Flagler College

Flagler has an interesting approach to their curriculum. As you might expect, the average class size is 18 students with a student to teacher ratio of 15 to 1. The biggest classes have up to 30 students with the smaller classes getting down to 10. The unique part is the Flagler Core holistic approach to education. They have four core values: citizenship with integrity, thoughtful stewardship, respectful and inclusive community, and transformative learning. The Core program is meant to be completed in three semesters. First is the first year seminar followed by nine skill-based courses from 100 options finishing with a FlagSHIP (Sophomore High Impact Program) during second semester that year or a three-week course in January or May. These can be study abroad, study away in the US, research, or plenty of other options. They are interested in real world learning. Rather than taking English 101, you can take The Literature and Culture of Surfing. You’ll still be doing research, citing sources, and writing papers, but it will be done in an engaging manner. Rather than taking Sociology 101, you can take Disability and Society and interview people with disabilities and learn how their disability affects them. Rather than taking a speech class, you can take a podcasting class. Flagler’s goal is to prepare well-rounded students to go out into the world and be successful.

The middle 50% of their recent class had a 3.63 weighted GPA, SAT score of 1156, and ACT score of 27. They are test-optional, incoming students should use these numbers as a guide. If you scored significantly below those numbers on the tests, submitting your scores will hurt your chances of admission and of merit aid money. Go, Saints!