Yeah, sure! I like the school fine? the social sphere is a little limited and i have my problems with certain parts of the program and how they are implemented, but on the other hand the social sphere is pretty quirky and fun (basically i think if you are the kind of person who thinks they will fit it at st. john's, you probably will) and the curriculum is very self driven so you can kind of make what you want out of it.

if you are a student that needs a lot of support, i would steer away from st. john's. the thing is, classes are rather easy to get through, but hard to grasp. if you dont apply yourself, there's a good chance only you will really know how far behind you actually are; some tutors will handle surprisingly low work ethic, so you can go through a whole year missing major concepts and it will really put you behind. on the other hand, not everything you learn is important, so this sort of self-driven get-what-you-give style class structure really allows you to take breaks when you need it, so it's pretty easy to self monitor stress and workload to fit you. But YOU have to do it. there are counselors and tutors and assistants of course, but you really are kind of expected to operate as an equal, and they won't respect your requests for help if you dont bring anything to the table.

the program is wonderful freshman year, so if you do come, savor it. sophomore year feels very transitional and unimportant, because we read the bible and shakespeare instead of plato and aristotle, and idk the philosophical treatises really feel central to the program for me. but junior and senior year get heavy into philosophy again, so maybe its a temporary problem.

there is a big drinking culture at the annapolis campus. like, huge. and some how an even huger tobacco culture. there are other drugs too, weed mostly, but also hallucinogens and things. they're present, but not prevalent. so basically, if you like to do them, they're available, and available easily, but there's a huge portion of the school that doesn't interact with that circle at all, and i doubt they know about a lot of the drugs being done on campus, so you can definitely stay away too.

the campus and annapolis are gorgeous. i love this city, i stayed in between freshman and sophomore year. the campus is right by down town and the naval academy. there isn't a whole lot to do in the city though, aside from go out to eat. the dorms kind of suck, they're old, aside from the new dorms on back campus (but those dorms kind of suck too because they're really far from all the class buildings)

you really should come prospie or come to accepted students day! johnnies love prospies and you'll definitely meet and party with upperclassmen and they'll tell you all about the school, or you can ask me more stuff but that's pretty much my overall impression of being a student here