Anonymous
Post 02/03/2025 02:35     Subject: Outdoorsy liberal arts schools?
Connecticut College has a great arboretum and a lot of outdoorsy kids. The botany and environmental studies majors are popular, and there are classes where students go outside a lot. There is a watershed close by. The campus is pretty and overlooks the Long Island Sound. No Greek life.
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2025 00:50     Subject: Outdoorsy liberal arts schools?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Pepperdine

Not a liberal arts colleges.


If course it is…..85% of undergrads at Pepperdine are at Seavers College…..do your research….

It is not a liberal arts college, then. Thank you for proving the point.


Both of you are wrong. 100% of Pepperdine undergrads are at the Seavers College. A Liberal Arts college….
Anonymous
Post 02/03/2025 00:16     Subject: Outdoorsy liberal arts schools?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Pepperdine

Not a liberal arts colleges.


If course it is…..85% of undergrads at Pepperdine are at Seavers College…..do your research….

It is not a liberal arts college, then. Thank you for proving the point.
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2025 21:41     Subject: Outdoorsy liberal arts schools?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Pepperdine

Not a liberal arts colleges.


If course it is…..85% of undergrads at Pepperdine are at Seavers College…..do your research….
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2025 14:37     Subject: Outdoorsy liberal arts schools?
Anonymous wrote:Pepperdine

Not a liberal arts colleges.
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2025 14:22     Subject: Outdoorsy liberal arts schools?
Pepperdine
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2025 11:32     Subject: Re:Outdoorsy liberal arts schools?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:OP asked about LACs for climbing…

https://www.collegexpress.com/lists/list/colleges-with-strength-in-climbing/513/

Of the US News “national LACs” those in the climbing collegiate series are:

Bowdoin
Carleton
Colgate
Smith
US Air Force Academcy
US Military Academy
US Naval Academy
Warren Wilson College


TBH, don't go to a LAC if you want to do elite climbing. Utah and CU Boulder are the best bets. Even if you just want to do collegiate level, it might be difficult to find a club that has the level of climbing you want. Westminster in SLC might work - but I don't think they have a competing team or send many, if any, to elite comps. On the East Coast I saw Pitt well-represented (again not a small LAC). UVM also has a good climbing club. University of Denver also has a decent climbing club (and is a decent LAC). Seattle University has decent representation. So does University of San Diego.

None of op’s post mentions them wanting to go to an elite climbing program.
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2025 11:30     Subject: Outdoorsy liberal arts schools?
Anonymous wrote:Carleton alum here. I prefer mountains, or at least small mountains, in my nature. I would recommend Dartmouth, Midd, Williams, or the Maine LACs.

You went the wrong direction if you’re looking for the best mountains.
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2025 10:29     Subject: Outdoorsy liberal arts schools?
Carleton alum here. I prefer mountains, or at least small mountains, in my nature. I would recommend Dartmouth, Midd, Williams, or the Maine LACs.
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2025 09:05     Subject: Outdoorsy liberal arts schools?
The site linked below offers several suggestions. In the Northeast, for example, it includes these LACs:

Bowdoin
Middlebury
Colby
Bates
Williams
Hamilton
St. Lawrence

For ideas further from this cluster, recommendations such as Colorado College and the University of Puget Sound appear.

https://www.collegexpress.com/lists/list/the-experts-choice-colleges-for-the-outdoorsy-student/740/

Regarding your son's interest in a quantitative social science, he may benefit from considering colleges with an available major in data science. Through this major he could choose a social science of interest as his "applied domain."
Anonymous
Post 01/29/2025 18:29     Subject: Outdoorsy liberal arts schools?
Bates, Bowdoin, Colby, Middlebury, Colorado College, Carleton College.
Anonymous
Post 01/29/2025 17:31     Subject: Outdoorsy liberal arts schools?
Kind of a sleeper, but Wesleyan has decent climbing nearby (Ragged Mountain, Rattlesnake for bouldering, etc) and the Gunks are only 2 hours away. Plus a lot of climbing gyms in the Hartford area. My kid is a climber and has found a good community there.
Anonymous
Post 01/29/2025 16:07     Subject: Outdoorsy liberal arts schools?
Bowdoin, Hamilton, Juniata.
Anonymous
Post 01/29/2025 15:19     Subject: Re:Outdoorsy liberal arts schools?
Anonymous wrote:OP asked about LACs for climbing…

https://www.collegexpress.com/lists/list/colleges-with-strength-in-climbing/513/

Of the US News “national LACs” those in the climbing collegiate series are:

Bowdoin
Carleton
Colgate
Smith
US Air Force Academcy
US Military Academy
US Naval Academy
Warren Wilson College


TBH, don't go to a LAC if you want to do elite climbing. Utah and CU Boulder are the best bets. Even if you just want to do collegiate level, it might be difficult to find a club that has the level of climbing you want. Westminster in SLC might work - but I don't think they have a competing team or send many, if any, to elite comps. On the East Coast I saw Pitt well-represented (again not a small LAC). UVM also has a good climbing club. University of Denver also has a decent climbing club (and is a decent LAC). Seattle University has decent representation. So does University of San Diego.
Anonymous
Post 01/29/2025 12:20     Subject: Re:Outdoorsy liberal arts schools?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Just look at the Dean’s List recipients (top 10% of class, GPA~3.9) and you’ll get a sense of what kind of school this is. Aggregating students of all grade levels who got this honor, here are the estimated ethnic group percentages:
- Likely White: 63.5%
- Likely East Asian: 14.2%
- Likely South Asian: 4.7%
-Likely Hispanic/Latinx: 2.0%
As you can see, little to no BIPOC people are inducted, especially black students (0%). For a school that claims to be supportive of diversity, the numbers show that a majority of the students who thrive here are white. This is because of an implicitly academic system at this small midwestern college. Don’t be fooled by their claims of diversity and inclusion. When the curtains fall and you only consider grades and academic support, it is clear where the real bias is. Not a great place for fostering academic and intellectual growth in ALL.

Anyone to speak on the clear racism against Asian and black students? We saw very few students of color on our tour! Concerning that this is what’s being promoted


What does "likely' mean here? How is someone Likely White?


As best I can tell someone didn’t make the dean’s list at their college so proceeded to very scientifically deduce the racial identities of those students merely by looking at names. (The irony!) I wouldn’t expect that to work for Black students, and the Asian total they cite is something like triple the % Asian in the general population.