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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Everything you’ve described has been my kid’s experience of Wesleyan, which as others have noted also has an open curriculum. [/quote]
Kid is looking for rigor, i.e a thesis. At Wesleyan, thesis and honors students have to do gen eds.[/quote]
This does indeed separate Wesleyan from the few top LACs with truly open curricula.[/quote]

Amherst is the only one of the LACs to have a “truly open” curriculum. Hamilton has writing requirements. Vassar requires foreign language. Most require something.

At Wes, yes, if you want to graduate with honors, you have to take three classes in each of three broad distribution areas. My kid is double majoring and covers two of the areas with classes for those majors. So he has to take three classes over four years in the final area. And he will do a thesis, which he’s really excited about.

Anyway, OP, your kid might take a look at Wes. As I said in my earlier post, it’s very much what you described your kid to be looking for. [/quote]

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