My father believes that a liberal arts education is essential and is trying to force me to go to one because he thinks I am lazy and it will make me smarter.I want to major in finance and go to a pre-professional school.My fear for a liberal arts college is that they are really into writing papers and I really struggle with writing.I’m not horrible,the lowest english class grade I have gotten is a B+ but my papers have never gotten above an 80.The thought of having to write so much makes me really nervous because I need to eventually go to graduate school.Is there any liberal arts colleges with finance/accounting majors?The only one I know of is Washington and Lee but I could never get in there.I have a 26 ACT and a 3.1 gpa.
You should let your dad know most respectable private and public universities in the United States will provide you with a liberal arts education. You don’t have to do to a liberal arts college to get a liberal arts education. The difference between LACs and universities largely comes down to preferences. Liberal arts college are smaller and more personal while universities are larger and less personal. Both have their advantages and disadvantages. At a LAC, you can form closer ties with your professors than most could at universities. But the LACs will likely have less resources (class offerings, additional professors, potential majors, etc.) Your professors will likely be less renown, and your alumni network will likely be smaller and weaker (FWIW.) I personally prefer universities but I can understand why some prefer LACs.
I’m from California. The only LAC that I know that offers finance is Claremont McKenna. But you might not have the scores for it. If your father insists on sending you to a LAC, I would try to go somewhere in the East Coast. There it would likely be easier to network with people who will have closer ties to Wall St (if that’s where you want to head after graduation.)
where are you from?
University of Richmond is another, but its a reach
Bentley University is another such school, but it’s a low reach for you.
I am from CT.Wow i thought I could never get in there,I was mostly thinking about colleges with acceptance rates over 50.
Wheaton College in Massachusetts offers a business degree and a liberal arts education.
You are from Connecticut and can’t find a liberal arts school that has accounting or finance?
How about Providence, Sacred Heart, Siena, Fairfield, St Bonaventure, Scranton. The Catholic schools all have the heavy core requirements that your dad is talking about. Bonaventure has an 11 course core requirement in writing, philosophy, history, fine arts, theology, etc. Muhlenberg is also a possibility.
All schools I mentioned are AACSB accredited and are matches for you. If you major in accounting and go to Providence, Bonaventure, Siena or Scranton you will have a good job before graduation. Very few schools are AACSB accredited.
The Catholic schools are where you should look with your stats.
I don’t think my dad would want me to apply to too many catholic colleges because we are Jewish but a few would be fine.
Those are the best options for you considering your numbers. Don’t worry, modern Catholic colleges are very light on religion, and the required theology courses are generic in nature. They are also very fun schools.
Susquehanna is another option, not religious.
It’s getting kind of late to still be looking for schools, right?
@ferrarepatrick73
I’m a junior
First, show your Dad the course requirements at an LAC and the course requirements at other types of schools. He will see that they aren’t much different.
Second, look into public lacs. Eastern Connecticut State University is an example in your state with a 63% acceptance rate.
A junior? Lord, focus on high school for now.
I need to start touring some which will be difficult because my parents work like 60 hours a week so I really want to get a solid list of around 30 schools so I can try to tour as many as possible to show interest.
I think unless your GPA/ACT go up significantly then some of schools listed (ex. URichmond, Providence, Bentley) would be out of your range. If you are willing to look at Catholic schools, I think that UScranton, Siena, St. Bonaventure, Sacred Heart might be options. Some other ideas could be Champlain College (VT), Roger Williams (RI), UHartford might work. Try using the SuperMatch function (on the left under Find A College) to get some other ideas. As an aside, I would try to study for the ACT and try to get the score up a bit.
In addition, not every school cares about demonstrated interest. If you google the common data set for each school you are considering you can find that information.
Look at Roanoke College!
None of the public lacs are particularly competitive. So, all would be in your range and all would have offer business degrees. Here is a list.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_of_Public_Liberal_Arts_Colleges
If money isn’t an object, consider Drew in Madison, NJ. You can get in and out of NYC easily for internships, and there are also many corporate headquarters located nearby. They have a Business major, but they are also a Liberal Arts college.
one more thought …maybe Rider College in NJ too…
…and you definitely don’t need to visit 30 colleges!