For Three Quick Questions, I send the same three questions to admission representatives at colleges all over the country, and then I hope to hear back from them. The three questions are meant to probe some of the things that make a school unique but that aren’t easily captured as a stat to go in a book or web search.

Today’s response is from Charles Robinson, Admissions counselor and Regional recruiter at The University of Arkansas in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

What is a course, tradition, program or event that is unique to the University of Arkansas?

One of the unique traditions we have at the University is senior walk. After you graduate from the University of Arkansas, your name will be cemented into the sidewalk of our campus. We are the largest university to do this, and we will continue to.

Naturally every college wants to recruit the perfect student--high grades, high test scores, involved in their community, leadership...everything. But what kinds of imperfect students tend to flourish at Arkansas?

What's great about our University is our admission requirements. You only must get a 3.0 GPA and a 20 on the Act and 1030 on the SAT. These relaxed admission requirements allow students who aren't perfect get a chance to attend the University. As you also know, high school curriculum is a different learning style than college, so many students who have good grades in high school may not have good grades in college. The same is true for people who didn't do well in high school may do very well in college. It's all about the student and our university caters to everyone's strengths.

When people come to visit Fayetteville, what's a place off campus that you recommend they check out while they're there?

As a native to Fayetteville (Fayettevillians what we call ourselves) I know the area has array of things to do. Arkansas is an outdoorsy state. Fayetteville has loads of trails, hiking, biking, canoeing, and fishing spots. In terms of arts, we have Crystal Bridges and the Momentary which are all world class art museums. For music venues, we have the Walton Arts Center for Broadway shows and the Walmart AMP for concerts for musicians. NWA is a great place and more is being added every year.

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