College of Saint Benedict Top Questions

The best thing about St. Ben's/St. John's is the community. You truly feel at home, as cheesy as that sounds. I think my school is the best of both worlds. It is definitely a smaller school, but with the partnership between St. Ben's and St. Johns, it seems bigger because of the two campuses, but still has a small school feel. We have tons of school pride. Johnnie football games are awesome. The tradition is really strong and it is cool to see all of the alumni come back to cheer on the team.

I absolutely love everything about CSB. The professors are fantastic, the food is great and the people are wonderful. If anything, the link busses between campuses can be tedious at times.

College of St. Benedict and its partner school St. John's University are truly amazing places. The coordinate partnership is very unique, where women live on the College of St. Benedict campus while men live on the St. John's University campus, but take classes together on both campuses. One of the best things about this school is the community. Both the students and faculty want to help each other achieve and there are many opportunities to do so. Furthermore, the Benedictine tradition stresses the importance of community. The College of St. Benedict is located in a small rural town, but the conveniences of the city are close by. It's a perfect combination. Additionally, the academic life is fantastic. The classes are challenging, but the professors are very helpful.

CSB/SJU is great becasue the people are so friendly, and there is always something going on. If you want to be busy and involved you have every opportunity to do so. If I could change anything ti would be having tunnels so during the winter it isn't so cold. I think this school is the perfect size, it's not so big that you will never see the people you sit next to in class. But it's not so small that everyone knows everybody. it's that perfect size where you are small enough that a lot of people you meet will know someone that you know, so you have someting in common with pretty much everyone. When I tell people that I go to CSB/SJU they are generally impressed, I get a lot of wow, that's a great school's from people. And it makes me feel good that they are so impresed with where I go to school. I spend most of my time on campus either at the gym/weight room, or in one of my friend's rooms. The city of St. Joseph is very accomodating to college students, and around the college it seems like the entire town is composed of students sometimes, but the community is very supportive of our school, and especially our sports. You see a lot of local students at our games. I think the administration at our school does a great job of getting us national recognition by bringing in some of the best teachers and doing things like getting rid of bottled water on campus, which brought us into national headlines. There is so much school pride here. A big reason is that we have so many athletes here, and chances are you are going to know a couple of them, so games are really big here.. I'm a big sports fan if you can't tell. :) But there is school pride in other ways too, even if you don't play sports or aren't into that sort of thing there is such a sense of community here that you want people to know where you go to school. I would say the most unusual thing about this school is that we have an enormous amount of land, the arboretum is huge, and we have several lakes just on campus. If we had a DMV we could be our own country! One thing I will always remember about this school is all of the random things I do with my friend when we are hanging out late at night like building a snow family at 2 am in front of the freshmen dorms, or setting up a kitchen table by the bus stop, midnight swimming at lake sag. The most frequent student complaints are about missing the bus, getting up for an 8am on the opposite campus, Gorecki (the dining hall) not having apple crisp, and feeling like theres not enough time in the day to get everything done.

I love St. Ben's! Being on an all girls campus is fantastic in the mornings when you want to go to breakfast without doing your homework, but you only have to take a short bus ride over to St. John's to find a campus full of boys. The dorms and food are amazing. Everyone you meet here is extremely nice!

It's a great school! It's just the right size. With 1,000 students a class you don't know everyone, but can always find a friendly face.

The College of St. Benedict is unque to any other school because we are an all women school, but have a brother school just down the road. We are able to use resources and attend classes on both campuses. CSB is in the small town of St Joe and is a bit more modern, where SJU is in the country and has a sense of tradition. The size of our schools combined is perfect. You are able to know professors and other studends personally, but are still able to meet new people. The professors here care about your success. They are very helpful and are always pushes you to do better. The school pride is like no other, not only among the current students but also among the alumni. Any time I tell a past Johnnie or Bennie that I am a current student, we have an instant connection. The only complaint here is that the time spent at CSB/SJU goes too fast.

The College of St. Benedict is unque to any toher school because we are an all women school, but have a brother school just down the road. We are able to use resources and attend classes on both campuses. CSB is in the small town of St Joe and is a bit more modern, where SJU is in the country and has a sense of tradition. The size of our schools combined is perfect. You are able to know professors and other studends personally, but are still able to meet new people. The professors here care about your success. They are very helpful and are always pushes you to do better. The school pride is like no other, not only among the current students but also among the alumni. Any time I tell a past Johnnie or Bennie that I am a current student, we have an instant connection. The only complaint here is that the time spent at CSB/SJU goes too fast.

This school is amazing. Everyone is so welcoming and we are like one big family.

St. John's is a place unlike any other. Many colleges boast the stereotypical beautiful campuses with large trees, green lawns, and ivy covered brick buildings. If that is what you are looking for St. John's can offer you that, it has the most beautiful campus in the state of Minnesota, hands down. But there is something intangible about St. John's and its students. The environment is warm and the community is close. Students don't think of each other as accquaintences or friends, but rather brothers. St. John's builds character unlike any other school, it creates a genuine well rounded man.

