<p>I got accepted at smith and I'm trying to pick between two schools.
I want to know about Smith more and I was wondering if anyone could help me with the perception of Smith. For example when you say "Smith" What do other people think of it?
For example, when someone says Yale, they think Law, and when someone says Chicago they think of economics. What is Smith famous for? What is their specialty and the perceptions that people have? Thanks lots</p>
<p>Well, I don't know if this is an easy question to answer. When I say "Yale" I think Drama, and when people tell me Chicago, I think Arabic. So the school's perception can depend a lot on your perception. </p>
<p>Smith is known as a "good school", prestigious, producer of women leader's in a variety of fields including arts, science, business, government, and law. </p>
<p>But what other people think isn't really as important as what you think about it. Smith is a school with a good reputation, but that doesn't mean it will be a good school for each student. Something to keep in mind. </p>
<p>For more info about smith's strengths, check out the other thread on STRIDE scholarships, where we're having that same convo.</p>
<p>Oh, really? I will check it out now then, thanks for your reply!!!</p>
<p>Sorry, the other discussion of smith's strengths is in the thread on taking consortium classes, not the STRIDE thread. My bad.</p>
<p>Don't think a "free association" test of school and discipline has much validity: e.g., Yale Law and Yale Drama are professional/grad. programs respectively that have little, if anything, to do with Yale undergraduate education. On the other hand, Yale is wonderfully strong in many areas, most especially humanities such as English, History Political Science, French. For best results you (the OP) need to ask a different question. Same applies for Smith</p>
<p>Why are you concerned with what perceptions of other is? Shouldn't you be more concerned about what the reality for you would be?</p>
<p>I was reminded yesterday, fwiw, that one of the side effects of attending Smith is preparing young women to work in male-dominated fields without being backwards or self-conscious and ready to make strong contributions.</p>