<p>im looking at pomona, claremont McKenna, Reed.
of course, they are all double reach.
but i want to know if they have good science departements, especially chem.
and if they dont,</p>
<p>what are LACs with good science department?</p>
<p>another question
im not a good debater.</p>
<p>i like informal discussions but not formal discussions.
i love religion and philosophy but not politics.
should i even consider LACs then?</p>
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<p>hope that doesnt mean there arent any LAC with good science dep.</p>
<p>Here are some possibilities. You should check these out in depth. They have high numbers of chem graduates.</p>
<p>college, total bachelors, chem bachelors</p>
<p>CARLETON COLLEGE 455 58
WILLIAMS COLLEGE 531 42
GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS COLLEGE 703 39
HARVEY MUDD COLLEGE 176 39
SAINT OLAF COLLEGE 708 38
FURMAN UNIVERSITY 643 38
WHITMAN COLLEGE 337 36
KALAMAZOO COLLEGE 285 36
SMITH COLLEGE 688 32
COLORADO COLLEGE 523 31
ALLEGHENY COLLEGE 455 31
OBERLIN COLLEGE 722 31
HAMILTON COLLEGE 457 31
HAVERFORD COLLEGE 323 29
BUCKNELL UNIVERSITY 856 28
VASSAR COLLEGE 614 28
REED COLLEGE 310 27
HOBART WILLIAM SMITH COLLEGES 446 27
WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY 722 27
ALBION COLLEGE 309 26
UNIVERSITY OF PUGET SOUND 579 26
HOPE COLLEGE 638 26
COLBY COLLEGE 486 25
WILLAMETTE UNIVERSITY 420 25
FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGE 433 25
AMHERST COLLEGE 428 24
AUGUSTANA COLLEGE 540 23
MACALESTER COLLEGE 428 23
COLGATE UNIVERSITY 646 23
POMONA COLLEGE 394 22
OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE 459 22
BRYN MAWR COLLEGE 299 21
LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY 314 21
COLLEGE OF WOOSTER 391 20
BATES COLLEGE 450 20
BOWDOIN COLLEGE 414 19
MOUNT HOLYOKE COLLEGE 553 19
ST LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY 499 19</p>
<p>chemistry LAC recommendations from Rugg's</p>
<p>Amherst
Barnard
Bates
Bowdoin
Bryn Mawr
Bucknell
Carleton
Centre
Colgate
Dart,outh
Davidson
Franklin & Marshall
Furman
Grinnell
Hamilton
Harvey Mudd
Haverford
Kalamazoo
Kenyon
Lafayette
Lawrence
Mount Holyoke
Oberlin
Occidental
Pomona
Reed
St. Olaf
Trinity (TX)
Union
Wellesley
Wesleyan
Wheaton
Whitman
Willamette
Williams</p>
<p>the harvey mudd chemistry deptartment boasts sending 80% of its students onto PhD's.</p>
<p>correction: in post #3, it is the number of "physical sciences" graduates, not the number of chemistry graduates. Physical sciences includes physics, chemistry, geology.</p>
<p>surprisingly, connecticut college has a small, but fantastic chem department. recent alumni are currently in chem phd programs at the following schools: yale, duke, northwestern, boston college, berkeley, UNC-CH, UC-SD, UPenn, Arizona, and WPI. (as well as several med schools). not too shabby.</p>
<p>If price is an issue, take a look at this school, the chmistry department is excellent and you can even get an accelorated BS/MS I think in 5 years.
<a href="http://www.oswego.edu/academics/colleges_and_departments/departments/chemistry/undergraduate/index.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.oswego.edu/academics/colleges_and_departments/departments/chemistry/undergraduate/index.html</a></p>
<p>Depending on how much you dislike politics, you may want to rethink CMC. You'll have GE requirements of econ and civics, to name a couple, and a very political campus climate, very politics-oriented speakers/events, etc. As a not-very-big-on-politics student myself, I was drawn to the Consortium but turned off by [what I viewed as] uninteresting GEs at CMC. Of course, you'll also have plenty of access to the other Claremont schools, so this is definitely not intended as a piece of black-and-white advice.</p>
<p>If you're interested in Claremont and you consider CMC/Pomona double reaches, you may want to look into Pitzer or Scripps (if female).</p>