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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was a physics instructor and taught at both Dickinson and Bucknell, and the students at Dickinson were much more with-it and focused.[/quote]

Interesting.  The students we've known who headed off to Bucknell definitely were more academically advanced than those going to Dickinson.

Dickinson is sort of like the Elon of the mid-Atlantic.[/quote]

PP here again. Well, I taught at both for about 3 years. These were mostly students in pre-med (/pre-health), not hard science majors. Dickinson students outclassed Bucknell students in my experience. That said, I don't doubt there are excellent students at both schools. But just based on my experiences, I'd say the smarter future physicians were at Dickinson.

I know people are going to scoff at this, but the best science students I taught were at Penn State. Not the best all-around students, but a big state school has more funding to attract talented physics and math majors, I suppose.[/quote]

+1. Another pp here. Some of my classmates were easily Ivy caliber. Everyone I know who was pre-med or aiming for a research position in health or even math and comp sci (both strong depts there) is doing really well now. One big reason I enjoyed Dickinson was the lack of toxic cutthroat competition and having dedicated real profs like you, not 26 year-old TAs or foreign lecturers with poor English and communication skills. All profs are required to have office hours. Most offer them cheerfully as a time to help students brush up on concepts or casually chat about their ambitions and get to know each other better. I had a few instructors that I would genuinely consider as friends that I still keep in touch with almost a decade later.

Those of you who think Amherst is the be all and end all should seriously look into Dickinson and other little gems. It used to be a good school but now its been discovered as a truly great school with major campus improvements and drastically stronger incoming classes over the past 5-10 years.[/quote]

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