Office
of Admissions
Hartwick College
Oneonta, New York 13820
Telephone: 607-431-4150
888-HARTWICK (toll-free)
admissions@hartwick.edu
http://www.hartwick.edu
COSTS:
Tuition:
$31,400
Room and Board:
$9,250
Fees, books, misc.:
$1,000
Hartwick
College
Oneonta, NY 13820
College Description
Hartwick College, a private college located
in the northern foothills of the Catskill Mountain region of New York
State, was founded in 1797 as the first Lutheran seminary in America.
Hartwick became a four-year coeducational liberal arts and sciences college
under its present charter in 1928. The current enrollment is 1,400 students
(43 percent men and 57 percent women).
Approximately 64 percent of Hartwick's students come from New York State, and about 36 percent come from elsewhere in the Northeast or from outside the Northeast. The student body represents thirty-four states and thirty-seven countries. The majority of students live on campus and eat together in the College Commons. Residence halls are coeducational by floor or wing. Adjoining the campus are four special interest houses. As an alternative to downtown living, the College has twenty self-contained town-houses on campus that house 80 students. Each two-story unit has one double and two single bedrooms, two baths, a living room, a study area, and a kitchen. About 100 students live in the five fraternity and four sorority houses. Other off-campus housing includes facilities at the Pine Lake Environmental Campus.
Career Services begins working with first-year students in developing career goals. One innovative program offered by the center is the Guaranteed Placement Program. If, after completing a checklist of activities and cocurricular experiences while maintaining a 3.0 grade point average, a student does not have a job within six months of graduation from Hartwick, the College's Board of Trustees guarantees the student a paid internship in his or her chosen field. The center also coordinates MetroLink, an award-winning program that connects students with Hartwick alumni and parents for shadow experiences and career networking. MetroLink is conducted in New York City, Boston, and Washington, D.C.
Hartwick continues to provide every student with a powerful
notebook computer, printer, and software that is ready to link to Hartwick's
award-winning campus network. Technology is integrated into the daily
life of the College–in the classroom, library, and residence halls.
The city of Oneonta, with a population of 14,000,
is a college town. Hartwick College and the State University of New York
College at Oneonta are located in the city. Students have access to the
libraries on both campuses, and cross-registration for courses is also
possible. Hartwick College is an integral part of the Oneonta community,
and many area residents share in campus activities. Oneonta has a variety
of shops, restaurants, and theaters. Many cultural and recreational resources
exist in the city and throughout the area, including the Catskill Symphony
Orchestra, the Catskill Choral Society, the Orpheus Theatre, several ski
centers, city and state parks, golf courses, tennis courts, and lakes.
Oneonta is also home to the National Soccer Hall of Fame and is near Cooperstown,
the site of the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Academic Life
Hartwick's distinctive educational approach
connects the best aspects of the liberal arts to experiential learning
and individualized advising. Hartwick emphasizes the links between learning
in the classroom and learning through real-world experiences. A Hartwick
education is not about memorizing facts: it's about creating knowledge
and developing skills. A Hartwick education happens in small classes taught
by professors whose goal is to help students succeed both in the classroom
and in course-related experiences outside the classroom. Hartwick's learning-by-doing
approach has proven highly effective in producing engaged citizens and
successful professionals who can apply their knowledge to practical problems.
Independent study, directed study, internships, and off-campus programs
are integral parts of the curriculum.
The College has a 4-1-4 calendar, consisting of two 15-week terms and one 4-week term in January. Hartwick's January Experiential Term allows students to participate in an internship, travel abroad, or take one intensive course during the month. Hartwick offers both advanced placement and credit for scores of 3 or better on the Advanced Placement tests (4 or 5 in the departments of French and music). Advanced placement for credit is also offered through the College-Level Examination Program (CLEP) to students who have acquired mastery of a subject in ways other than the traditional classroom experience.
Hartwick has 151 faculty members, of whom 104 are full-time.
The Hartwick faculty is a teaching faculty, with principal responsibilities
and commitments to students in the classroom. Faculty members serve as
student advisers, share committee assignments with students and staff
members, and act as advisers to student organizations. The student-faculty
ratio is 11:1. Ninety percent of the faculty members hold the Ph.D. or
other terminal degrees.
Majors Offered:
Hartwick students may select courses from thirty
areas offered by nineteen departments. They may pursue independent study
or create an individual student program, or they may take advantage of
numerous special study options on and off campus available through Hartwick
and cooperating educational institutions. Hartwick awards the B.S. degree
in accounting, biochemistry, chemistry, computer science, information
science, medical technology, music education, and nursing. It awards the
B.A. degree in anthropology, art, art history, biology, chemistry, economics,
English, French, geology, German, history, management, mathematics, music,
philosophy, philosophy/religious studies, physics, political science,
psychology, religious studies, sociology, Spanish, and theater arts. An
accelerated B.A./B.S. option is available.
Twenty-two teacher certification programs are offered
in adolescence, childhood, and middle childhood education in English languages,
mathematics, science, social studies, and K–12 music. Preprofessional
programs in engineering are offered in cooperation with Clarkson University
and with Columbia University School of Engineering and Applied Science.
Hartwick also participates in a cooperative 4+1 M.B.A./M.S. program with
Clarkson University and a 3-3 cooperative law program with Albany Law
School. Nursing students, upon graduation, are qualified to take the New
York State Board Examination for licensure as registered professional
nurses. Students graduating with a medical technology major are qualified
to take the National Registry Examination for the professional certification
MT (ASCP).
