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[quote=Anonymous]Alum of Southwestern - ask me anything!

Southwestern is great - and gets better every year - It did not have the Padeia program while I was there, but they have put tons of resources into that.  It's got a great Fine Arts program, but I don't know if its that well known beyond a regional presence.  They've been emphasizing cognitive science since before fMRIs and the vast advances we've had in that area, and there pre-med program is a great foundation for med school and the kids get in to very fine med schools.

I was an English major and from Texas.  One of my closest friends from that time (that I didn't know before freshman year) was from a NE prep school.  She was nurtured and writes for various journals and is finishing up a novel - she went to Iowa's Writer's Workshop after graduation.  Several Rhodes Scholars also come out of SU.  If you want more info it's also regularly featured in the "Colleges that Change Lives."  There is also heavy emphasis on public service.

The teachers are phenomenal.  You are ALWAYS taught in small classes (10-15 person) (except for Intro Science classes which may reach 50-80 people), teachers are ALWAYS available - including in the lunchroom and on the quad.  I did not take enough advantage of everything that SU was, but I highly recommend it for kids now - especially from NE because you will get scholarship money if you have the grades and test scores and you will have an easier time getting in because of the desire to have a more diverse student population.

It's in Georgetown, which is now just an exurb of Austin (it was a little more out of the way when I was there) - it's about the same distance as Rosslyn/Leesburg from DC.  We used to go to Austin every weekend to go clubbing and see live music.  Austin has only gotten bigger in that regard, and the Fine Arts scene has developed in tandem.

Now - for the (somewhat) minuses - there used to be a heavy frat/sorority presence - I was not in either, and did not feel the loss, and several of my friends were ZTA or ADP or APO, so there's no ostracization there.  There are service frats (APO).  The Frats range from left of liberal (Sigs) to right of conservative (KAs and to some extent Phi Delts), and that led to, shall we say, "interesting" frat functions back in the day.  I highly doubt that these are condoned anymore, and, quite frankly, the small size of the school means everything gets scrutinized, as it should be.[/quote]

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