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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'd put Swarthmore in the top 10 list. It's the WASP with an academic intensity that rivals MIT or Caltech, the most extensive distribution requirements, a rigorous Honors program, the only WASP to offer Engineering, adding to it's strong STEM focus, and outstanding graduate outcomes. Gorgeous campus and facilities. Easy access to Philly. All-in-all an outstanding undergrad education for a kid prepared to work hard.[/quote]
SWAT does not have extensive distribution requirements. Purely in STEM terms, which is all you care about, Harvey Mudd is better. I agree SWAT is top 15 though. (Harvey Mudd is not - maybe top 20 though.)[/quote]
1. Complete 3 full-credit courses in each of the 3 divisions (Arts & Sciences, Natural Sciences & Engineering, Social Sciences).
from at least two different subjects in each division...
2. 20 credits out of 32 to graduate must be outside your major.

That is pretty extensive to me.

Agree Mudd is a great specialist STEM school. But so is Olin or Rose-Hulman. But my comments were limited to WASP that are at the top of the liberal arts colleges.[/quote]
You are going to major in a division already; there are then only two required gen ed courses: one from each of the divisions you are not majoring in. For each course within a division, you take any course you want. If you think those are “extensive” gen ed requirements, you are simply nutty.[/quote]

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