Hampden-Sydney College 鈥減rovides young men with a liberal arts education steeped in brotherhood and tradition.鈥 Students are proud of the school鈥檚 nearly 250-year history and status as one of the oldest institutions of high learning in the nation. That status also affords them a staff of 鈥渧ery involved teachers, faculty, and alumni who care about your learning and future after college.鈥 Academics at H-SC center focus on communication鈥 there鈥檚 a studio dedicated to it鈥攁nd all students take courses and an exam in rhetoric. Consequently, academic discourse is 鈥渟timulating鈥 and 鈥渞ewarding,鈥 and popular class projects involve creative twists on the subject: asking students to simulate high-intensity leadership scenarios, role-play as activists from the 1920s, and collaborate in collective oral chemistry quizzes. There are also plenty of experiential learning options, including beekeeping and documentary filmmaking, and study abroad destinations, like Oxford University in England and Akita International University in Japan. The professors at H-SC are 鈥渂rilliant, accomplished scholars鈥 with whom students forge 鈥減henomenal鈥 relationships. Students also consider 鈥渆xcellent career preparation鈥 and 鈥渉uge alumni network鈥 to be major perks of enrolling in H-SC. It鈥檚 鈥渉ands down the best alumni network I could have imagined. I have one-on-one calls with alumni once a month to orient myself towards my career after graduation.鈥 As one student sums it up, H-SC is 鈥渁 great place to become a man.鈥