<p>I like liberal arts.
Small, nice professors, etc.
But I'm afraid that liberal arts have less areas to study, especially for my major, physics and math.
Also, generally liberal arts are too expensive and offer few scholarships, especially to internationals.
So, liberal arts students, do you think you made a great choice or regretful choice?</p>
<p>ps. Especially, I'm interested in Amherst, Harvey Mudd, Williams, Swarthmore, Oberlin, Carleton, and Dickinson.</p>
<p>Benefits of an LAC: usually small in student and class size, you get to know most everyone, professors get to know you and you can repeat a number of courses with the same professors, and you get a broad based liberal arts education.</p>
<p>Disadvantages of an LAC: usually small in student and class size and thus you actually have to participate in class, everyone gets to know you, when you take a second class with a professor he will actually remember what you did in the first one, and you will have a broad liberal arts education that for many will make it difficult to find a job.</p>
<p>Thank you~</p>
<p>Um..but what do you mean by </p>
<p>"difficult to find a job"</p>
<p>Like internships or something?</p>
<p>bump.......</p>
<p>Employers love LAC graduates because the curriculum at LACs forces people to think, to speak, and to write critically and have shaper analytical thinking. The curriculum is very broad and you're not always required to take English 101 and Math 101- the alternatives are more interesting and thought-provoking.</p>
<p>Physics and math are pretty standard at LACs- it's the more obstruive ones that people will have trouble with like Logic, Japanese, Theater, and that kind of thing that isn't entirely founded in the Western Civilization.</p>
<p>because it's easier to know your professors, you have an easier time getting recommendations from them for grad school</p>
<p>Yeah, I don't know if it makes it harder to get jobs, after all, with smaller classes, the profs know you better and thus can write better recs.</p>
<p>Only thing is that many LAC's dont have as many programs as a large university might, for example, engineering (there are some exceptions). So in a way, you're limited to what you can go into. That said, if you're applying to one, you'll likely be sure that you want to go into something that they offer, so it shouldn't be a major problem.</p>
<p>:)</p>
<p>Thank you everyone. I should think about LAC for a while.
Oh, two more things. If anyone can answer these, that's great, but I won't be disappointed if you don't. :)
1. Is LAC offer many scholarships? Especially to internationals? Do they offer non-need based?
2. ticklemepink said briefly above but I still wonder if it's great idea to major physics or math in LACs.</p>
<p>how many universities have nuclear reactors that are virtually staffed soley by undergrads who use it for their experiments?
My Ds LAC has one.</p>
<p>I'm sorry but I don't understand what 'Ds' means..</p>
<p>car202: see the acronym thread in the Parents' Forum.</p>
<p>D=Daughter
S=Son
H=Husband
W=Wife
DD= Dear Daughter
etc</p>
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<p>I understand that almost all of the neutrinos produced in LAC nuclear reactors penetrate the shielding and pass out through the campus, the faculty, the students, etc.</p>
<p>Thanks everyone.</p>