Hi
I recently heard that Carnegie Mellon is one of the few colleges that doesn’t take a “holistic” approach to education. I heard that it is a school that makes you very good at what you major it, but is not going to help you in most other aspects of life. To what extent is this true? Obviously, I mean subjectively, not objectively.
I don’t know much about Carnegie Mellon, but you may be better off posting on their subforum here.
http://talk.qa.collegeconfidential.com/carnegie-mellon-university/
It’s hard to determine what you mean by “other aspects of life”. I’m pretty sure that most graduates of Carnegie Mellon (and a significantly higher percentage than at the average college) end up having pretty successful careers though. I think it is true that the curricula for their STEM majors tend to be harder and more demanding than average, but I don’t think this is a bad thing (given that you’re prepared for the workload).
Carnegie Mellon does seem to have less of an emphasis / culture around the humanities from what I’ve heard, since the school tends to attract STEM oriented people.
@blockparty , sorry for laughing at your question, but it seems to imply students are empty vessels who passively wait for the school to fill them with knowledge, values, experiences, etc.
ANY school/education is largely what you make of it. CMU, like most other high-reputation schools, provides a broad range of courses & experiences to ‘round out’ majors, no matter what they are.
Seek and ye shall find.
Wait for someone to tell you what to find and you will never find it.