Becoming Part of Hampshire

This space is to develop a portal for Prospective Students

One Perspective
Hampshire is a very young college and, as a result, has little in the way of funding. Among our resources are excellent faculty experienced in their field of teaching, and an academic structure that, while not considered radical enough by some, is a significant departure from what most students experience in previous years. It is a place for those who can take control of their own life and academic experience. Even in your first year, you won't be guided by much more than your own desires - and while you are compelled to take courses in five different schools of thought in your first year (Div I), you do get to choose which classes to take within those schools.

Common Misconceptions
Some kids come to Hampshire under the impression that they can simply enroll and earn a degree in frisbee. They drop out. Or get kicked out. Some people are under the impression that Hampshire operates on a pass/fail system: try saying that about an evaluation that explicitly describes just which ways you suck. You get a course evaluation at each semester's end - how well you do isn't represented by a grade, and in fact, it isn't always as well represented as what you tried to do. Hampshire sometimes focuses more on trail blazing than traveling a trail well. Suceeding is also encouraged however.

Once again, it's a place not only for those who know what they want to do with their life, but also for those who know that when the idea comes they can pursue it, or want to find what truly makes them tick.