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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]LACs often feel like they need to prove that they’re strong in STEM; people don’t understand that the liberal arts include most STEM disciplines (except for engineering), so the schools sometimes overcompensate on tours. And as another person mentioned, science buildings are often the shiniest and most impressive.

I would recommend doing deeper research into their humanities offerings before discarding these excellent schools. [/quote]
I think people are right in correcting op, but they aren’t totally wrong. As a grad of one of the institutions they mentioned, there’s so much more emphasis on science and math than the past. My Alma mater went from a very humanities heavy institution to a majority Econ-math college that just doesn’t reflect the college I went to.

It’s really disheartening to see how pre professional students are. I get consistent LinkedIn requests asking for coffee chats and career advice and this only started in the past 10 or so years.[/quote]
Can totally see this.

Conversation I recently had with a Student at my Alma mater:
“How was the career center when you were a student”
“Career center? It didn’t exist? We probably would’ve laughed if anyone entered a career center back then”
“Well, how did you get jobs?”
“We just…did.”[/quote]
Ha! Totally relate. Kids these days are extremely rehearsed they freak out about the future in a way that young adult me would’ve been annoyed with. Get your degree first, and figure it out![/quote]

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