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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"Hatchet job" pp here.  Yep, I went to one of the crunchiest SLACs of all, and loved it.  If my parents had known about some of what went on there, they never would have helped me pay for it!  Not saying you can't get a great education at these schools. Just that it pays to look closely.  My school, like Bowdoin, had done away with core requirements, and as a result there are big gaps in my general education, and substantial gaps in my knowledge of my major, because I wasn't required to take courses in some areas.  Allowing kids to design their own courses of study sounds great, but 18-21 year olds don't always have the greatest judgment and can really piss away opportunity and money when offered a cornucopia of courses on random topics that happen to interest the professors.[/quote]

Hatchet Job...this is actually a good useful bit of information.  DD is actually looking for a good SLACs as DD is later contemplating a legal career (yes, we know all about present of affiars in law...hopefully it will turn around down the road).  For now, DD seeks a SCLAC because of the intesntive writing and classes that spur thoughtful processes along with insight.  Small classes also are a real plus especially since they promote the use socratic teaching methods.  The pps have been caught up wtih right wing v. left wing double talk.

Can someone provide insight into the state of todays' SLCAs notwithstanding the somewhat troubling thought that core curriculums have been all but abandoned?

TIA[/quote]

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