<p>Many of unexpected things happen in college. I know I’m a bit of a mystic, but kids are drawn to their futures, and sometimes adcoms and colleges help out.</p>
<p>S was drawn to Williams for reasons he could never articulate. However, the Clark Museum, a world class museum, was right next door to his dorm one year. He spent so much time going to exhibits that a light bulb went off in his head. Even though he discovered his passion only his senior year, he is now on his way to a life as an art historian and has been accepted into a grad program for September. He had no idea art history was in his future, but Williams happens to be THE LAC for art history, and he did take the two intro courses there.</p>
<p>I’m sure similar serendipitous things happen at Swat (congratulations to the above poster), Carleton, Amherst, Grinnell, Barnard, Smith…etc, etc, etc.</p>
<p>Not everything can be weighed, measured, or graphed. Some outcomes are mysterious, but all these schools provide opportunities for wonderful discoveries.</p>
<p>Since LAC’s are beleaguered and fewer and fewer students get liberal arts degrees, we should think of them as allies, not adversaries.</p>