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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This must be school dependent. My daughter is also at a SLAC - she meets with her adviser before pre-registration, goes over the classes she is interested in and, together, they come up with her schedule. She then pre-registers - if a class is overenrolled, she reaches out directly to the professor and, so far, things have always worked out - once they added an extra section for the extra students. One time she took a class a semester later than she originally intended, but then she was able to choose a course she really loved instead. Another time, she was supposed to take a level 1 course in one department, but was able to substitute something else by writing to the department head. Her friends at larger schools regularly complain about getting shut out of classes, but the difference at her very small school seems to be the access to professors and department heads, and the school's flexibility. While I agree there are issues with some schools and the oversubscribing of certain majors (eg, Pomona and CS), overall I can say her experience at a SLAC has been excellent and she has yet to hit a brick wall with faculty or administration - it seems like everyone there is very willing to help resolve any issues.[/quote]
This is exactly dc’s experience at Pomona. Way less space issues due to the 5 colleges there, but she has to meet with her advisor to get approved for course schedules and her advisor has emailed a prof to defend her getting into a class, without the pre reps. This is all school dependent.[/quote]
From what I’ve heard, the Claremont colleges aren’t a liberal arts college- just a university that doesn’t like being called so.[/quote]

No, they are true LACs. There are a couple grad schools there but they mostly have separate faculty and facilities. [/quote]

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