Academics at Skidmore

<p>Attended a recent open house and came away really confused. it seemed like arts, arts and more arts. Is there a place here for a NON-Arts student. A big draw for DD is the Riding program but academics is #1.</p>

<p>My son is a freshman and loves Skidmore. The kids, teachers, facilities and town are all great. He has told me although the school has a great arts program, those students are in the minority. He has also found the school work very demanding.</p>

<p>I have a sophomore son who is also loving the academics at Skidmore. He’s a good serious student, in the top 25th percentile of the school in terms of “stats”, and a science major. He’s in the honor’s forum and is very active with both schoolwork and other co-curricular activities. I haven’t heard from him that the classes are easy at all - he’s well challenged and he really enjoys the breadth of classes available to him. One interesting point - he has decided not to take a term abroad because there are so many fascinating classes he wants to take on campus that he doesn’t want to leave and miss out. He has rightly figured out that he has his whole life to travel but only a brief period to take undergraduate classes purely because the topic interests him.</p>

<p>Hi Hanaasmom, </p>

<p>I’m sorry that the sciences didn’t come across as strongly as the arts did at your open house this week! Skidmore’s science program is definitely growing and what’s great about Skidmore is that science courses are extremely flexible because we are a liberal arts school. </p>

<p>For example, our biology majors take neuroscience and psychology courses as well as chemistry courses. One student, Brittany Ulrich '12, is a biology major who is currently doing biochemistry research, which is actually in chemistry department not the biology department. She recently interviewed at several graduate schools and said one thing they thought set her apart from other applicants was her research experience and coursework–she was just accepted to UCLA’s biochemistry graduate program (ranked top 10 in the nation) this fall. </p>

<p>Additionally, Logan Frederick '13 is a geosciences major who is in the process of applying to graduate school for hydrological science. She has said that she finds that the science program at Skidmore has allowed her to get competitive internships as well as good field work experience, which graduate schools really appreciate. </p>

<p>These are excerpts from a live chat session you can find here: [Skidmore</a> College: Admissions Live Chat Transcript from February 29, 2012](<a href=“http://■■■■■■/yJcGU4]Skidmore”>http://■■■■■■/yJcGU4). </p>

<p>There is also an extensive alumni network which is wonderful for networking in the sciences, and we have Faculty/Student Summer Collaborative research as well. We have a Health Professions Advisory Committee (HPAC) whose mission is to identify, guide and advise students who are preparing for careers in the health professions and to provide the health professional schools with candid evaluations of these students at their request. For more information on HPAC, visit [Skidmore</a> College | Academics | Health Professions Advisory Committee](<a href=“HPAC”>HPAC). </p>

<p>Also, there is a current student live chat tonight at 7:30 PM EST where Anya Cutler '12, biology major and head science tour guide, will be available to answer questions. You can pre-submit a question or log in tonight here: [Chat</a> Auditorium | Online Event](<a href=“Chat Auditorium | Oops!”>Chat Auditorium | Oops!). </p>

<p>Hope that helps!</p>

<p>Thank you for all the information. We will give Skidmore another look, there were so many things we liked about the school. Are there plans to alleviate the forced triples for Freshman in the dorms?</p>