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This website is useful as a first pass to get a quick sense of distribution requirements. The higher the letter grade, the more requirements. It’s not trying to comment on the quality of those classes.  It’s not always right, but in the spot checks I’ve done, it usually is.

https://www.whatwilltheylearn.com/[/quote]

What an odd system of scoring schools. Oberlin and Vassar get an F. I don’t really see the value of this website as a source of info.[/quote]

Schools with open curriculums or very sparse distribution requirements get a lower grade on they site. It can be debated whether the lack of distribution requirements is a good or bad thing; clearly the website believes it’s a bad thing. But if you know what you want and how to use the site, it can save a lot of time either way. A student searching for open curriculums could filter for D or F schools. A student searching for broad distribution requirements could filter for A or B schools. No other site that I know of tries to measure each school’s distribution requirements, so it can be a time saver, but the results of course need to be checked. If someone wants an open curriculum but is unwilling to use the site because the lower grade offends them, I think that’s perhaps an emotional reaction. You could just as easily flip the grades around in your head to gauge curriculum openness. I will say that my kid thought they wanted a totally open curriculum but are now glad to be at a school where they and their friends were nudged out of their comfort zones. Makes for more interesting conversations about new topics when everyone is exploring. [/quote]

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