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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DS wants to double major in political science and integrated/integrative science. After touring CMC, we definitely loved the facilities and community, but felt that Wesleyan may be a stronger name for a kid interested in policy. We’d be full pay for both. Any personal experiences/suggestions? [/quote]

Both are excellent schools. CMC is a bit smaller and harder to get into (only 1200 undergrads versus Wesleyan's 3000 undergrads). Is your DC at senior or junior? Is this for RD or ED. If RD, I'd say apply to both and retour if admitted on admitted student day and select which felt like a better fit. If considering where to ED and they are happy with both, I'd absolutely suggest they ED to Wesleyan. ED to CMC is very difficult because the higher ED percentage is almost entirely derived by recruited athletes and other institutional priorities (including Questbridge/FGLI). Wesleyan also gives a bump for males which CMC does not, in case that's relevant.

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great points. OP has a DS so the male bump and Wes being over double the size would give Wesleyan a clear advantage in ED. another thing OP should consider is that CMC has just invested in an experimental integrated science program that has just launched this month and is very new and untested. while the architecture of the building is a big hit, the substance doesn't yet seem fully solid. they've combined the sciences in a seemingly odd way and some students have been scratching their heads and [b]new class is limited from taking science outside CMC at the other 5C colleges because CMC really wants the class to commit to this new integrated science curriculum.[/b] but it seems very experimental and a bit risky if it's an area of interest.

that said, both great schools! Wes will be more better known on the east coast, CMC on the west coast. [/quote]
Is there any source for this? It seems completely antithetical to the Claremont colleges and kids there take science classes across the consortium a lot. When DD and I toured, a Pomona student was taking 3 mudd courses and a Pomona science course at the same time.[/quote]

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