Emmanuel College

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School Says - General Information
Emmanuel College, founded by the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur in 1919, is a coed, residential, Catholic liberal arts and sciences college located in the city of Boston. The College's student body includes 1,750 undergraduate students from 38 countries and 31 states; its neighbors include the world-class surgeons of the Longwood Medical and Academic Area, the Monets and Gauguins of the Museum of Fine Arts and 250,000 college students at institutions across the city. With a history of providing high-quality, values-based academic programs, Emmanuel offers opportunities to learn, teach, explore and research in more than 30 areas of study. Through a supportive learning environment that fosters academic excellence, intellectual integrity and a strong social conscience, Emmanuel students develop the skills and confidence to succeed and make a difference in an ever-changing world.

School Says - Student Body
With more than 100 different co-curricular clubs, activities and organizations on campus, Emmanuel is a community alive with a strong sense of mission, a vibrant, confident faith and a joyful spirit. Emmanuel students are challenged to act, to lead, to give generously to others, and to get involved. Students find ample opportunities to take part in academic clubs, honor societies, media clubs, performing arts, cultural organizations, intramurals, leadership roles and special interest groups. They put their beliefs into action through educational programs and volunteer service through Campus Ministry. As an NCAA Division III school, Emmanuel offers an athletic program that includes 17 varsity teams, including the recently added men's and women's lacrosse programs.

School Says - Academics
Emmanuel offers a rigorous liberal arts and sciences curriculum supported by an individualized approach. The academic requirements of Emmanuel College have been established and designed to ensure that every student experiences the range of skills and content that are implied by the liberal arts mission of the College. Through required courses drawn from a cross-section of the liberal arts disciplines, students are exposed to models of analytical reasoning, symbolic thinking, observation, creativity, critical thinking, moral reasoning, self-knowledge; and significant intellectual content from the fields of history, literature, the arts, philosophy, religion, the social sciences, the natural sciences and the study cultures outside the United States. Additionally, such courses require student work that enhances the ability of students to comprehend and to function intellectually in the variety of disciplinary modes that constitute the liberal arts.

Emmanuel College's Office of Academic Advising provides students with the support needed to attain their academic goals and serves as a model of the Emmanuel experience. All first-year students receive an academic advisor, who assists them in navigating the first few semesters of college, helping them to understand the liberal arts and sciences curriculum and its value, and to develop a unique academic plan.

All new students are also required to take a first-year seminar of his or her choice in the fall or spring semester. In small classes, working closely with each other and a member of the faculty, students are introduced to the academic traditions of the liberal arts and sciences, and to the expectations and values of our academic community.

Each year, students who demonstrate superior academic ability and promise are invited to participate in Emmanuel College's Honors Program. This four-year academic and co-curricular program combines a rigorous, discussion-based curriculum with complementary opportunities such as cultural activities, faculty-directed research projects and service in the community. The program begins with the yearlong Honors Colloquium for first-year students and includes: four interdisciplinary, writing intensive seminars; a service-learning component; and an independent research project.

For those students who are uncertain of a major or are exploring majors, Emmanuel College offers the Majors Exploration Program (MEP), which helps students explore careers that will be satisfying and subsequently determine an appropriate major for that career path. Through MEP, students complete the online career tool, FOCUS, which teaches students about themselves and their career ideas through questions about their own interests, values, personality, skills and extracurricular activities.

Additionally, students have access to Emmanuel's Academic Resource Center (ARC), which offers specially designed programs to help students meet their academic goals, and one-on-one guidance from the Internship and Career Development Office.

School Says - Admissions
For more information or to apply for admission, please visit www.emmanuel.edu. We require the Common Application (available online), an essay, a secondary school transcript which includes first semester grades, two letters of recommendation and the SAT or ACT test. Students whose native language is not English should submit the TOEFL.

School Says - Campus Life
Residing in Boston's Fenway neighborhood, Emmanuel students are encouraged to view Boston as their extended classroom. Its unique location enables students and faculty to explore real-world experiences through internships, research and strategic partnerships in and around the city. Within a few steps from campus students can find: The Emerald Necklace, a vibrant system of parks that connect throughout Boston; the Longwood Medical and Academic Area, one of the most prestigious medical, academic and research districts in the world; the Museum of Fine Arts and Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, and Fenway Park - the home of the Boston Red Sox.

The College's campus, meanwhile, is a vibrant community alive with energy of teaching and learning, of exploration and research. Emmanuel is the only college in the country to boast a 12-story, 300,000 square-foot private research facility right on campus: Merck Research Laboratories-Boston. The College recently opened the new Maureen Murphy Wilkens Science Center, completed renovations on its Art Department, and restored nearby Roberto Clemente Field, which serves as home field for Emmanuel athletics.

School Says - Cost Aid
Emmanuel College is committed to providing students with a quality education at an affordable cost. And we offer billing options and payment plans to ensure that you're able to pay for college in the way most convenient for you.

2010-2011 Tuition and Fees
Tuition: $30,600
Room and Board: $12,300 (double occupancy)
Fees: $290, Estimated Student Health Insurance: $1,157
Total: $ 43,190 (plus own health insurance), $44,347 (including Emmanuel insurance)Emmanuel College is committed to making a liberal arts and sciences education affordable for our students and their families. We understand that financing a quality private education can be a challenge. That is why we believe that paying for an education is a partnership between the student, their family and Emmanuel.

At Emmanuel, financial assistance programs include a combination of scholarships, institutional grants, federal and state grants, federal loans and part-time employment. Merit scholarships are based on a combination of students' high school academic achievement and extracurricular activities.

To apply for financial aid, students must complete the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) and an Emmanuel College Application for Financial Aid. Once a FAFSA is completed, students are automatically considered for Emmanuel College grant aid. Some students will also be eligible to receive federal, state and other grant or scholarship funding. These funds may be awarded in addition to merit or other scholarship funds students receive from Emmanuel. Students who complete a FAFSA may also receive low-interest student loans, including the Federal Stafford Loan and Federal Work Study.

For more information, visit www.emmanuel.edu and click on "Tuition and Aid."

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