Colorado College v. Whitman College

bopambo
Wed, 19 Nov 2014 15:28:58 +0000

Whitman has a higher acceptance rate that CC and gives merit aid, it’s further off the beaten path and that effects its yield, so it does try to entice high achievers. My son went to Whitman and loved the experience, he was an active participant in the award winning Outdoor Program and he left with some very enviable skills.

The Semester in the West at Whitman sounds perfect for your stated academic goals; faculty and students spend a semester traveling through the west studying the pressing environmental and political issues first hand. They visit the sources and interview the experts about water, energy, conservation, ranching, immigration and more.

I have a very good friend who went to CC and studied geology. She said that the block plan was perfect for science, geology in particular, because the whole class could take to the hills and immerse themselves in the subject matter. She wasn’t as thrilled about the block plan for the humanities classes, she said it was very hard to read all the material and write all the papers in such a concentrated time span. Just something for you to investigate.

If you can, visit both campuses and good luck.