At Hope College in the 鈥渓ovely place鈥 known as Holland, Michigan,鈥 the 鈥淐hristian culture,鈥 鈥渃hallenging academics,鈥 and 鈥11:1 student/faculty ratio鈥 combine to form a 鈥渨onderful social and community atmosphere,鈥 with 鈥渟mall class sizes鈥 that 鈥渁llow for collaboration in research鈥 and 鈥渇ocused learning.鈥 鈥淭here is no question鈥 that Hope鈥檚 faculty is 鈥渋ts biggest asset.鈥 Professors 鈥渃are about and support their students,鈥 and 鈥渟erve as mentors鈥 until well after graduation. 鈥淥ur professors all teach very differently,鈥 offering myriad opportunities to expand students鈥 perspectives: 鈥淚 am very satisfied with the various ways I have been taught at Hope,鈥 says one student, explaining that among her classes, some professors 鈥渄id not have a single lecture the entire semester,鈥 some would 鈥渓ecture 80 percent of class time,鈥 鈥渟ome held class half the time to give us personal time to work on our research, and some had 鈥渟tudent presentations for the majority of class time.鈥
Overall, the school 鈥渂oasts great academic programs that are lead by professors that typically care about your whole personal development.鈥 The pre-med, science, engineering and music programs are all 鈥渆xcellent鈥 and are both 鈥渃ommunity-focused鈥 and 鈥渇ocused on global learning.鈥 Hope has one of the 鈥済reatest undergraduate research programs in the nation and it shows.鈥 Students get 鈥渋nvaluable experience outside of the classroom here.鈥 There are strong 鈥渙ff campus study programs, both internationally and domestically,鈥 鈥渁rts programs,鈥 and students praise the 鈥渁uthenticity and sincerity of staff鈥ffering resources for whatever needs you could have.鈥