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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Swarthmore seems to have a very unique approach to engineering. Any thoughts from grads and/or practicing engineers as to their program’s quality and career-preparedness? My daughter wants the LAC experience and yet wants to study engineering so it’s a tough hybrid to find. Most LAC’s offer at best a physics or a non-certified engineering degree. [/quote]

Swarthmore is overrated to begin with, one has to wonder how good its engineering department really is. It would be difficult for a liberal arts college to duplicate even a state university engineering dept because of the cost of the infrastructure. There are schools like Wellesley that partners with Olin and MIT to address liberal arts college’s shortcomings. I’d be skeptical of Swarthmore’s going it alone. If PP could visit Swarthmore engineering, s/he might want to use a state university engineering dept as a yard stick. I doubt Swarthmore’s engineering is as well funded as a state uni engineering dept. 
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Yikes, what an ill-informed post. Swarthmore is one of the most well-funded colleges on earth. [/quote]

Swarthmore College is well funded. We are talking about Swarthmore engineering. Engineering dept isn’t cheap. I’d be skeptical Swarthmore engineering is as good as a state uni engineering dept. [/quote]

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