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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]STEM is alive and well at SMCM and students in those majors are very successful in finding jobs and acceptances to graduate and professional school. In fact STEM majors at SMCM are more successful in graduating underrepresented groups in STEM, as compared to the national average. Plenty of physics majors go on to engineering, bio majors go on to meet school, CS majors get industry jobs, etc. Majors from SLACs are highly regarded by employers because they are well rounded and can adapt to the ever-changing job market. Students from SLACs can think and communicate, as a whole, better than students in highly specialized programs. For those in the market for a SLAC, public liberal arts is a steal. There aren't many--search for schools in COPLAC to find them. Diversity is relative--SMCM is much better than many SLACs but not as good as other schools in the state. (And ask yourself what you consider diverse--racial? First gen? Low SES? Some diversity stats are not as easy to see as others). Ask yourself this...does every student at UMCP or Towson or UMBC do a capstone or undergrad thesis? No. Only the top students are chosen. Every student at SMCM does. That's why it's an honors college. It doesn't matter what their acceptance rate is--look at what their graduates do. And look at graduation rates. The training there is top notch.[/quote]

Ugh... bunch of non sense. Phys major going to engineering? What are you talking about?? [/quote]

I'm a physics major who went into engineering. Been doing it for over 20 years. What are [b]you[/b] talking about?[/quote]

So let me get this straight. BS in physics but MS/Phd in engineering? Which field in engineering?[/quote]

Correct. Mechanical.[/quote]

Interesting... I am a ME myself. Where/when did  you learn basic ME courses such as Fluid Mechanics, Thermo, and Machine design courses?? I can't imagine (practicing) ME who doesn't know these basic ME principles. Are you a PE? [/quote]

I'm the PP. I did make up some undergrad ME classes (mostly design, as you would imagine). I took the EIT but never went for the PE. Most of my work is in material science/solid mechanics and FE modeling.[/quote]

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