Hope College

Small college in Holland Michigan. About 3 hours from Chicago. Close to Lake Michigan. It has a homely feel to the whole place. Not many people. Not a place for party types.

Beautiful campus located in the town of Holland Michigan! Best time to visit is between April and September. The tulips season is in the month of May. The gardener is planning the bulbs when I visited in mid-Oct for the next year! All the bulbs are imported from Netherlands.

Lovely campus, well maintained lawns, amazing architecture, great location to walk and bike. A smaller campus college with a big impact on the students. Friendly folks and warm feelings with several coffee shops nearby. Have visited twice along with their Evening with Hope event which gave insights to the student’s perspectives and personal stories. We are currently outside looking in & my child is weighing options.

I was able to work here for a month in the summer, and even as a Calvin grad, I have to admit that many of the services and amenities are great I would recommend it it you are looking for a college that is integrated well into the local community geographically, and if you want a traditional campus in a small town.

Why would you have graduation the same time as tulip time? This town is way too small for all these people. It causes so much anxiety and stress to drive through! You should seriously work on changing this!

So happy my son chose Hope! Such a beautiful campus and truly amazing community of students and staff. Helpful, supportive, caring, kind and genuine are a few of the words that come to mind when thinking about the Hope family.

Very impressed with the 2017 orientation weekend. All of my son's belonging s were carried to his room on the 3rd floor. The windmill island party was very nicely done. Thorough seminars, kind and helpful people everywhere. The woman at the book store was so sweet and helpful. My son seems to be adjusting, which eases my mind. Looking forward to an excellent learning experience for my son.

I spent a week visiting my then-girlfriend on campus a few years ago. Even now all these years later I still recall the campus with fondness, Really a beautiful setting, delightful architecture, and plenty of cute shops and cafe's all in biking and walking distance. Really felt safe and comfortable spending time here. The parts I remember most were the friendliness of the students, such as being loaned bicycles to get around campus, and the friendliness of neighborhood residents who were more than happy to take time out of their to give directions or advice on places to go. All in all, the town is wonderful and idyllic, like a neighborhood from a 1950's film. And the campus further strengthens that safety and natural beauty.

A solid Christian University that offers a variety of educational programs as well one of the finest nursing schools in the world. Because it is a relatively small student population it is perfect match for serious, conservative Christian students. The college offers plenty of wholesome student groups and activites as well as Class Three athletics. The woman's swim team is tremendous. The campus is beautiful and well organized. Attend!

Hope wasn’t all bad but they didn’t take my mental health seriously so it began to deteriorate. I was hospitalized twice my freshman year. I just remember one night I swallowed a bunch of pills and my group project was due the next day and I obviously didn’t do any work because I was going through it and my professor and group partner had no sympathy and called me lazy. My teacher never asked me what I was going through. Rumors began to spread and all of my “friends” started to ignore me and laugh as I walked past, calling me names under their breath. The help I did receive was from the therapists on campus but you could tell they didn’t really know what to do with me. I transferred but that year still sticks with me as one of the worst years of my life.