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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thanks everyone.
It still means she gets a degree with a concentration, correct? I am a biy worried of her employability.[/quote]

Open curriculum allows a student to focus more on a concentration with less distribution requirements. This is why people at brown are so happy.[/quote]

That’s actually the opposite of the reason Brown does it. It’s so students can explore and the perfect brown student is a polymath who has widely varying interests.  They tout how no one is in a class they don’t want to be in.

I imagine it’s the same reason other schools do it, but I only have experience with Brown.[/quote]

Op here. I definitely think of dd as a polymath. How to demonstrate her varying interests beyond just good grades???[/quote]

My kid is a polymath.  I think it showed in his application with the varied classes and clubs.  He also mentioned it in his essay.  He was also looking for open curriculum schools.  He'll be attending Grinnell.  The good thing about Grinnell and possibly other open curriculum colleges is that while the curriculum is open when you get to a certain point they make you start limiting your focus with a focus on getting a job after college.  My kid may have run the risk of just taking whatever sounded good that semester without thinking of the end game.[/quote]

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