Elite SLAC with engineering major
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Anonymous
| DC suffers from terrible anxiety and will not do well at behemoths like HYS, although s/he has the stats and would be a legacy. Do Amherst/Williams/Middlebury, etc. offer non-CS engineering degrees? (I do have google, but I also would like to start a conversation and gets some ideas.) |
Anonymous
| Even the best SLACs tend to be weak in engineering. Maybe look at Harvey Mudd. Or consider a smaller university like Rice. |
Anonymous
| Harvey Muddđź‘Ť |
Anonymous
| Swarthmore is your choice. |
Anonymous
OMG not for a student with anxiety. Never. |
Anonymous
We know a kid majoring in engineering at Swarthmore, but it is some odd general engineering degree. Kid says they will definitely try to take engineering classes at Penn (which is free through a consortium). |
Anonymous
Does small school always = better for anxiety? I would think there would be many different factors…and honestly that the competitiveness of the school no matter how large would be a factor. |
Anonymous
| I would also think about small engineering specific schools Olin, WPI, etc . . . Also Lafayette. |
Anonymous
| If DC is a DD, Smith has an excellent engineering program. And she can take other classes at Amherst. |
Anonymous
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Not technically "SLACs" and down a tier or two from WASP, but all are small:
Rose Hulman Franklin Olin Harvey Mudd Bucknell USD Wake Forest Lafayette Lehigh |
Anonymous
| Some kids with anxiety do best at smaller schools where they are known. Other kids with anxiety do best at larger schools where they can be more anonymous. What does your child want? |
Anonymous
Agreed. Toured Olin. Thought they have a very cool program. Only downside is it's just engineering, so need to be sure this is what you want. Olin has a consortium with Wellesley(male included for classes), Babson, and Brandeis. Also Haverford and Bryn Mawr have a 4+1 Masters with Penn |
Anonymous
Wake, Lehigh and USD aren’t any smaller than Yale or Harvard…or aren’t smaller by much. Rose and Franklin are very small…smaller than most SLACs…will certainly offer a ton in engineering since that is their focus. |
Anonymous
| Swarthmore |
Anonymous
So what? 5-6,000. Thanks for your input though |