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The Facts

Muhlenberg College is a moderately sized, private, liberal arts and sciences college affiliated with the Lutheran church. The college is located in the town of Allentown, Pennsylvania, and is home to over 2,280 undergraduate students. The school is perhaps best known for the large amount of individual attention that students receive, as well as for its unwavering focus on a solid groundwork of liberal arts general requirements. Some of the most popular majors at Muhlenberg are business administration, psychology, communications, biology, and English.

Admission to Muhlenberg College is quite competitive, and the applicant pool has been growing with each passing admissions cycle as more and more attention is being drawn to the college. Last year, over 4,200 students applied for admission to the school, and approximately 1,745 of those students were accepted; of those, about 595 matriculated. The admitted students had an average combined SAT score ranging from 1110 to 1310, and an average comprehensive ACT score ranging from 26 to 31. Additionally, over 75% of those admitted were ranked in the top 25% of their high school graduating class with an average high school GPA of about 3.45.

Muhlenberg College has a very manageable student to faculty ratio of 12:1, and one of the best qualities of the school is the one-on-one attention that students receive. Teachers genuinely care about their students, and make sure that they are doing everything in their power to ensure their academic success. It is rare to find a class with more than 18 students, even the required general education classes. Most of the classes are held in small seminars where discussion is the main mode of learning. Students really get a chance for their voices to be heard, and the teachers truly listen.

The Social Scene

Allentown, Pennsylvania is rather small, and doesn’t really offer students much in the way of entertainment; however, there are a few restaurants, shops, and bars that students often frequent. Most of the activity, however, takes place on campus, which is quite lovely, and offers students a terrific student center as well as an arboretum and a wildlife sanctuary.

There are a fair amount of fraternities and sororities at the school, and the Greeks are an obvious presence both on campus and off, and basically govern the students' social lives. Weekends are usually filled with rowdy parties on Greek row, and drinking is definitely one of the most popular modes of social interaction. However, the weekend partying doesn’t really affect most student’s academic performance, and students know how to balance work and play.

The dating scene may not be the most diverse; however, we hear there are some real hotties on campus that are nice to boot.

What’s Good

“The campus is really lovely, and the buildings are always in really terrific shape.”

“The teachers really care about you, and not once have I felt that I was not being taken care of.”

“The party scene is awesome, and even though we are a pretty small school, our party scene rivals Penn State.”

What’s Bad

“Allentown is incredibly boring, and the residents don’t really seem to care for college students. It’s not nice to feel unwanted in your own town.”

“The party scene can get way too out of hand on the weekends. Sometimes it’s so loud that you can’t get any real work done.”

“There isn’t really anything to do here besides drink. The school needs to do a better job of providing other social options for us.”

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