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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are all in on small liberal arts schools.  Except for engineering. I would not send a kid to an actual SLAC for engineering.  
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Most have some amorphous notion of Liberal Arts as literally liberal and arts. It is cross disciplinary between Humanities , Social Sciences and Natural Sciences. Many don't realize that LACs have always produced a lot of really good STEM graduates. Engineering is the "E" in STEM. At Swarthmore for instance 62.5% of the credits required to graduate in engineering must be in Eng+Math+Science as compared to 66% at Cornell. This is not really very different. The balance credits are available for use  across the humanities and sciences. The main difference lies in the undergraduate only teaching focus, small classes, access to undergrad research opportunities and access to high quality undergrad humanities and social science courses for balance distribution/interests.

A high percent of LAC STEM (including Eng) graduates are double majors.[/quote]

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