Guilford College Academic Experience

Past Performance

• 77% of our freshmen returned for sophomore year.
• 51% of our most recent graduates graduated in four years.
• How long does it usually take to graduate from freshman year?
  • On average, 48% of our freshman graduate in four years.
  • On average, 12% of our freshman graduate in five years.
• The average GPA of freshmen after completion of the first year is 2.83 on a 4.0 scale.

What Do We Like To Study?

Most Popular Majors

• justice/policy studies
• management
• psychology

Policies

Probation Policy

The minimum GPA required for all students to remain off probation during their entire college tenure is:

• Freshmen: 2.00
• Sophomore: 2.00
• Junior: 2.00
• Senior: 2.00

Academic Calendar

Academic Calendar System:

• Semester System (two terms comprise academic year)

Summer Sessions:

• Three summer sessions, one of 10 weeks and two of five weeks each.

New student orientation:

• Orientation for new students is held in August.

• 20% continue within 5 years.

• Law School: 3%
• Medical School: 2%
• Graduate Business Programs: 3%
• Graduate Arts and Sciences Programs: 12%

• Duke University, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Penn State, University of Virginia, Wake
• Forest U.

• AT&T, Arthur Andersen, Ciba Geigy, First Wachovia.

• Dewey Trogdon, CEO, Cone Mills; M.L. Carr, head coach and president, Boston Celtics; Howard Coble, U.S. Congressman; Mary Beth Donaldson, senior executive, Amoco; Warren Mitofsky, head of network election polling consortium.