<p>Hello, everyone!
I'm a high school senior girl and I'm really struggling to make a decision between these schools. It's really down to the wire, so I'd appreciate input from everywhere I can get!
Some stuff about me - I've been inclined towards the math/science areas through high school, so I definitely want a strong science department in case I do end up in those areas. Maybe some info about psych as well. I might end up wanting to go to medical school, so if anyone can speak to pre-med programs/classes and med school acceptance rates (also the amount of kids who are pre med) at these three, that would be wonderful (I do know that F&M has a lot of pre-professional kids). However, I WILL need to do quite a bit of dabbling across the board before I decide what I want to do - as I said, I'm not wed to science things at this point. Besides that, I'd appreciate any more input that people have - including info about social life, type of student you feel is most comfortable at each of these places, or any little known facts (I've read all the books - so I know most of that type of information!)</p>
<p>Anyone? Please. Bump</p>
<p>Have you visited these schools? If so, which did you prefer?</p>
<p>Is there a cost difference?</p>
<p>I’m not at all familiar with Conn C, but you could decide between F & M and Lafayette based upon fit and finances. Either will get you where you want to go. Look at the housing set ups, etc, if nothing else.</p>
<p>I have visited all three. I didn’t have the “gut feeling” that many have when visiting, so all three feel sort of the same to me. Maybe I like Conn and Lafayette a little more than F&M, but I keep hearing that F&M is good for pre-med, so I don’t want to strike it off just yet.
The cost for all three will be the same/similar for me.
As far as housing goes, doesn’t really matter to me - I sort of think that a dorm is a dorm. The house system at f&M is nice, but I’m not picky about that knid of stuff, I guess?</p>
<p>My D looked at all three (as well a bunch of other LACs) and is also interested in pre-med and psychology. They are all excellent schools and we all felt that she would get a great education at any of them. I hate to say it but to her the decision really came down to just a gut feeling. Conn College was out early, I think because it felt a smaller and I hate to say it but she didn’t love the male/female ratio there (60/40 with more women than men). F&M she liked a lot but wasn’t sure that she loved the house system. Lafayette just seemed to be where she felt most comfortable. Really, you can’t make a bad choice. Congratulations.</p>
<p>F & M “dresses” best. If you are the go to school in sweats type, it wouldn’t be the most comfortable fit.</p>