What are life and academics about at Centenary?
Wherever you may come from, you should be prepared that life in the United States will most likely be very different from the life youre used to. It wont be worse or better just different. As far as academics are concerned, you will probably find the Centenary campus very small. As a private liberal arts college, Centenary is a tight-knit community of about 900 undergraduates and the majority of students live on campus. It rarely takes more than five minutes to get from your room to your classes or to other places on campus, which is great when you like to sleep in in the mornings. Students usually take four to six classes every semester. These classes meet one to three times a week, from an hour up to three hours at a time. At the beginning of the semester, the professor will usually hand out a syllabus with all the assignments, tests and readings for the rest of the semester. The American class format is such that you will have multiple exams, essays and/or presentations throughout t
