Gettysburg College
Gettysburg, PA

About This School
"- 2,200 total students with 9:1 student-faculty ratio
- Average class size: 18 students
- Student diversity: 42 states, 68 countries represented
- International students: ~80 per incoming class (500 total first-years)
- Founded 1832, located in historic Gettysburg (1863 battle site)
- 3 million annual visitors to area due to historical significance
- Students are intellectually curious, well-rounded, ambitious, exploratory, but more than anything, everyone is nice. Community-focused environment
- 30% of their students are varsity athletes, but 90% of the total student body participates in intramurals or club sports
- They are adding three new women’s sports next year: wrestling, flag football, and acrobatics and tumbling
- They are a lacrosse powerhouse, and swimming is huge
- Offer casa del swim program for the community which has a large migrant community with many ESL programs
- Motto is “do great work” and was inspired by the Gettysburg Address"
