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    Baylor University

    4.1(38 reviews)
    79.2 mi

    Baylor University is a very nice campus to visit. The Mayborn Museum and Texas Sports Hall of Fame…read moreare located here. One of the few campuses where located next to a river while McLane Stadium makes this campus stand out while driving on I-35. After our visit of the Mayborn Museum we ventured off to find the bear pen. After following directions we found it and parked in front. Here we saw Joy & Lady relaxing in the Bill & Eva Williams Bear Habitat. One was sleeping but the other walked around and drank water. They originated from Oregon and are medium sized brown bears. There are signs to not bring pets here. From here you can walk to campus centerpiece Rosenbalm Fountain and circle around to enjoy his beautiful campus. Back at bear habitat you can walk along Waco Creek below. Before leaving made sure to see and take photos of Pat Neff Hall with its magnificent colonial architecture.

    I lived in Waco for nearly 15 years on the faculty at Baylor University and thus have a deeper…read moreunderstanding of Baylor, than its pretty grounds and buildings. Baylor is a highly Christian and conservative university and has low tolerance for other religions and lifeways. It has a strange selective hiring practice in which your religion, faith, and beliefs are more important than academic abilities. Academic excellence takes a back seat to cultural and religious conformity at Baylor. I do not think the current $70-80 k/year price tag for Baylor is worth it, when a better education can be delivered for a fraction of the cost by excellent State schools. Too many of the Baylor students come from a narrow demographic of very well-off families, 75% from Texas. Waco is a dry, dull and staid place to live and often the student population ventures to Austin or Dallas on weekends. If sports, is your sole interests, than Baylor/Waco may be more attractive. I advise caution going to Baylor because behind the groomed grounds, and plastered smiles there is a monolithic religious culture that is unwelcoming to diversity and differences, that are common among use. I question the quality and meaning of higher education under such narrow strictures.

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