Hood College
School info
3.2
Overall Quality
Reputation
3.7
Food
2.4
Clubs
3.3
Facilities
3.5
Internet
2.8
Location
4
Opportunities
3.5
Safety
3.2
Social
3.1
Happiness
3.5
Basic Information
Location
- Frederick, MD
Institution Overview
- Public/Private: Private college
- Established: 1893; 131 years ago (1893)
- Founder: Potomac Synod of the Reformed Church of the United States, Joseph Henry Apple, Margaret Scholl Hood
Academic information
Degree Courses
- Over 40
Key Area
- Agricultural issues
- human health
- conservation biology
- electrospray ionization and mass spectrometry
- synthesis of botulinum neurotoxin inhibitors and green chemistry
Student and Staff Numbers
- Students: 2,095
- Undergraduates: 1,217
- Postgraduates: 869
- Academic Staff: 120
Notable Alumni
- Beverly Byron
- Claire McCardell
- Kelly M. Schulz
- David Gallaher
- Marcia Coyle
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Good reviews
Overall 4.9
I enjoy being here! There's always something going on, and the education is stellar. The professors really care about you as a person, and they'll put in every effort to see you succeed.
Overall 4.5
Good campus overall, food can be meh, and parking can also suck, everything else is great, especially faculty and the library.
Overall 4.5
Hood was my top choice school. I would not want to be anywhere else.
Overall 4.5
Awesome school that has Improved over the years!
Overall 4.5
Hood College is the best PRIVATE college, hands down It's not as busy as community colleges and big universities. Like universities, Hood has dorm rooms and apartments on campus. When you come to Hood as a incoming freshman, transfer or graduate, you get your very own iPad. The food here is expensive so purchase a meal plan. You're gonna like Hood
Overall 4.5
This school is the best college in the country!!! I love the fact that there are dormitories, the class sizes are small, however, the cost of the food on campus is seriously ridiculous!!! The instructors are cool, and they show that they really care about you. Overall, this college is the GREATEST!!!
Overall 4.5
None.
Overall 4.4
Beautiful campus and great professors! The residence halls are in the plans to be renovated. The staff and senior team are some of the sweetest people youll meet. Genuinely caring and there to help.
Overall 4.3
Fantastic location in beautiful Frederick,MD. Close to metro DC locations which is great for internships. Ft. Dietrick is right down the road. Science faculty is great! Some lower level classes do not have the best teachers. Overall very happy with the school! Dining hall has been much improved and the food is really decent for the college.
Overall 4.2
Amazing school!
Bad reviews
Overall 1
its bad
Overall 1.3
The campus is okay, it is a little bit boring.
Overall 1.3
They false advertise. This school isn't all that it is said to be. Please think hard before picking this college it may be the right choice for you but I was not the right one for me or my friends. We all wish we choose to attend a different one.
Overall 1.5
The quality of Hood College has taken an impressive downward plummet this year. Issues are not communicated. Dorms have had sewage floods and the AC breaks constantly. Food somehow has gotten even worse. Financial aid took months to get the bills correct, many students had to drop out due to this. Do yourself a favor and go anywhere else.
Overall 1.5
It just keeps getting worse, but we keep having to pay more. It doesn't make much sense.
Overall 1.6
Hood tears down an entire dorm building and over-admits freshmen and then acts confused when students are unhappy being forced into triples and doubles in rooms sized for singles. Then they charge more for the new dorm buildings. Food is atrocious and has given me food poisoning. Safety is low and break-ins have been occurring for the past year.
Overall 1.7
I recently completed a semester here at Hood College, and my experience was awful. There are very few clubs to join. In addition, not all, but many of the instructors are only there for the grant money and do not care about teaching the subject matter.
Overall 1.8
The professors are very helpful and strive to help you get good grades. The students are very cliquey and rude. Dorms are gross and cleaning procedures need an upgrade. Sports have no respect for each other and like to create fights based on decades of hatred. The downtown area is only fun if you're old enough to drink.
Overall 1.8
While the school certainly helps its students with a excellent financial aide packaging, this is required to make up for the lacking qualities of the campus. The dorms are old and run down, some floor tiles even come up from the floor. the Dining hall is mediocre at best, and not worth the money that they charge. Majority of the professors are OK.
Overall 1.9
This school is very old fashioned. They always have the same food at the Blazar and the food in the cafeteria sometimes is sickening. They do have many activities happening all the time. The internet is horrible and needs an upgrade really badly. This school is okay but yet I seem to not like it as I thought I would.