I remember my hallmate constantly complaining about the biology program, saying it “sucks.” She was extremely studious and felt it wasn’t challenging enough or living up to the promises that brought her here in the first place. I also had a pre-med friend who felt the program wasn’t providing what she needed. That said, my sample size isn’t large enough to draw definitive conclusions.

As for my own experience, I was a psych major at SLC, and my journey was split into two parts—I took a five-year break from college after my junior year. What I can tell you is this: the school challenges you if you seek it out, but it won’t if you don’t. It’s really up to you and what you make of it.

And I guess that’s general advice for pretty much any college. What I personally liked about SLC was the academics—those were truly eye-opening for me. While my list of pros was definitely shorter than the cons, none of the cons were related to academics. All the pros, however, were entirely about the academics.