<p>What Liberal Arts colleges are the best for an undergraduate chemistry major?</p>
<p>Carleton, I believe, is strong in the sciences all around, chemistry included.</p>
<p>bucknell. swarthmore sucks for math and science.</p>
<p>Bowdoin, Middlebury, Carleton, Pomona, Williams</p>
<p>Holy Cross</p>
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<p>Is Wesleyan good for chem?</p>
<p>The reason I ask is because as senior in HS, I took Principles of Chem I, and I am taking PoCII next semester. I want to know how much this will help for colleges.</p>
<p>I'm curious, Penn2013. Among liberal arts schools, Swarthmore is reputed to have an excellent biology department, and it even offers engineering. I'm planning on majoring in math at Swarthmore and there are plenty of resources for me to get help, and even though I've had only one math professor so far, he was a great professor. Why do you say that Swarthmore sucks for math and science?</p>
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I'm curious, Penn2013. Among liberal arts schools, Swarthmore is reputed to have an excellent biology department, and it even offers engineering. I'm planning on majoring in math at Swarthmore and there are plenty of resources for me to get help, and even though I've had only one math professor so far, he was a great professor. Why do you say that Swarthmore sucks for math and science?
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<p>im sorry if i offended u. i visted swarthmore last summer and checked out their engineering (im looking to study engineering) and science departments. their engineering department is tiny and they dont offer specialized engineering (ex electircal engineer, mechanical engineer) rather they just give you a bachelors degree in engineering sciences so your not an engineer when you come out. also their science department was not as emphasized as their liberal arts one. many advanced courses were taught at penn and neighboring schools like haverford. (thats why i decided to go with penn...go straight to the source).</p>
<p>i guess i dont know much about their math dept but i tend to lump math and science together</p>
<p>According to the American Chemical Society, Holy Cross is one of the nation's top ten producers of ACS certified chemistry graduates. HC just built a 60 million dollar science complex. Chemistry</a> | College of the Holy Cross</p>
<p>Haverford has a very strong science department all round.</p>
<p>Grinnell has wonderful facilities including outstanding science facilities, lots of money and support for student-funded research and terrific faculty. If you think there's a Phd in your future, check this place out.</p>
<p>Top Ten LAC Producers of Life and Physical Sciences Ph.Ds (per student)</p>
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<li>Harvey Mudd Coll </li>
<li>Carleton Coll </li>
<li>Swarthmore Coll </li>
<li>Haverford Coll </li>
<li>New Coll of Florida </li>
<li>Reed Coll </li>
<li>Williams Coll </li>
<li>Grinnell Coll </li>
<li>Wesleyan Univ </li>
<li>Amherst Coll </li>
</ol>
<p>While I don't think the particular rankings are necessarily meaningful, the list provides a helpful resource of places you should definitely look into...</p>
<p>Williams has a really great department for an LAC.</p>
<p>Unsurprisingly, this has been answered many, many times before. With over 1000 posts, you should know how to use the search function.</p>
<p>A quick search turned up these two posts:
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<p>Amherst Barnard Bates Bowdoin Bryn Mawr Bucknell Carleton Centre Colgate Davidson Drew Franklin and Marshall Grinnell Hamilton Harvey Mudd Haverford Kalamazoo Kenyon Lafayette Lawrence Mount Holyoke New College Oberlin Occidental Pomona Reed St Olaf Trinity (TX) Union Wellesley Wheaton Whitman Willamette Williams
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<p>Chemistry is an extraordinarily popular major at Carleton. Just under half of the 15% or so of the student body majoring in the physical sciences major in chemistry. Another 12% or so major in biological sciences. Up to another 10% will major in math or comp sci. These are some of the highest science/math numbers found in any college in the country, LAC or university, outside of pure technical schools and speaks to Carleton's strength in the fields. Their very high PhD productivity, already mentioned by pointoforder, is an obvious outgrowth of this.</p>
<p>Some of the best teaching on a campus of great teachers is found in the chemistry department. The senior year capstone integrative exercise or "comps" approximates graduate level work. </p>
<p>Much has been written about Carleton's strength in the sciences and grad schools have incredible respect for what they do with undergrads. This is an article reflecting this, reproduced from The Chronicle of Higher Education:</p>