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[quote=Anonymous]My DD just graduated and that was her experience! She was a STEM major and granted, had more friends across STEM and social sciences than arts & humanities, but a good number of friends double majored or had interesting major/minor combinations, and most kids were just typical Democratic-leaning but not always super political kids. She worked campus jobs, including for the admissions office and represented the college in a balanced and yet authentic way. We also visited for Family Weekend a few times and were genuinely impressed by the caliber of instruction, the intimacy of small classes - even her intro STEM classes were 40 students tops - and the engagement and intellectual curiosity of the students. A lot of students study abroad, learn languages, and apply to Fulbright too. I'm a professor at a large public R1 university and while I know my students can get an excellent education at large state schools, I did encourage DD to apply to LACs knowing that it can just be easier to get that personalized instruction with a smaller student body. We're certainly left-leaning but pretty mainstream in terms of appearance and political engagement, and it was really nice to meet DD's friends from across the country (and world) who were just nice, kind kids who cared about helping other people. Some things that get blown up about the environment at LACs, such as pronouns, are just about respecting people and how they want to be treated and referred to as. It's really not much deeper than that and doesn't need to exist in people's heads outside of those spaces as anything other than being respectful.

Another bonus is that school is slightly larger than some of its peers (2,880) and thus has the resources to support a lot of diverse student interests, both in terms of activities and student clubs, academic degrees, and also friendship affiliations. The college is also starting to offer BS degrees to recognize STEM-heavy coursework schedules and also interdisciplinary degrees like Environmental Science and Data Science, as well as Business. There are also a lot of free music events throughout the year due to the Conservatory and the musical inclinations of the student body. Happy to share more about our experience![/quote]

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