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Prospective students can get answers from current St. John’s College students by emailing a student on either campus. Contact information our students below. Whether it’s about the curriculum or extracurricular activities, one of us will respond and share first-hand experience.

Meet a Student

Alayna Raymond

Alayna Raymond
Alayna Raymond

Email: annapolis.askastudent(at)sjc.edu
Campus: Annapolis
Hometown: Spanaway, Washington
Favorite Program Book: Phaedo​ by Plato
Favorite Non-Program Book:Tell The Wolves I’m Home by Carol Rifka Brunt
Favorite Place on Campus: Greenfield Library. There’s something about seeing the swaying trees through the windows that is very calming while I do work.
Favorite Class: Language Tutorial
Outside of Class: Studying at Old Fox Books, walking around Annapolis with friends, going to all the antique shops, and attending study groups.
Plato or Aristotle?: Plato always seems to hit on something that tugs at my soul for a while, so I spend more time working at understanding his writing.​â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹

James Ussery

James Ussery
James Ussery

Email: annapolis.askastudent(at)sjc.edu
Campus: Annapolis
Hometown: Naples, FL​â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹
Favorite Program Book: Maimonides’ Guide for the Perplexed​â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹
Favorite Non-Program Book: Ron Hansen’s Nebraska: Stories
Favorite Place on Campus: On the top floor of Greenfield library, right next to the psychoanalysis section, in the armchair underneath the window​â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹
Favorite Class: Freshman Seminar
Outside of Class: I’m either holed up in the basement of the library reading about who-knows-what, or I’m in one of my friend’s dorms arguing about philosophy.​â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â€‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹
Plato or Aristotle?: Plato, for sure.

Margaret Wilson Merritt

Margaret Wilson
Margaret Wilson

​â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹Email: santafe.askastudent(at)sjc.edu
Campus: Santa Fe
Hometown: Belfast, ME​â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹
Favorite Program Book: Several! By year, the Odyssey, Dante, and the Pensées​â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹
Favorite Non-Program Book: Fiction: Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte. Non-fiction: either Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell or A People's History by Howard Zinn. Biography: Priestdaddy by Patricia Lockwood​â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹
Favorite Place on Campus: Library, but lying in the field behind the SAC is nice!​â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹
Favorite Class: Language. I really miss music though.​â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹
Outside of Class: I read some more, make stuff, watch period dramas and science documentaries and I'm a writer. I do political activism too! I've been involved in the drama, writing, and environmental groups​â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â€‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹
Plato or Aristotle?: Plato, probably The Republic

Sanyum Dalal

Sanyum Dalal Ask a Student St Johns College Santa Fe
Sanyum Dalal

Email: santafe.askastudent(at)sjc.edu
Campus: Santa Fe
Hometown: Bengaluru and Haryana, India​â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â€‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹
Favorite Program Book: So far, Plato’s Theaetetus​â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹
Favorite Non-Program Book: Émile by Jean-Jacques Rousseau​â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹
Favorite Place on Campus: Famously known on campus as “The Rock” or “The Swing”: a beautifully placed tree-swing atop a rocky hillside from where the views of sunsets are phenomenal.​â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹
Favorite Class: Freshman Seminar and Freshman Lab​â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â€‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹
Outside of Class: I can usually be found watching sunsets at the aforementioned “Rock”, conversing with fellow dorm-dwellers in our common room, at the Student Activities Center’s Gym, or at the Farmer’s Market in Santa Fe.​â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹â¶Ä‹
Plato or Aristotle?: Plato