<p>My son is looking at Allegheny, specifically their Environmental Studies program and swim program. Does anyone have any advice, ideas, information, etc.?</p>
<p>Their athletic facilities and pool look pretty good for a small college. I have not heard anything specific about the swim coach.</p>
<p>Their environmental studies program is quite good. Allegheny was one of the first schools to implement a major in that area back in the 70s. They have strong physical, life and social sciences which are all components of the ES program.</p>
<p>As long as you are looking at Allegheny, have you considered Dickinson as well? They are both very good</p>
<p>Does anyone have any input on greek life at Allegheny? Can you go there and avoid it?</p>
<p>I posted an answer on the main board to this question but will post here as well. When hubby and I attended in the 70s Greek life was present but it didn’t have to be the center of your social life if you didn’t want it to be. Neither of us were involved in Greek and we both had very full lives. At that time, there were 7 fraternities, now there are 5. According to the website, about 25% of students belong to a fraternity or sorority. With a large percentage of students not being involved I am reasonably certain that it is just as easy to avoid today as it was 30 years ago.</p>
<p>Thanks good to know.</p>
<p>Yes, he is looking at Dickinson and may apply to Oberlin as well as a reach school. It seems to me that Allegheny’s academic program is a little more developed, even though Dickinson is really into sustainability as well. Anyone have any thoughts on these schools for that. Also really interested in Franklin and Marshall.</p>
<p>I’m in environmental science at Allegheny and I absolutely love it. I came here undecided, and I randomly took Intro to Environmental Science, and it was so interesting and informative. Allegheny has so many environmental initiatives on campus and so many different speakers come to talk about environmental issues. All of the environmental professors are really nice and helpful, as well. </p>
<p>I think about 28% of the campus is greek. Its really easy to avoid, honestly. Either way its nothing like how greek life is shown on tv or anything like that. If you do choose to go greek, though, there are a lot of really friendly people who’ve rushed. I personally haven’t rushed, but a lot of people have really enjoyed their sorority/fraternity.</p>
<p>We just visited Allegheny last week and liked it very much. Thanks forthe input on the environmental science. From what I can tell, Allegheny has a thoroughly developed environmental department. Loved the campus too. Everyone seems to love it there - haven’t been able to find one person who doesn’t! Just hard to get to.</p>
<p>My son chose Allegheny over 2 “eco League” schools, as well as UVM and a relatively strong, well established state school program. I got the impression that they did not just jump on the environmental bandwagon for admissions. So the program seems established and very strong, but they have many strong programs, which I thought was important, for a well rounded education, exposure to many different things.</p>
<p>Allegheny was one of the first schools to offer students an ES major option, starting in the early 70s. It was initially a special major but became a regular major in 1979.</p>
<p>What is an eco league school? I also appreciated your note about how many colleges offer environmental studies, but closer looks show that not all are devoted from a curriculum perspective. I think Allegheny does a great job with that.</p>
<p>photogirl, sorry for the long timeframe in my response. They are a group of small liberal arts colleges with an emphasis on the environment. Students can spend a semester at one of the other schools; prescott, green mountain, college of the atlantic, the others escape me. Not “well known” schools, but seemed to be very well known among ES prof when we spoke with them</p>