This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at Emerson chapter.
When I signed up for the Kasteel Well program, I thought I knew how the whole program worked: you live in a 13th century Dutch castle with a moat and you leave every weekend to go travel. While that statement explains a lot, it doesn’t explain everything. There are some smaller regulations of the Castle that took me by surprise after I signed up.
- Most of the rooms are triples with lofted beds. Reminds me of freshman year.
- Meals are at set times everyday: breakfast is 8:30-9:30, lunch is 11:30-12:30, and dinner is 6-7.
- Our orientation is mandatory.
- There is a strict class attendance policy. You can only miss each class once before and after mid terms, You have to fill out a permission slip to cut class.
- Ever leave your Internet browser up when you’re not at your computer? You can’t do that here.
- Stick to shipping emergency with Fed Ex or the USPS. The Castle won’t accept your UPS package.
- Printing is free.
- There is a statue of Jesus that marks the end of the Castle “campus”.