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Top Ten Reasons to Choose R-MC
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Teaching-Focused Faculty: Forget large, crowded lecture halls and graduate teaching assistants. At Randolph-Macon, you'll find an average class size of 16 and accomplished professors who know your name and are committed to your education. Time and again our students and our alumni say that the mentoring and support of our dedicated faculty helped change their lives.. |
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The Randolph-Macon EDGE: From your first day at R-MC, we begin preparing you for success after graduation. The EDGE, in our Center for Personal and Career Development, provides services and support to help you refine your skills and to give you a competitive advantage in the marketplace, whether you’re planning for a career or graduate studies. Just imagine the possibilities. |
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Four-Year Degree Guarantee: You have a future waiting for you. Our Four Year Degree Guarantee assures that you won't have to put it off because you can't get that class you need. The majority of our students graduate in four years or fewer, making R-MC an investment that pays off quickly. We guarantee it! |
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Welcoming and Supportive Community: At R-MC, you'll always be more than a face in the crowd; students here often say that from their first campus visit, they felt right at home, welcomed by friendly faculty, staff and students. You’ll also benefit from a strong and talented alumni network that not only will support you while you’re in college but also will provide you with invaluable connections to jobs and career opportunities after graduation. |
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School and Community Spirit: Oh yes we've got it it! At Randolph-Macon you'll find enthusiastic participation in intramural and varsity sports, and you can count on a spirited turnout for everything from football games to annual campus events such as the Relay for Life or Macon a Difference Day. Sing with the Concert Choir or Ujima Gospel Choir or get onstage with a theatrical production. Find leadership, volunteer, and community-service opportunites through our many campus clubs and organizations, including Habitat for Humanity, Brothers4Change and our active Greek-life community. With so much to do, choose your own way to say "Go Yellow Jackets!" |
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Ideal Location: Known as “the Center of the Universe,” Ashland, Virginia is a welcoming, safe community and is home to our scenic campus of historic buildings and tree-lined streets. We’re located less than a mile from Interstate 95, just minutes north of Richmond and 90 miles south of Washington, DC, and Amtrak's main northeast corridor line runs through the heart of Ashland It’s not only easy to get to Randolph-Macon, but from here you can take advantage of many academic, co-curricular and social opportunities in nearby cities as well as in Washington D.C. and beyond. |
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Promising Future: A Randolph-Macon education prepares you to achieve your dreams. We have an active and well-connected network of alumni who have distinguished themselves in every field from law, medicine, and engineering to education and business to politics and the arts. Whether you choose to go directly into a career or plan to apply to graduate school, Randolph-Macon will help you find success. |
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