<p>I'm very interested in Lawrence (it is one of those schools where my stats make it look like a safety school, but it's still in my top 3.) I wanted to know what all Lawrence Alumni are doing these days, making sure that they are finding jobs, going to graduate school (if so, where?) etc...</p>
<p>So did your Lawrence experience outweigh the experiences of some of your peers (maybe even at more elite schools?)</p>
<p>I know Lawrence allows a flexible curriculum, so what did you major in?</p>
<p>Any information you have will be greatly appreciated!!!</p>
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<p>I’m a freshman rather than an alumnus but I can tell you that Lawrence students have no trouble finding jobs and going on to grad school (I don’t have specific statistics). I do know for a fact though that Lawrence alumni have the highest average mid-career salary of any Wisconsin college, which means they’re doing better than Marquette (#2) and Madison (#3) grads and should tell you a little bit about what kinds of jobs they get. Not to mention that this school has a disproportionate amount of music majors, which tend not to make a whole lot of money, so either the music majors make more than average, the non-music majors do, or it’s a combination of the two.</p>
<p>Hmm… Interesting. I had never really thought of the conservatory students being put in the salary stats as outliers. I would really like to end up at a top tier business school.</p>
<p>My business schools of interest would be: Yale School of Management, Dartmouth Tuck School of Business, U of Chicago Booth, Northwestern Kellogg, and the obvious Wharton Stanford and Harvard. </p>
<p>I am a little worried that I will be considered too pre-professional for the Lawrentians. They seem to be just learning for the sole purpose of learning, and I do love to learn, although I want to be in a school where I can get >3.8 GPA with extremely hard work, a school that will prepare me well for the GMAT, and send me off to a good school. Is my assumption incorrect?</p>
<p>If your assumption is that Lawrentians are not interested in graduate/professional school, then your assumption is incorrect. Lawrentians, as a rule, don’t learn just for the sake of learning. They certainly value learning, but they value it for a variety of what practical reasons. If you get a Lawrence degree with a >3.8 GPA, you will be in very good shape when you apply for admission to graduate/professional school.</p>
<p>Thank you <em>watchthis</em>, very reassuring. I have a parent who is a Lawrence Alumnus, and when he came out of Lawrence with a 3.5-3.7, he applied to Northwestern, Brown, USC, and UC Boulder and got accepted to all for graduate school. Although today with population growth competition is more fierce and I plan on going into a field that (I think) is more competitive than what he received his masters in. I will be visiting Lawrence in 4 days, can’t wait!</p>
<p>I’m the parent of a newly admitted (ED) student. We were told on our campus tour that Lawrence is one of the top ranked undergrad schools in the country in terms of the percentage of students going on to get graduate degrees. I think that is an important metric not only because it shows Lawrence is a place for serious students, but also because it suggests the faculty is well-regarded by the people making admissions decisions at graduate and professional schools. Hope you have a great visit!</p>
<p>Do conservatory and college students segregate each other, or are they pretty united?</p>
<p>My S is a freshman dual degree student, and he reports there is no difference between con students and the rest of the college. He has friends in both degree programs. His Freshman Studies class was a mix of kids from all programs, his roommate is not a music student. One of the reasons he chose Lawrence was because it seemed like the Con and the rest of the college were very integrated, and that’s proved to be the case.</p>