What is the advantage of registering at St. Jerome's? That's a question
that is easy to answer and difficult to explain. The easy answer
lies in the more tangible benefits available to you.
Great teaching: You'll enjoy great teaching at St. Jerome's,
where undergraduate teaching is top priority and classes are smaller.
More than a face in the crowd: Since St. Jerome's is a small,
closely knit academic community, you'll receive individual attention.
The whole person: At St. Jerome's, you'll discover that we care
about more than just your intellectual development. We
believe that a well rounded education, in the spirit of the liberal arts
tradition, inspires the imagination, engages the spirit, and cultivates
the qualities essential for responsible citizenship and leadership.
Your home away from home: If you register academically in Arts
or Math at St. Jerome's, you'll be given priority for
a space in our residence, where a strong sense of community is at the
heart of the residence experience.
Put Waterloo's reputation to work for you: The University of
Waterloo is renowned for its spirit of innovation and its high-quality
academic programs. All St. Jerome's students are University of Waterloo
students, and graduate with a highly respected University of Waterloo
degree.
The best of old and new: As a Roman Catholic institution, St. Jerome's
draws on an age-old tradition of free intellectual inquiry as the basis
for its educational philosophy. It uses that philosophy to encourage lively
debate, critical thinking, and a detailed examination of ideas. And if you're
not Roman Catholic? That's ok too. You’ll be welcomed
as a full and equal participant in our academic community,
and your ideas and opinions will be a valuable contribution
to the mix.
Okay. So those are the easy things to name as part
of the St. Jerome's advantage. What's the difficult
part to explain?
Just this. That while each of these characteristics
constitute an advantage
in
their own right, the
sum is greater than the individual parts. In other
words, all of
these things add up to an experiential difference
that constitutes the greater St. Jerome's
advantage. It's difficult to explain or describe
that experience,
but it exists. Our graduates leave St. Jerome's with
high levels of satisfaction in their university experience,
and they tell us, even years later,
that
their St. Jerome's years were some of the best of
their lives. Ask our students. Come for a visit. That's the
best way to experience that intangible thing
that is the St. Jerome's advantage!
Why I chose a University College at Waterloo
St. Jerome's University | Established in 1865 | Co-founder of the University of Waterloo Waterloo, Ontario, Canada | N2L 3G3 | 519 884 8110
