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Tiny, Catholic King鈥檚 College in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania offers small class sizes, 鈥渉ands-on laboratory work,鈥� an 鈥淗onors program core that revolves around discussion,鈥� and 鈥渕any helpful places on campus for individuals in need of any type of assistance.鈥� Everyone at King鈥檚 鈥渋s helpful and mindful with any problems that a student is facing,鈥� and students rave about 鈥渉ow committed staff is to one-on-one assistance and learning opportunities.鈥� The physician assistant, nursing, and engineering programs are standouts, but almost all majors boast a high job placement rate and plenty of notable alumni; King鈥檚 has a great career planning department, 鈥渆specially for accounting majors.鈥� The school has 鈥渟o many recruiters coming onto campus to interview for internships or full-time positions,鈥� with a goal for students 鈥渢o have a full-time offer before starting [their] senior year.鈥�

Professors are 鈥渙utstanding,鈥� 鈥渢ypically resourceful,鈥� relate material to 鈥渉ow the real world works,鈥� and 鈥渁re always making sure the students know about their office hours.鈥� They teach 鈥渉ow to think beyond the information that is laid out in the textbook,鈥� 鈥渁re down to earth and like what they do,鈥� and 鈥渁re active in seeking out students who need help.鈥� Classes are structured with a 鈥渇lexibility that gets you ready for the professional world,鈥� and some classes are service-based and have students 鈥済o out into the community and help them instead of just learning about it in class.鈥�

At King鈥檚, students 鈥渙verall care about their academics and putting happiness before everything.鈥� Every student 鈥渟eems committed to studies and doing the best that they possibly can.鈥� The Catholic mission is apparent, and everyone here is 鈥渁ccepting and welcoming to fellow students who come from diverse, multicultural, and differing backgrounds.鈥� Many students here are commuters, so the library acts as a de facto hangout spot, as does the campus game room (which has pool and table tennis), but fear not: 鈥淭here are many commuters that participate in after-school activities and are very involved in multiple clubs on campus.鈥� At King鈥檚, 鈥減eople have their close friends groups,鈥� which 鈥渦sually come from sharing the same sports or the same major.鈥�

The King鈥檚 College atmosphere is apparent from the moment you set foot at the school: everyone is 鈥渟o welcoming and friendly,鈥� and it makes the college 鈥渇eel like a home away from home.鈥� Students say the campus, located 鈥渋n a nice part of Wilkes-Barre,鈥� gives people 鈥渢he city feel they want鈥� while still being in close proximity to 鈥渆ndless hiking trails and lakes.鈥� King鈥檚 is a fairly small school 鈥渟o it is easy to make friends the first few days,鈥� and most days are filled with 鈥済oing to get food with friends, work, classes, homework, and then extra activities.鈥� 鈥淲eekend activities are slim to none,鈥� so students usually just visit friends. 鈥淚t can get boring at times on campus so we go off campus to find stuff to do,鈥� admits a student. Typically after class, most people 鈥渉ave either practice or work, then dinner, then a good amount of students will spend time studying/doing homework for the remainder of the night.鈥