<p>I would like to know... thanks
hmm would there be any advantages for someone wanting to study pure science to go to a liberal arts college?</p>
<p>Hmm... I don't know, after, I assume, a strong science curriculum in high school you might be swayed to become.....an English major!</p>
<p>If you want to be a teacher, a liberal arts college is the way to go. So if you wanted to be a science teacher, you would want to study science in a liberal arts college.</p>
<p>You go to a Liberal Arts College because you want smaller classes, a closer relationship to your professors (which can translate into more research opportunities), you want to have the opportunity to take more courses outside your major, you want classes taught by professors rather than TAs, you don't want to be last in line after graduate students to be considered for research positions, you are less likely to be shut out of or waitlisted for classes.</p>
<p>Studying pure science at an LAC is an underappreciated and underrecognized option for many people. Some would say your science education can actually better than that from a large university.</p>
<p>Chemistry Nobel Laureate (and LAC grad) Thomas Cech wrote in his article "Science at Liberal Arts Colleges: A Better Education?" <a href="http://www.collegenews.org/prebuilt/daedalus/cech_article.pdf%5B/url%5D">http://www.collegenews.org/prebuilt/daedalus/cech_article.pdf</a> that LAC students are more likely to have close relationships with their research professors, and more access to research opportunities because of the absence of grad students.</p>
<p>This topic was discussed here recently:</p>
<p>Reed, Harvey Mudd (a science LAC), Swarthmore, Haverford, Carleton, Amherst, Williams, Whitman, and Oberlin to name a few.</p>
<p>The advantages and disadvantages of studying science at an LAC are similar to those of studying anything else at an LAC.</p>
<p>In addition to hampster's list, if you're female, Wellesley has a good physics program. I have a few friends who are alumnae of it. One of them is a PhD student at MIT now.</p>
<p>A slightly altered echo of SarahsDad:</p>
<p>Most would say your science education at an LAC is better than that from a large university, for all the reasons above.</p>
<p>The worst thing about studying anything at an LAC is that there are so few spots available. :(</p>
<p>Yeah, I don't think unis and LAC's need to be in competition. Each offers different things; people have succeeded at many things attending either.</p>