![]() Meanwhile, others cover finance at publications including Insider, Fortune, and the New York Post. King's alumni work at financial-services companies, including Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan Chase, and Fidelity. King's mission is to prepare students "for careers in which they help to shape and eventually to lead strategic public and private institutions" by way of a classical education taught through a Christian worldview. It touts the best way to change culture is by engaging with it directly - to be "in the world" but not "of the world," as the Bible teaches. So how does a small, Christian school end up in the heart of the country's largest city? 'Don't just go to college, come to King's' I graduated this winter feeling disillusioned by the whole experience and, honestly, I think it had it coming. I'm embarrassed to have gone to King's, now more than ever. ![]() As a result, the school draws a mixed crowd - those who come to King's for the city and those who come to King's for King's. King's is unlike other Christian colleges that are typically in rural areas or on the outskirts of larger, more conservative cities. And as an Asian woman who grew up in white, conservative Christian spaces, I didn't feel out of place in a student body that was predominantly white.īut I quicky found the school to have a dualistic culture that was offputting. The school offered both a tight-knit community and the big city. ![]() King's seemed like the perfect escape from my small-town childhood in rural Pennsylvania. ![]() Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. ![]()
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