I go to a top LAC for history and stem. It is overrated.

[Anonymous]

I am currently attending a well-ranked liberal arts college for a double major in English and Physics. The small course sizes sounded nice at first, but my English courses have not really evolved past discussions of the same handful of themes (patriarchy/sex or gender, racism/exclusion, identity/perception). The professors are fine, but they are typically not doing active research that invites students, so I have to get creative (aka go to research universities). The department holds a few modernists, a single professor in literary criticism, and a complete lack of translation coursework. I cannot really say the experience has been much beyond discussion with mostly sleepy students, who do not at all care about the text, often not reading it either. I am taking a tutorial next semester, but I won't be holding my breath on increased rigor and interest.
The physics resources and faculty are amazing, but the reality is that getting into a top physics program requires top research experience and heavily biases those with graduate coursework and years of research.
Look, I love small classes and learning in a small community within an idyll, bucolic campus, but I don't think it is worth it over going to a good research university, where you get support for research and have more opportunities with nicher subspecialties.

[Anonymous]

Ok and?

[Anonymous]

What school? Just spit it out. You think someone is going to find out who you are and harass you?

Go away. Your post is useless and pointless.

[Anonymous]

Is your humanities field history, as in your title, or English, as in the body of your text?

[Anonymous]

They’re either a troll or misinformed. LACs send many students to top STEM programs, and many profs at those PhD programs prefer LACs for their own kids. Having a meaningful or lead role in a research project is often better than tidying up for the grad students.

[Anonymous]

Do any SLACs besides Williams offer tutorials (two students/one prof), a la the Oxford model?

[Anonymous]

Watch the Camille Paglia/Jordan Peterson interview from a decade ago. It's really eye opening about the state of higher education and the power shift from 'academia' to administration.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Do any SLACs besides Williams offer tutorials (two students/one prof), a la the Oxford model?

Quite a few do under independent study or special Programs like CMC PPE

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They’re either a troll or misinformed. LACs send many students to top STEM programs, and many profs at those PhD programs prefer LACs for their own kids. Having a meaningful or lead role in a research project is often better than tidying up for the grad students.

You're much more likely to get into a top stem research program from a research university than a lac. A lot of the top LACs have grads going to decent grad schools, but not the best. It is rare to see an lac grad going to Princeton for a math phd, for example.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Watch the Camille Paglia/Jordan Peterson interview from a decade ago. It's really eye opening about the state of higher education and the power shift from 'academia' to administration.

Summary please

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What school? Just spit it out. You think someone is going to find out who you are and harass you?

Go away. Your post is useless and pointless.

Not pointless to me.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They’re either a troll or misinformed. LACs send many students to top STEM programs, and many profs at those PhD programs prefer LACs for their own kids. Having a meaningful or lead role in a research project is often better than tidying up for the grad students.

You're much more likely to get into a top stem research program from a research university than a lac. A lot of the top LACs have grads going to decent grad schools, but not the best. It is rare to see a lac grad going to Princeton for a math phd, for example.

Actually, the opposite is true.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They’re either a troll or misinformed. LACs send many students to top STEM programs, and many profs at those PhD programs prefer LACs for their own kids. Having a meaningful or lead role in a research project is often better than tidying up for the grad students.

You're much more likely to get into a top stem research program from a research university than a lac. A lot of the top LACs have grads going to decent grad schools, but not the best. It is rare to see a lac grad going to Princeton for a math phd, for example.

Actually, the opposite is true.

Really? Go take a look at the Princeton math grad student page. It’s going to be very difficult for you to find an LAC grad. This is common knowledge in physics/math. You aren’t going to a top program from an lac unless you’re truly exceptional amongst the truly exceptional.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They’re either a troll or misinformed. LACs send many students to top STEM programs, and many profs at those PhD programs prefer LACs for their own kids. Having a meaningful or lead role in a research project is often better than tidying up for the grad students.

You're much more likely to get into a top stem research program from a research university than a lac. A lot of the top LACs have grads going to decent grad schools, but not the best. It is rare to see a lac grad going to Princeton for a math phd, for example.

Actually, the opposite is true.

Really? Go take a look at the Princeton math grad student page. It’s going to be very difficult for you to find an LAC grad. This is common knowledge in physics/math. You aren’t going to a top program from a lac unless you’re truly exceptional amongst the truly exceptional.

Difficult in part because they don't list where the students did undergrad...

[Anonymous]

Sounds legit to me.