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Anonymous wrote:Reflection towards the move of LAC to Science and Math Arts Colleges. These lacs should be embarrassed that their top majors are math, Econ, and Chemistry.

Math and Chem are both foundational to the liberal arts and I’ve found that most students studying them are passionate. Chem gets some pre-meds, but they are still good at LACs.

I agree with Econ. If done right, Econ can totally be part of a liberal arts college. However, most Econ programs at LACs now just serve as dumbed down pre-finance programs for dude bro athletes.

I was an idiot con major at Williams, and Econ is definitely not a dumbed down program. Lots of the students you describe ended up majoring in psychology. One of the best parts about being an Econ major there is you can take classes at their center for developmental economics (a grad program that ends up with many finance ministers from developing countries). While requiring lots of work, the classes were fascinating and tied in nicely with political economy classes, too. Ironically, I did end up going into finance on wall st, but didn’t have that goal initially and hate when Econ majors get stereotyped to that. Econ is definitely not an easy major there.

I don’t think they meant that Econ is a non-rigorous degree, but it really has stopped being a liberal arts one for many of these colleges.

The worst offender is Claremont McKenna College, which is a great institution, but essentially a trade business school that happens to dabble in other subjects.

claremont mckenna scores high on salaries and roi.

It's a great trade school.

One of the best law school feeders and it’s a trade school? Not to mention the stellar PhD and med school placements? You know nothing. Only about 50% go into finance and consulting, similar to UPenn. Looks like UPenn is a trade school too!

Who is going to med school form Claremont McKenna? Sounds bogus.

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Anonymous wrote:None of you have ever actually looked at an English department's course catalog.

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Anonymous wrote:Students are bored by reading nothing but Wordsworth and Shakespeare, and I don't blame them. There's more depth and research in literature.

What a gross misstatement about students' interests. If anything, they should be reading more classics such as Wordsworth and Shakespeare., which takes effort.

Archaic Fetishist.

Wordsworth and Shakespeare didn't spend their time studying 400 year old literature. They wrote in the common language of their time.

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Anonymous wrote:Reflection towards the move of LAC to Science and Math Arts Colleges. These lacs should be embarrassed that their top majors are math, Econ, and Chemistry.

Math and Chem are both foundational to the liberal arts and I’ve found that most students studying them are passionate. Chem gets some pre-meds, but they are still good at LACs.

I agree with Econ. If done right, Econ can totally be part of a liberal arts college. However, most Econ programs at LACs now just serve as dumbed down pre-finance programs for dude bro athletes.

I was an idiot con major at Williams, and Econ is definitely not a dumbed down program. Lots of the students you describe ended up majoring in psychology. One of the best parts about being an Econ major there is you can take classes at their center for developmental economics (a grad program that ends up with many finance ministers from developing countries). While requiring lots of work, the classes were fascinating and tied in nicely with political economy classes, too. Ironically, I did end up going into finance on wall st, but didn’t have that goal initially and hate when Econ majors get stereotyped to that. Econ is definitely not an easy major there.

I don’t think they meant that Econ is a non-rigorous degree, but it really has stopped being a liberal arts one for many of these colleges.

The worst offender is Claremont McKenna College, which is a great institution, but essentially a trade business school that happens to dabble in other subjects.

claremont mckenna scores high on salaries and roi.

It's a great trade school.

One of the best law school feeders and it’s a trade school? Not to mention the stellar PhD and med school placements? You know nothing. Only about 50% go into finance and consulting, similar to UPenn. Looks like UPenn is a trade school too!

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Anonymous wrote:Students are bored by reading nothing but Wordsworth and Shakespeare, and I don't blame them. There's more depth and research in literature.

What a gross misstatement about students' interests. If anything, they should be reading more classics such as Wordsworth and Shakespeare., which takes effort.

Archaic Fetishist.

Wordsworth and Shakespeare didn't spend their time studying 400 year old literature. They wrote in the common language of their time.

Anonymous wrote:None of you have ever actually looked at an English department's course catalog.

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Anonymous wrote:Reflection towards the move of LAC to Science and Math Arts Colleges. These lacs should be embarrassed that their top majors are math, Econ, and Chemistry.

Math and Chem are both foundational to the liberal arts and I’ve found that most students studying them are passionate. Chem gets some pre-meds, but they are still good at LACs.

I agree with Econ. If done right, Econ can totally be part of a liberal arts college. However, most Econ programs at LACs now just serve as dumbed down pre-finance programs for dude bro athletes.

I was an idiot con major at Williams, and Econ is definitely not a dumbed down program. Lots of the students you describe ended up majoring in psychology. One of the best parts about being an Econ major there is you can take classes at their center for developmental economics (a grad program that ends up with many finance ministers from developing countries). While requiring lots of work, the classes were fascinating and tied in nicely with political economy classes, too. Ironically, I did end up going into finance on wall st, but didn’t have that goal initially and hate when Econ majors get stereotyped to that. Econ is definitely not an easy major there.

I don’t think they meant that Econ is a non-rigorous degree, but it really has stopped being a liberal arts one for many of these colleges.

The worst offender is Claremont McKenna College, which is a great institution, but essentially a trade business school that happens to dabble in other subjects.

claremont mckenna scores high on salaries and roi.

It's a great trade school.

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Anonymous wrote:Reflection towards the move of LAC to Science and Math Arts Colleges. These lacs should be embarrassed that their top majors are math, Econ, and Chemistry.

The traditional meaning of liberal arts includes science and math. It doesn't just mean humanities and fine arts. Math and chemistry are liberal arts programs, and they're both very strong and have been popular at Williams for decades Business and engineering are pre-professional, which is why you don't find them at LACs (except in engineering partnership programs). Also what is embarrassing about students studying math?!?!

