WSP for Bio/CS?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’ll be the first to say the obvious answer that you’re looking for Pomona. Whether you can get in or not is a whole other affair but that would be ideal for your son. Then Swarthmore and then Williams.

Pomona booster on here, again

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DS is interested in going to a liberal arts college for biology and cs with the goal of going to grad school for computational biology or something along those lines- premed is not off the table yet. No interested in finance or economics!!

He’s looking for good student culture and a happy environment over a massive academic crunch, since he’s had a lot of that in his magnet school

Where are you located?
Kid wants to stay near?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’ll be the first to say the obvious answer that you’re looking for Pomona. Whether you can get in or not is a whole other affair but that would be ideal for your son. Then Swarthmore and then Williams.

Pomona booster on here, again

I can't take opinions other than mine so let me scream booster! They're asking for a good vibes college for biology and computer science. Pomona is a great fit for that type of student. Wanna suggest an alternative?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Stay away from rural colleges. Profs tend to overload/dump work on students- sorry Williams- to keep em busy so they don’t lose their minds. It’s great to be focused, but many students want to also have chill time and discover their environs for college. Access to a city or nearby geography really helps with that.

-1, there’s so much to do in Williamtown other than study! So many haters

Like what? A big reason to be in Williamstown is to stay focused on academics.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Stay away from rural colleges. Profs tend to overload/dump work on students- sorry Williams- to keep em busy so they don’t lose their minds. It’s great to be focused, but many students want to also have chill time and discover their environs for college. Access to a city or nearby geography really helps with that.

-1, there’s so much to do in Williamtown other than study! So many haters

Like what? A big reason to be in Williamstown is to stay focused on academics.

+1 so much to do in Williamstown? It’s basically one block. Gorgeous campus and hiking must be nice, but not much else to do.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Stay away from rural colleges. Profs tend to overload/dump work on students- sorry Williams- to keep em busy so they don’t lose their minds. It’s great to be focused, but many students want to also have chill time and discover their environs for college. Access to a city or nearby geography really helps with that.

-1, there’s so much to do in Williamtown other than study! So many haters

Have you ever been to Williamstown? It makes Amherst and Hanover look like big cities.

[Anonymous]

Williams grad. I was never bored in Williamstown and this was 30 years ago when there were fewer restaurants on Spring Street.

[Anonymous]

So many cultural activities in Williamstown. You’re all wromg

[Anonymous]

I’d highly recommend Williams! Best biology and CS departments of any lac.

[Anonymous]

Harvey Mudd is a lottery even for highly qualified students. Great school, by all means apply, but have backups because it is a lottery.

St Olaf in Minnesota Would be another good option. Unheralded on DCUM, but has very strong math and CS -- along with good Bio and Chem.

[Anonymous]

St Andrews (Scotland) is a smaller uni in a small town. Would have very good grad school options - US or UK - coming from there. CS ranks 4th in the UK and their Bio, Chem, and Physics are all very solid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’d highly recommend Williams! Best biology and CS departments of any lac.

This isn’t true.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I’d highly recommend Williams! Best biology and CS departments of any lac.

This isn’t true.

Of course it isn't. Like most of the claims on this thread. DCUM is highly unreliable for this kind of info.