Off-Campus, Study-Abroad
Hartwick is ranked fourth among liberal arts
colleges in the nation for the percentage of students who engage in study-abroad
programs. Hartwick offers numerous opportunities for off-campus study.
Some of the program in which students participated in January 2004 included
Golden Prague; Transcultural Nursing in Jamaica; Spain: A Cultural and
Ethnic Mosaic; German Term in Vienna; Theatre in England; Irish Culture
and Society; Anatomy of a Desert–Big Bend National Park, Texas;
Madagascar: Culture, Conservation, and Natural History; Experience Writing
in Australia; and Natural History of Costa Rica.
Campus Life / Campus
Visit
There are approximately sixty student clubs and
organizations on campus. A variety of social and cultural events, including
special weekends, are offered throughout the academic year.
The Student Senate serves as the central voice of the student body and carries out executive and legislative functions of the Hartwick College student government. Students share responsibilities with faculty, administrators, and trustees on a number of committees established by the faculty and Board of Trustees, as well as on the Judicial Board and the College Traffic Court.
Facilities and Resources
Hartwick's Science Center recently received
a $12-million renovation and addition that provide shared spaces for cross-disciplinary
teaching and student/faculty research. The facility includes new classrooms
and laboratories, a tissue-culture lab, a greenhouse, an herbarium, cold
room, biotechnology "clean lab," science communications center
and graphics imaging lab, nursing lab and resource room, and a dark room.
Clark Hall is home to English, the Writing Center, foreign languages,
psychology, education, and the Technology Services Center. Yager Hall
houses the College's 300,000-volume library; the Sondhi Limthongkul Center
for Independence, which coordinates Hartwick's global programs; the Yager
Museum; the College's archives; classrooms; a computing lab; and laboratory
and office space. The Yager Collection contains more than 6,000 American
Indian artifacts, covering a period of 10,000 years. It is one of the
largest and most important collections of its kind in New York State.
Arnold and Bresee Halls contain classrooms, faculty and administrative
offices, and a black box theater. The Anderson Center for the Arts is
a contemporary building that houses the fine and performing arts. The
center includes studios and classrooms, soundproof practice rooms, a theater,
and the Foreman Gallery. The Binder Physical Education Center provides
facilities for recreation; physical education classes; intramural, club,
and intercollegiate sports; a fitness center; a strength-training facility;
and the Moyer Pool. The Pine Lake Environmental Campus, a 918-acre site
8 miles from the main campus, offers student housing and serves as an
important resource for environmental study and recreation. The Ernest
B. Wright 16-inch Telescope and Observatory is located at the top of Hartwick's
multitiered campus.
Sports/Varsity Athletics
More than three quarters of the students participate
in recreational, intramural, or intercollegiate sports. Hartwick is well
known for its NCAA Division I men's soccer program, and its NCAA Division
I women's water polo team is the premier team in the East in just its
third year of competition. Women's track and field and field hockey and
men's and women's basketball, lacrosse, and swimming are also successful
programs among the College's twenty-four intercollegiate sports.
Diversity
Hartwick has numerous student organizations that are directly involved with diversity on the campus. The Pluralism Associates League for Students, PALS, is a student organization with direct connections to U.S. Pluralism Programs, both in terms of programming support and advisement. In addition, such student organizations as the Society of Sisters United/Brothers United, PALS, and the International Club provide peer support to students of various ethnic and racial backgrounds, as well as promote cultural diversity throughout the Hartwick community.
International Students
Nearly five percent of our students come to Hartwick from outside the United States. We currently have students from nearly 40 different countries, including Albania, China, Kazakhstan, Mexico, Nepal, Austria, United Kingdom, New Zealand, Hong Kong, India, Israel, Japan, Brazil, Saudi Arabia, Bulgaria, Colombia, Ecuador, Vietnam, Ghana, Honduras, Nicaragua, Trinidad and Tobago, and others. As part of our emphasis on learning about different cultures, we welcome international students.
Financial Aid /Scholarships
Hartwick College grants financial aid on the basis of both academic merit and financial need. A large number of scholarships based on merit are awarded annually to prospective students, including transfers, and are based upon outstanding academic achievement and leadership in high school and/or college. The average amount of a financial aid award to first-year students is nearly $21,000. Approximately 78 percent of Hartwick students receive some form of aid.
Students requesting financial aid must file a Hartwick
College financial aid application with the College, accompanied by a copy
of their parents' federal income tax return and W-2 statement. They must
also submit the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). The
deadline is February 1. All forms should be mailed by early January. Some
work opportunities are also available for students not receiving financial
aid.
Admission Requirements / Application
Hartwick College seeks secondary school graduates
who demonstrate academic competence and show evidence of being able to
benefit from, and take full advantage of, the living and learning experience
at Hartwick. Applicants are evaluated not only on class rank and test
scores but also on personal qualities, activities, special talents, and
recommendations. Applicants are required to submit a secondary school
transcript, an essay, and two recommendations. Transfer students must
submit official transcripts of work at other institutions, a secondary
school transcript, and a letter of recommendation from an official of
the college previously attended. On-campus interviews and scores on the
SAT I or ACT are strongly recommended for all applicants but are not required.
Applications for regular admission must be filed by February 15 in the year of expected college entrance in the fall. Requests for an early decision may be made up to January 15 of the year of entrance (January 1 for early action candidates). Admission decisions for early decision are made within two weeks after the complete application is on file. Early action candidates are notified on or about January 25; regular decision candidates are notified on or about March 15. A nonrefundable fee of $35 must accompany the application. The College accepts the Common Application and online applications.
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