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The fall 2020 acceptance rate for Hocking College is 100%. That means, out of _____ applications received in 2020 , _____ students were offered admission. The number of males who applied was _____ vs the number of females which was _____.
What should every freshman at your school know before they start?
If I could go back in time to talk to myself as a senior in high school, the advice I would give myself would be to apply for more scholarships. While I recognized the importance of scholarships, I feel like I did not have the resources or the tools to utilize scholarship opportunities that were available. I also would advise myself to try harder to find a job before graduating, to help with the initial expenses upon entering college.
Read all 16 answers What's unique about your campus?
At Hocking College, the hands-on, student-centered teaching techniques give students the knowledge and confidence to lead a successful career after graduating, as well as the tools necessary for further education.
Read all 5 answers Describe your favorite campus traditions.
Hocking College is best known for its Natural Resources Programs. From Equine Health to Wildlife Managment.
Read all 4 answers What kind of person should attend this school?
Hocking is a good school for students just starting out of high school or returning students. This school helps ease you into what college is. From the two new dormatories to the brand new bike path that goes from Athens to Nelsonville, soon to be longer. Hocking has a little bit of every thing for the new and returning student.
Read all 4 answers Describe how your school looks to someone who's never seen it.
Hocking College is an okay school, but they are very unorganized and lose students information a lot.
Read all 3 answers What is your overall opinion of this school?
I think it is a perfect fit for me. It does have a very specific focus. It is an unconventional institution. Its main focus is Natural Resources. It is very hands on and interactive. If you are drawn to the outdoors, public safety or the culinary arts I highly recommend Hocking
Read all 2 answers What's the one thing you wish someone had told you about freshman year?
The importance of diversity and a well rounded education, before college, during and after. People change as they grow older and mature.
It is completely impossible to dictate where life will lead or where interests will lead in the coming years. Knowledge that you now find irrelevent or even boring, could in the future be vital to your understanding at some point in your education. Gettin a background of all conceivable basics now is a small step up when confronted with new content and challenges. Be a sponge, not a brick dropping into only what interests you at the time.
Read all 2 answers What do you consider the worst thing about your school? Why?
The worst thing about my school is that it is mostly a commuter school so I have to drive to school everyday instead of just being able to walk from the dorms or from a house close to campus. Another reason this is the worst thing is because it is always so hard to find a parking spot and you have to plan to go to class at least 20 minutes early to give yourself enough time to find a spot to park.
Read all 2 answers What kind of person should not attend this school?
The type of person who shouldn't attend Hocking College would be someone looking for the traditional, book based college expierience. Hocking college offers a very unique college expierience filled with hands on learning, real world job situations and activities out in the field. People looking for a traditional classroom setting and primarily booked based learning should not attend Hocking College because it really doesn't fit into that learning style those individuals may seek.
Read all 2 answers What's the most frustrating thing about your school?
I just took one semester ESL ( English as Second Language) classes at my school before i can start taking academic classes in spring 2014. Thus, the most frustrating thing about my school is that our ESL teachers would let students to take tests after the day they were supposed to take the test even if they don't have any justification for being absent. That really frustrated me because when i was in OPIE ( Ohio Program for Intensive English) at Athens campus, teachers never let students take test after the test day. for me it makes students irresponsible
Read all 2 answers Describe the students at your school.
My class mates are very helpful, friendly, easy to talk to, and willing to learn and tutor.
Read all 1 answers Here's your chance: Say anything about your college!
Hocking was ranked number one in the nation for students who passed the nursing exam on the first try. They offer the best instruction at an affordable rate. A small campus in a little community that has affordable on campus and off campus housing.
Read all 1 answers What are the academics like at your school?
Hands on. I have made trips outside in just about every one of my classes. We are out in the woods and looking at, feeling, smelling and investigating the trees, animals and general lay of the land. That of course is but one major. There is Equestrian, public safety, fire fighting, EMT, Culinary, Hospitality and Nursing programs. The main focus is in the Natural Resource Department. Its fun to go to class. Also there is a Canada Trip that I will hopefully partake in.
Read all 1 answers What is the stereotype of students at your school? Is this stereotype accurate?
Country. Yes, it is accurate. The town itself is a small town. The majors seem to fit that stereotype as well
Read all 1 answers What do you brag about most when you tell your friends about your school?
I tell them mostly that their bookstore is awesome with their prices because their lower then the other college I went to and their books were more expensive. Plus that their weights are awesome to work with.
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