create intellectual connections among experience, concepts, possibilities, and theories.
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Current student and I am loving the hands on inclusive approach of faculty members. Your classroom is unbound with experiential learning at its finest. I have been inspired by fellow students and staff and honestly feel prepared after completing my undergraduate degree. If you love the outdoors, embrace close community, care for the environment and want control of your educational direction this college is for you!
I am a graduate of PC and I want to address a review below of 1 star. The writer of that review implied that PC's paperwork requirements are too difficult AND that it is difficult to graduate in a timely manner. The review also implied it was difficult to get into grad school after PC. All of that is not true in my experience.
As to the first, yes, PC has graduation plans, independent study plans, senior project plans and the like. Yes, they take some time. But they are hardly burdensome and you have a staff that is very accessible to you to help you get it done. If you can not figure it out, it is on you. As to being able to graduate in a timely manner, I graduated in 3 years- I had one year of college already, so that was right on time. And I double-majored and had to complete two senior projects. Graduating on time is doable, if you think ahead and plan well.
As to graduate school, I was admitted into a very competitive grad program direct from PC- the program had 90 applicants for 16 slots when I applied.
PC does have some problems. Some classes are not as academic as I would like, but then, if you are majoring in adventure education, you aren't that academic (not that AE folks aren't smart- just writing papers isn't usually their strong suit). PC has few teachers and some programs lack diversity and advisors can, at times, push students into their pet classes. My first advisor at PC tried to get me to take a writing class, when I already had plenty of writing credits. Unsurprisingly, she was a writing professor. That said, they are minor flaws.
I was happy I attended PC and I still am pleased about it. It was a lovely experience in many ways, even if my orientation was a bit crazy (involved a helicopter evacuation from a canyon because I got ill in the middle of nowhere. But that was not PC's fault and their safety protocols and the training of orientation instructors saved my life). I encourage people to think carefully before you choose PC- it is not for everyone. But PC has amazing staff, good classes and many opportunities to make a difference. I'm proud to be an alumnus.
I attended Prescott College for only one year, way back in 1999. However it was a year that totally changed my life, my direction, and my ability to believe in myself. The Professors, Staff, and fellow students were incredible, and the independence that the college afforded was so unlike any other college experience I have seen or heard of. (I have since been a Professor at three Colleges/Universities) I wish more students would be able to experience the kind of focused, self-directed learning that Prescott College allowed. Although I left Prescott to pursue other directions, it will forever hold a very special place in my heart.
I just turned in my last assignment for my Masters in education. I wasn t sure what to expect when I begin my first term at Prescott. This degree allows me to be a professional school counselor with a state certification. I ve been an educator for over 25 years including 14 years as a private school principal. I ve evaluated faculty and worked alongside top-notch teachers. I can say without any reservation that the faculty that oversee and direct Prescott s School of education Masters program are dedicated, knowledgeable, professional, passionate, and talented. This was a rigorous program, you will have to work for your degree but you will learn so much and add value to the field of education upon completion of Prescott s program. Highly recommended!
Changed my life. They gave me a second chance at an education/life that was so unfamiliar but made perfect sense. It all made sense, why I never got school. Our orientation was camping at the bottom of the Grand Canyon... who can say that? Prescott college told me I could do whatever I wanted to if I worked for it. Now a decade later, I can say I m a much better person for going to PC, with such amazing professors and humans. I m now an MSW, and going for my LCSW (Clinical Social Work). Thank you for helping me become someone who believes in themselves.
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