Selecting a college need not be perilous. But if college is in your son or daughter’s future, you’ll need to study up to keep your student’s Christian worldview on course.  Here’s a checklist for the discerning Christian parent to use when comparing colleges…

1. Since students become like their teacher, do I know (not just hope) the college’s professors are worthy of imitation?

2.  Will my student’s Christian worldview be encouraged and strengthened?

3.  Do the students at the college take their faith and studies seriously?

4.  Are students encouraged to live in the community as responsible adults?

5.  Since where my student worships each Lord’s Day is as important as where he studies, are there faithful churches close by?

6.  Does the college’s curriculum provide for a lifetime of faithful living?

7.  Does the college refuse government aid to remain free from the pressures of political correctness and liberal ideology?

8.  Does the college limit class size and enrollment to assure the highest level of faculty-student interaction?

9.  Will I pay less than half the average private college tuition and have the option of locking in the same tuition rate for four years?

10. Is the college accredited by a nationally recognized Christian accreditation organization that upholds the Christian mission of the college?

As you visit various campuses with your college-bound student in his or her college selection process, please include us on your short list of schools.  We’d love the opportunity to tell you about our time-honored classical Christian liberal arts education, and why at New Saint Andrews the answer is yes…to all the above.