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Berry is absolutely a love it or leaveQuite BrightPolitical Science
Berry is absolutely a love it or leave it school. Within your first year, you definitely learn whether or not this school is for you. It can seem isolated since it is located in a pretty tiny town, but that is pretty much the only negative. I have had a great experience so far with my undergraduate education. While tuition and costs continue to increase every year, Berry is great about adjusting your aid package to meet new needs that develope year to year.Before you attend, make sure you consider the fact that Berry is a small scool (roughly 2,000 students) and a large campus (26,000 acres). It can be routine to see the same people not only every day, but several times a day. However, if you are looking for a quality, southern ivy, education in a park-like setting, with world class professors then you should give Berry the attention that it deserves.
2nd Year Male -- Class 2015
Useful Schoolwork: A+, Social Life: C-
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Berry is a repressive, closed-minded, self-satisfied bastionHistory/Histories (art history/etc.)
Berry is a repressive, closed-minded, self-satisfied bastion of mediocrity and knee-jerk conservatism that pretends to be "Christian" but is hostile to anyone who does not conform to their bland, antiquated concept of the universe. The minuscule percentage of minorities is shameful (and telling), and if you vary from conservative norms, you are NOT WELCOME (particularly if you are gay--the administration actually forbid the forming of a gay student group because it made them uncomfortable). Keep in mind that it is VERY EXPENSIVE, but there are hardly any majors offered--incongruously, they call themselves a "liberal arts college" on their website, yet they disdain anything "liberal" and do not value the "arts" at all. Their disregard for art, the humanities and anything cultural is simply pathetic. The facilities for art majors are laughable. Berry is a tiny undergraduate college, NOT a university, and students are not exposed to the grownup world of academics engaged in relevant research--it is an overgrown high school, essentially, and students are intentionally sheltered and rarely encounter the outside world. Food service (Aramark) is mediocre, pedestrian and on the level of fast food--the majority of female students are seriously overweight. The only notable thing about Berry in the past decade were the eagles that nested there, which has nothing to do with higher learning. Do you ever hear anything else about Berry? Do you ever hear about major research or academic achievement emerging from Berry? If you do not support Donald Trump, you should steer clear. Considering how expensive it is, it is NOT WORTH THE INVESTMENT - particularly if you are from Georgia and have been accepted to a real university, such as UGA.
Alumnus Male -- Class 2000
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Berry is a beautiful campus and the facultyBrightMusic Education
Berry is a beautiful campus and the faculty are helpful. The worst part about Berry is the lack of diversity-it is very much Georgia and white. I think the school is making an effort to recruit more people of color and from other areas of the country. Becoming D III with the sports may increase its presence with other similar decent liberal arts colleges.It is a bit difficult to find one's place here. There are conservative Christians and wasted potheads/drunks all in the same school! Most of the students are friendly and helpful. I have not had any troubles with faculty and have found them to be fair. Some are challenging; some not so. The campus cops are quick to ticket but I think fair in how they manage the drunks/partiers-they usually take names and talk rather than call the city police (which does happen at a lot of other schools)
1st Year Female -- Class 2014
Campus Aesthetics: A+, Social Life: C
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