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Anonymous wrote:Reflection towards the move of LAC to Science and Math Arts Colleges. These lacs should be embarrassed that their top majors are math, Econ, and Chemistry.

Math and Chem are both foundational to the liberal arts and I’ve found that most students studying them are passionate. Chem gets some pre-meds, but they are still good at LACs.

I agree with Econ. If done right, Econ can totally be part of a liberal arts college. However, most Econ programs at LACs now just serve as dumbed down pre-finance programs for dude bro athletes.

I was an idiot con major at Williams, and Econ is definitely not a dumbed down program. Lots of the students you describe ended up majoring in psychology. One of the best parts about being an Econ major there is you can take classes at their center for developmental economics (a grad program that ends up with many finance ministers from developing countries). While requiring lots of work, the classes were fascinating and tied in nicely with political economy classes, too. Ironically, I did end up going into finance on wall st, but didn’t have that goal initially and hate when Econ majors get stereotyped to that. Econ is definitely not an easy major there.

I don’t think they meant that Econ is a non-rigorous degree, but it really has stopped being a liberal arts one for many of these colleges.

The worst offender is Claremont McKenna College, which is a great institution, but essentially a trade business school that happens to dabble in other subjects.

claremont mckenna scores high on salaries and roi.

It's a great trade school.

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Anonymous wrote:Reflection towards the move of LAC to Science and Math Arts Colleges. These lacs should be embarrassed that their top majors are math, Econ, and Chemistry.

Math and Chem are both foundational to the liberal arts and I’ve found that most students studying them are passionate. Chem gets some pre-meds, but they are still good at LACs.

I agree with Econ. If done right, Econ can totally be part of a liberal arts college. However, most Econ programs at LACs now just serve as dumbed down pre-finance programs for dude bro athletes.

I was an idiot con major at Williams, and Econ is definitely not a dumbed down program. Lots of the students you describe ended up majoring in psychology. One of the best parts about being an Econ major there is you can take classes at their center for developmental economics (a grad program that ends up with many finance ministers from developing countries). While requiring lots of work, the classes were fascinating and tied in nicely with political economy classes, too. Ironically, I did end up going into finance on wall st, but didn’t have that goal initially and hate when Econ majors get stereotyped to that. Econ is definitely not an easy major there.

I don’t think they meant that Econ is a non-rigorous degree, but it really has stopped being a liberal arts one for many of these colleges.

The worst offender is Claremont McKenna College, which is a great institution, but essentially a trade business school that happens to dabble in other subjects.

claremont mckenna scores high on salaries and roi.

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Anonymous wrote:Reflection towards the move of LAC to Science and Math Arts Colleges. These lacs should be embarrassed that their top majors are math, Econ, and Chemistry.

Math and Chem are both foundational to the liberal arts and I’ve found that most students studying them are passionate. Chem gets some pre-meds, but they are still good at LACs.

I agree with Econ. If done right, Econ can totally be part of a liberal arts college. However, most Econ programs at LACs now just serve as dumbed down pre-finance programs for dude bro athletes.

I was an idiot con major at Williams, and Econ is definitely not a dumbed down program. Lots of the students you describe ended up majoring in psychology. One of the best parts about being an Econ major there is you can take classes at their center for developmental economics (a grad program that ends up with many finance ministers from developing countries). While requiring lots of work, the classes were fascinating and tied in nicely with political economy classes, too. Ironically, I did end up going into finance on wall st, but didn’t have that goal initially and hate when Econ majors get stereotyped to that. Econ is definitely not an easy major there.

I don’t think they meant that Econ is a non-rigorous degree, but it really has stopped being a liberal arts one for many of these colleges.

The worst offender is Claremont McKenna College, which is a great institution, but essentially a trade business school that happens to dabble in other subjects.

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Anonymous wrote:Reflection towards the move of LAC to Science and Math Arts Colleges. These lacs should be embarrassed that their top majors are math, Econ, and Chemistry.

Math and Chem are both foundational to the liberal arts and I’ve found that most students studying them are passionate. Chem gets some pre-meds, but they are still good at LACs.

I agree with Econ. If done right, Econ can totally be part of a liberal arts college. However, most Econ programs at LACs now just serve as dumbed down pre-finance programs for dude bro athletes.

I was an idiot con major at Williams, and Econ is definitely not a dumbed down program. Lots of the students you describe ended up majoring in psychology. One of the best parts about being an Econ major there is you can take classes at their center for developmental economics (a grad program that ends up with many finance ministers from developing countries). While requiring lots of work, the classes were fascinating and tied in nicely with political economy classes, too. Ironically, I did end up going into finance on wall st, but didn’t have that goal initially and hate when Econ majors get stereotyped to that. Econ is definitely not an easy major there.

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Anonymous wrote:Reflection towards the move of LAC to Science and Math Arts Colleges. These lacs should be embarrassed that their top majors are math, Econ, and Chemistry.

Math and Chem are both foundational to the liberal arts and I’ve found that most students studying them are passionate. Chem gets some pre-meds, but they are still good at LACs.

I agree with Econ. If done right, Econ can totally be part of a liberal arts college. However, most Econ programs at LACs now just serve as dumbed down pre-finance programs for dude bro athletes.

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Anonymous wrote:Students are bored by reading nothing but Wordsworth and Shakespeare, and I don't blame them. There's more depth and research in literature.

God our society could use some talent outside Shakespeare. He’s simply over studied and destroying students’ desire to read more advanced literature. DD has had required Shakespeare since 6th grade every year and has gained absolutely nothing from it.