Hi.
Does anyone know how science majors in Mount Holyoke is like?
I know it’s liberal arts school, but does it have a good faculty,connection with science related field?
I’m thinking about getting Bachelor’s degree with a science major, and getting a job right away.
Also, I am an international student without a work visa, so would it be hard for me to find a job with only BA as an international?
Thanks,
I do not know anything about getting a job without a work visa, you should probably ask about that on the International forum. But I can speak to the science question. My daughter is a biology major and most of her friends are science majors. Here is some info for you:
Here’s some good information for you:
MHC Leadership: More Doctorates in the Sciences
*Nearly a third of our students major in science or mathematics. They leave here exceptionally well prepared for graduate work at the nation’s most rigorous and prestigious universities. According to NSF data, our science students are consistently among the most productive in the country.
From 1966 to 2004, according to the NSF’s Survey of Earned Doctorates, Mount Holyoke graduated more women than any other liberal arts college who went on to get U.S. doctorates in the physical and life sciences (356 and 109, respectively). This puts Mount Holyoke in the top 2 percent of all colleges and universities–even major research universities with at least double the enrollment and faculty.
Among all colleges and universities, Mount Holyoke ranks eighth (tied with Stanford and Wellesley) in the number of graduates who earned U.S. doctorates in physics from 1966 to 2004; ninth in chemistry; and sixteenth in biology.*
My D is a first-year bio major at MHC. The small class size and very personal attention from professors has been really amazing for her. Here’s an anecdote: During the summer before she matriculated, she had been reading about the professors and was really excited about one particular Bio professor who seemed to have a very similar passion for bio -from a naturalist/evolutionary/field observation viewpoint- as herself (not that the bio department in general is like that - it is also very strong for pre-med). She hoped to one day be able to take a class with him. She was thrilled when she got into his Bio 101 class. Then she found out he was also her freshman academic advisor. The first day of class, they hung out for a while after class discussing the evolution of Trilliums and her passion and theories about specific insects. They have already been talking about internships for the summer in her field. He gave her the keys to the locked biology lab rooms where the upperclassmen do their entomology research. She spends a lot of her free time in there, looking at slides of insects prepared by students in the 1800’s. She has a whole research area of her own in there now, and frequently meets outside of class with the professor. She talks to him not only about career and academic matters, but about her worries and concerns. He introduced a new class for next year in her particular field of interest, and she will be helping TA the class. Looking back on my own college experience, this just seems so wonderful and lucky. She has immediately connected with a professor who shares her passion, is more than willing to spend time with her, and is already helping her pursue her career path. WOW.
wow I guess she’s lucky that she know her passion, and already a TA in her sophomore year. But I doubt that would be a case for me. Thank you for the comment though. Do you know anything about getting a job with only undergraduate degree?
As late as 1975, the top LAC’s did not admit women, consequently, the statistics are skewed in addition to being too antiquated to be meaningful. I’m curious as to why MH hasn’t published updated statistics in the last 11 years.
Nevertheless, there is no question that MH is outstanding in the sciences.
You can probably get a job as a lab tech/lab assistant with an undergraduate degree in science (also varies depending on which branch of science you’re interested in).