<p>Does anyone know of any school with no, or atleast a very small, core curriculum requirements?</p>
<p>Brown, Smith, and, I think, Vassar, have no core or distributional requirements. Most LACs have distributional requirements, but no core. (Some, like Scripps, have both.)</p>
<p>Smith (where my d. attends) requires one writing intensive course in the first year, and that 50% of courses be outside the major (except for Engineering, but even there, they have a strong liberal arts requirement.) Advising, however, is incredibly strong.</p>
<p>is smith and all girls college?</p>
<p>I'm looking for a college in the northeast that's coed.</p>
<p>Also i'm a transfer applicant.</p>
<p>thanks for the info :)</p>
<p>Smith has no girls. It is all women. :) (they do accept more transfers than most LACs.)</p>
<p>sorry about that. :)</p>
<p>i should clarify myself. I'm looking for a coed school because i am a guy. Sorry for the confusion.</p>
<p>Grinnell and Amherst have no requirements, and U of Rochester basically has none.</p>
<p>Basically Cornell has no core curriculum. Cornell has requirements. However, for the requirements you have thousands of courses to choose from.</p>
<p>Brown has absolutely no requirements!</p>
<p>woot, amherst.</p>
<p>I believe Amherst has distribution requirements (one in the humanities, one in social sciences, etc). Ditto for Williams. But everyone is correct about Brown and Vassar. There are requirements for your major, but that's it. Do you want only schools in the NE?? Schools like Rice are like Amherst and Willams- distribution requirements needed, but often many courses meet distribution requirements in more than one area- for example (this is purely made up-- but is just an example)-- the philosophy of science might meet both the natural and social sciences requirement.</p>
<p>Columbia.</p>
<p>haha j/k</p>
<p>yeah i'm really just looking at northeastern school. I will be applying as a transfer and the less courese i have to take outside my major the better. (I want to double major).</p>
<p>Thanks everyone for the info so far :)</p>
<p>You coulld still go to SMith!!!</p>
<p>try Hamilton College</p>
<p>You're wrong about the distribution courses at Amherst. There is no distribution requirement. Check the part that says "there are no distribution requirements" at <a href="http://www.amherst.edu/about_amh/profile.html%5B/url%5D">http://www.amherst.edu/about_amh/profile.html</a> . </p>
<p>You could have easily researched this, you know.</p>
<p>I have a ding-dong.</p>
<p>Dingdong-
It is not a matter of researching this-- it is a matter of remembering all the information from many many schools. Amherst has a required first year seminar. It is not totally free and clear of requirements.</p>
<p>I sympathize with your efforts to remember everything, but you said amherst had "distribution requirements" and it does not - the issue isn't whether the cirriculum is totally free and clear. I'm not arguing its totally free and clear, but even within the FYSs there are a myriad of topics to choose from, and there are "no, or at least a very small, core curriculum requirements" at Amherst, as per the OP's question. </p>
<p>I found the info within a minute on Amherst's webpage. i'm not sure about Williams, however - you may be right about Williams.</p>
<p>I would assume, as an incoming freshman (and congrats) that you are quite familiar with the Amherst website. I would assume that the OP is interested in knowing what courses he will have to take. I would assume that the "first year" seminar will still be required of this individual. And yes, I know that there are many choices from which to select. But it will still be necessary to plan for this as he plans his transfer, if they won't accept any of his current courses as a substitute. And it was 21 mos ago that I visited Williams and Amherst back-to-back. Hard to completely remember all details perfectly, especially since, unfortunately, the student guide at Amherst was a 3rd generation legacy who made it perfectly clear that that was the only reason she was attending. She also let us know that she'd never set foot in the science building, but pointed out the trailer-looking building that was functioning as her boyfriend's dorm, that could be seen from the building's back windows. That was helpful. She never showed us the library either. So all in all, Amherst's facts were not well imprinted. Sorry. For a while it was hard to remember which college was remodelling its student center. That, I believe.... is Williams.</p>
<p>I've been told by HS students who have visited that the portable dorms are large and suprisingly nice. And the refurnished James, Sterns, North, and South will all be gorgeous.</p>