As the 2020 school year approached, the hot topic for seniors was deciding on a college. Deciding on a college can be a very stressful and exciting process. The deciding factor for many seniors will showcase many new beginnings. While deciding on a school many questions may go through your head. What education path do I want to go down? How close to home do I want to be? How big of a school do I want to attend? What does student life look like?

Augustana College is a private Lutheran liberal arts college in Rock Island, Illinois. This could be a great school for students who want to go into literature, philosophy, mathematics, and social and physical sciences as distinct from professional and technical subjects. Augustana currently has nearly 90 academic programs and fields of study including nine pre-professional and eight interdisciplinary programs: ranging from Accounting to World Literature. 

To attend this school applicants need about average high school grades to get in. The average high school GPA of the admitted freshman class at Augustana College was 3.16 on the 4.0 scale indicating that primarily B students are accepted and ultimately attend. The comprehensive fee for the 2021-22 academic year is around $57,685, including tuition, health care and meal planning/ housing. 

Galena High School teachersMary Calfeeand Susan Bookless both attended this school before working as a teacher. Both teachers had to consider many difficult questions before attending this school. Prior to attending this school they had to decide what made this school stand out from other schools, like many seniors are currently doing. 

Knowing exactly what you are looking for in a school can help you narrow down colleges you are looking at. Galena High school teachers,“I chose Augie for its size and academics,”said Mrs. Calfee. “I was looking for a school where I would be known as an actual person and not just one random student out of a huge classroom that holds up to 500 students,” said Calfee. “I wanted to make sure that I would be taught directly by professors as opposed to Teacher Assistants like many larger schools do,” she said. 

Both teachers can agree that Augustana College has many positive aspectsMrs. Calfee explains some of the most beneficial effects of attending Augustana College. “Aside from the excellent academic curriculum, everything else about Augie was awesome as well,” she said. “The student life was so enjoyable, The Office of Student Activities plans completely free activities for the student body on a weekly basis,” expressed Calfee. “During your freshman and sophomore year you live in the dorms on campus and the Community Advisor plans fun team-building activities so that you get to know your ‘neighbors’ really well, that was really cool because you had your own apartment that you knew was completely safe,” explains Calfee. 

While this school was a wonderful choice for both teachers, did either teacher regret their college choice? “I don’t regret anything about attending Augustana, it was expensive – but I know it was worth it,” said Bookless. “When I graduated, I felt totally ready to be a teacher,  I was prepared and had some good experience in my student teaching. “It was a great place to go to school and I’m glad that’s where I finished my education!”

Deciding on a college can be a very stressful but exciting process. But in the long run will be a choice you look back on and think, I’m glad I chose this school. If you want to receive more information about his school you can accuse this link, https://www.augustana.edu.   Augustana will be a good school choice for you!