Basic College Questions + Liberal Arts College...

gadad
Fri, 21 May 2010 18:46:56 +0000

So basically:

1. Is there any consolation for me regarding my lack of financial resources?

2. What is a liberal arts college? Do they have limited areas of study? Are you at less of an advantage to get into graduate school coming from a liberal arts college than you are from a university?

3. How would you describe New College of Florida, based on its website, and what type of prospective college student would it be a “fit” for?



1) Yes - People who save for college are often aghast to find that they qualify for less financial aid than non-savers because they have greater “assets.” So the financial aid process in certain ways rewards non-saving. Not a reason to avoid saving, but a good reason to avoid despairing about non-saving.

2) Smaller colleges that teach the fields which convey the timeless sense of how to learn, communicate, and critically evaluate information. LACs may provide an advantage for grad school. Of the 10 colleges and universities that produce the greatest percentage of Ph.D.s among their alumni, seven are LACs.

3) New College is a great value in public higher education, almost unique among public college options. It has a reputation for attracting a somewhat quirky, bohemian student population, but those kids of stereotypes are almost always over-simplified.