Hey, guys,
Sheana for YOUniversity TV here.
Welcome to Saint Mary's College
of Maryland,
in sight of the English colony
in 1634,
the fourth oldest
settlement in America.
Okay, I'm done.
Could somebody
please let me out?
Saint Mary's College
of Maryland is located
in Saint Mary's City,
Maryland,
just 75 miles south
of Washington, DC,
on the Saint Mary's River
right off the Chesapeake Bay.
Saint Mary's
College of Maryland
has a beautiful
waterfront campus.
Here at the boathouse,
students can check out a kayak,
they can go windsurfing,
or if it's a beautiful day,
they can lay out on the deck.
The saying is,
"You can't graduate
from Saint Mary's without
knowing how to sail,"
so I took that to heart,
and I went and I registered
for a class,
so now I'm sailing,
I actually got to sail for
the first time the other day,
which was awesome, um,
but no, the water's awesome,
it's a really beautiful,
beautiful location of a school.
And we just have the chance
to, like, go and chill out
by the waterfront whenever
you want, just to--
you can have bonfires
by the point, um,
just hang out with
friends by the water,
and it's open to all students,
even if you don't know
how to sail.
Saint Mary's enrolls
about 1,950 undergrads.
22% are first generation
college students,
and 23% are from out of state
or international.
55% of the student
body is female,
45% male, and 24% are
of diverse backgrounds.
I just love how open
everyone is, and friendly.
I love how involved the school
allows you to get.
Last year I went
on the Habitat for Humanity trip
to Georgia,
which was so much fun.
And it's really just
opened my mind to
a lot of different things.
All students at Saint Mary's
are honors students,
so it's clear that their
admission requirements
are highly selective.
SAT scores for the middle 50%
of the entering class range from
1740 to 2010.
Or between 26 and 30
on the ACT.
We're looking for students that
are gonna make an impact.
And that impact is something
where they show us that they
have great character,
they can be a citizen
of this campus.
We're not looking for a list
of different things you've
been involved in,
we're looking for you
to tell us why you've been
involved in them.
Why they define you.
And how you see your role
going forward with those things.
If you're a resident of
Maryland, you'll pay about
$13,000 a year
in tuition.
Those coming from out of state
will pay closer to $24,000.
And all students will pay around
$9,500 towards room and board.
Saint Mary's College offers
bachelor's degrees in more than
twenty disciplines.
Psychology, English,
Political Science, and Biology
are among student favorites.
Now, this isn't playtime,
these genetics students
are learning the three
dimensional nature
of mitosis and meiosis.
They have the ability to work
in, uh, multiple lab settings
with research grade equipment.
In many cases,
the students work outside
so that they're not physically
in the classroom when we
have our laboratories.
And in fact, they go out,
they can paint themselves
for some experiments.
99% of the tenured
and tenure-track faculty
have a terminal degree.
Students can expect faculty
who really want to be here.
You know, most of the faculty
come and they stay,
so they love it.
And they like teaching
at a place where they can
have really close classroom
relationships with students
so the classes are small,
they get to really get to know
their students, um,
and challenge them,
and help them grow and develop
all the way through college.
Classrooms and our,
our laboratories,
and our offices are always open
so that we like to be on campus.
It's a beautiful environment
and the students realize that.
They come into our offices,
they see us after hours,
in fact we even have a faculty
intramural team that plays
with the students, you know,
after hours in all
of the different sports
during the year.
The Saint Mary Seahawks compete
at the NCAA division III level,
and are recognized
for their nationally ranked
varsity sailing team,
and for the men's
varsity basketball team.
So, can you tell me a little
about being on the crew team?
Um, well, I get up
at 4:45 every morning,
and I'm down at the waterfront
around 5:15,
and we spend about an hour
and a half in the morning,
every morning,
out on the river.
And I get to watch the sun rise
every morning,
which is one of
my favorite parts.
Do you guys compete?
Yes, um we compete, um,
in the mid-Atlantic and we'll go
up to Philadelphia,
and a lot of our races
are in Virginia and Maryland.
First year students live
in traditional residence halls,
while most upper classmen choose
to live in on-campus apartments,
townhouses, and suites.
Check this out,
just like a real house.
Hey, you want to
show me around?
Absolutely.
All right.
Saint Mary's College hosts
more than 100 student-run
SGA-sponsored clubs.
We have tons of
campus programming.
Every Thursday night's
the open mic night.
There's a comedian series
throughout the semester.
They're bringing lecturers down.
Last semester Tom Brokaw
from NBC,
Maureen Dowd
from The New York Times,
and a number of people came down
to give lectures at this campus.
Or they're just doing, you know,
fun stuff down
on the waterfront,
on the campus center patio,
um, there's always gonna be
World Carnival in the spring,
where they bring tons of bands
from off-campus, you know,
celebrating diversity
in all of its forms.
We also are connected intimately
to historic Saint Mary's City,
which was the first
capital of Maryland.
And so we have students
here who, uh, who work
on the anthropological digs,
um, that are taking place.
Grab a seat, literally.
Students at Saint Mary's are
known to pull their couches
onto the track for games.
So grab your chips and salsa,
and become a couch creature.
So if you don't want to find
yourself up the creek
without a paddle,
throw yourself into the mix,
soak up the knowledge
and tradition,
and become a success
at the Public Honors College,
Saint Mary's College
of Maryland.
So, thanks for joining me here
at Saint Mary's College
of Maryland,
where all students
are honors students.
I'm Shana, see you soon!
