Biology and/or pre-med on the Block Plan

5boys
Thu, 11 Feb 2010 13:40:00 +0000

Thanks everyone!!! You are all SO great on this thread.

flyboy… Yeah, I think that CC will definitely override Whitman in regards to location. I’m sure that the minute he sets foot on the CC campus and sees the Garden of the Gods looming in the background that will just about be it for him. One reason he is looking at Whitman is because he has a small visual learning disability and they give oral tests. A few of his teacher’s have recommended it to him. I will also, like your dad, have him look at a wide range of school’s. He does know that he wants to go to a LAC that has great teacher interactions, and a laid-back but intellectual student body. Also the school has to be close to outdoor activities… being outdoors is as essential as air to him. I’m worried that some of the LAC’s in the East will be too preppy for him… but maybe that is just my perception. We are from laid-back San Diego, where you just put on a shirt, shorts and sandals and your good for just about anything… although he realizes that in Colorado, that might not cut it in the Winter months. I think his stats will be too low for Midd, Bowdoin, Dartmouth. He is a B+ student that will have superior SAT scores. He loves to learn, so he takes hard classes, but details are not his thing. As far as the drug/drinking scene that CC is sometimes rumored to be, I don’t think that will be an issue. My S is pretty straight, but he is non-judgmental, so could care less what other people do. The facilities will be the least of his concerns if the fit is right.

swimming08… I have to confess too, I’m hooked:-))