The prerequisites for medical school, law school, and most other professions requiring graduate degrees can be met in full at New College. For a discussion of preparation for professional school, see Preparing for the Professions . Instead of grades, you get a detailed, written evaluation from the professor after each academic undertaking course, tutorial, independent study project, etc. Then it describes the work you undertook and reviews the quality of that work in depth, citing strengths and weaknesses and making suggestions for further avenues of study. You get a constructive critique that helps you become a better student.
Evaluations shift the focus from grade competition to learning.
Your New College education results in rich credentials that support graduate school applications very effectively. Graduate school admission committees are especially impressed with New College students senior theses, for example. Over half of New College s graduates go to graduate school within five years of graduation, and they have been admitted to the best schools in the world, from Oxford to Yale and Harvard to Johns Hopkins and Berkeley. Upon graduation, about two-thirds of the College s immediately enter the job market. Our Career Center helps them plan for a successful transition.