The best thing about CSB is the incredible sense of community. You can walk up to anyone and start a friendly conversation. CSB has great class sizes. I have never been in a class with more than 30 kids and that class was a biology course. When I tell people that I go to St. Ben's. I usually have to follow it up with saying that I go to St. John's because everyone knows SJU and apparently, nearly no one has ever heard of CSB. I spend most of my time in my room and hanging out at SJU with my boyfriend and his friends at SJU. I have heard some very upsetting rumors about changes that our president is trying to make, such as separating the campuses completely. I don't like the rumors I have heard floating around and I would be very disappointed if I found out that they were true. There is definitely a huge amount of school pride. No one is embarrassed to say that they are a Bennie. One thing that I would change is that you must have the unlimited meal plan if you live on campus because I certainly do not need to pay $2300 for a meal plan that I hardly use. What a waste of money!

I absolutely love it here. The people here are fun and nice, and it's a really accepting environment in general. The campuses and surrounding areas are beautiful, and because the campus is in such a small town, the campuses are vibrant. The small town setting is a drawback though, it's hard to go anywhere off campus without a car, and there aren't a lot of fun things to do right outside in st.joe. The school does get small too-you see everyone everywhere. This isn't always bad though- I can walk into the cafeteria and find someone to eat with almost immediately.

Saint Bens and Saint Johns offer a wonderful learning environment that also allows for students to grow outside the classroom. Seeings that CSBSJU is a small school, you will know the other students around campus, the teachers that see you in class, and the whole campus. There is pride in knowing that you are a Bennie or Johnnie. There is an unusal sense of community and a sense of accomplishment. Saint Bens and Saint Johns is a fantastic school.

I love being a Bennie and going to the College of Saint Benedict. We are an all women's college that houses only women dorms but we are uniquely partnered with a boys school, St. John's University, which allows for all co-ed facilities and classes. The best think here is the opportunities it provides for its students. We have academic opportunities, athletic opportunities, leadership opportunities, and spiritual opportunities. People really get the sense that we are a community here. Most people spend time on campus during the weekends and there is always a variety of events to attend. Though we have our fair share of fun, we also take academics serious and anywhere you look on campus, you can find a student studying. Our academics are serious, but worth it in the real world.

I love csbsju its not to big its not to small, it is such a fun college town, our teachers are so helpful, there is so much school pride and tradition here

I love this school. I cannot imagine going to a different one. The best thing about this school is that everyone is for the most part very accepting of others. There isn't a lot of judgment. My school is small, but that is why I like it. Some people may think it is too small for them...it is a personal choice. I enjoy seeing familiar faces around campus (St. Ben's and St. John's). I also love the small calss sizes because it allows me to get to know my professors on a name to name basis. The unusual thing about my school is that I also go to St. John's University. We have two campuses. Women live at St. Ben's and men live at St. John's, but during the day, we all have classes on both campuses and we share all of the facilities (cafeterias, work out centers, gyms, buildings, libraries, ect.).

Saint John's University is an amazing school. I find that the best thing about Saint John's is that we are a tight knit community and that we are willing to help everyone out. I also find that the professors are amazing at helping you out and being there for you when you need help, all the professors want to to strive. Saint John's is a smaller school, but it fits me just right, Football games here at Saint John's are probably the most fun activity there is here. On Saturday afternoons, everyone is at the football game to support the Johnnies. I wouldn't change a single thing.

The best thing about CSB is the feeling of community and being welcomed. I know it sounds cliche, but its true. When on my visit to CSB I immediately felt welcomed into the community and like I was apart of the school before I had even applied. CSB literally feels like a family; it's like a second home here. Another thing I really like about CSB is the size of the school. Its small, but its not too small. Its small enough where the average class size is 20-22 and the cap size is 35, but big enough where you can definitely meet someone new everyday. Students are known by name and are able to get the individual attention they need.

My overall opinion about this school is that I LOVE IT! The people here are outstanding and wonderful, the atmosphere is what drew me in. You can look all around campus and there are countless groups of people walking around or conversations going on. Being that CSB/SJU have such small campus's and classroom sizes it really helps to meet alot of people that you have something in common with easier. Getting to know your teachers is something that you won't have to question if it will happen, because you will. The school pride at this school is incredible, especially when it comes to Johnnie football! The games are such an excitement to go to, and alot of the student body participates. An experience that I will remember was my first Tommie/Johnnie football game was at SJU and the stands were packed with a record number of people there ever. It was insane and I will never forget it. One most frequent student complaint I would have to say is the requirement for CSB students to live on campus for all four years. Which really does suck, I have to be honest. I don't agree with it at all, especially when there is a perfectly good town to find a house to live in. But overall CSB/SJU is a fantastic school, so happy with my choice to come here!

The best thing about CSB is the feeling of community and being welcomed. I know it sounds cliche, but its true. When on my visit to CSB I immediately felt welcomed into the community and like I was apart of the school before I had even applied. CSB literally feels like a family; it's like a second home here. Another thing I really like about CSB is the size of the school. Its small, but its not too small. Its small enough where the average class size is 20-22 and the cap size is 35, but big enough where you can definitely meet someone new everyday. Students are known by name and are able to get the individual attention they need.