Based on survey information, students at Rose-Hulman appear to appreciate their science lab facilities:
Sorry, but 12+4= 16%. Also. let’s not forget that Wesleyan is about a third larger than Amherst so, the absolute numbers are probably roughly the same. Wesleyan does have at least twice as many graduates going into “Leisure, Arts and Entertainment” which would account for its Brown/RISD affinity.
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Ok, that’s fair! I had one kid visit Rose and was pretty “Meh” on it (but this was not my kid who loves everything about WPI except the location). I wasn’t the parent going on the tour at Rose, and the kid who likes WPI did not tour Rose (yet)…But I think the first kid’s experience with Rose almost made me forget that they would probably fit a similar mold.
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The other two in the midwest that might be similar to me are Kettering in Michigan (great if interested in automotive) and Missouri S&T in Rolla, Missouri. But my understanding of Missouri S&T is that they have a pretty strong research culture. Still experiential, but maybe a little different.
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Err… RH vs Purdue or just Purdue engineering? I assume the later.
So I read the thread as something different. But I think University of Chicago and Wash U are very similar. Maybe it’s the similar type buildings style? Seems the same type of student’s often apply to both.
Michigan, Wisconsin, UNC, Texas
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Right, and 16 times .69 is 11.04.
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The University of Cincinnati would be another option to check out.
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I think there is some potential overlap, but I note in our circles, there are kids who apply to WashU but who do not apply to Chicago because of the core corriculum and generally intense reputation.
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I think of Davidson.
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That’s a great choice.
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We called Davidson the Amherst of the south. It was the only LAC our kid applied to (and wasn’t accepted to…wouldn’t have gotten accepted to Amherst either). We all really liked that school!
I think Miami of Ohio is similar in some ways to College of Charleston.
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Or as pre-professional as the “average” college in the US, since the overall mix of majors for bachelor’s degrees has a majority in overtly pre-professional majors.
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Northeastern seems to be known for co-op focused curricula, but there are other options like Cincinnati, Drexel, and Kettering. (Along the lines of another aspect mentioned in this thread, they are all likely to have more pre-professional focused students.)
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Small public engineering (and sometimes computing) focused schools:
Colorado School of Mines
Michigan Technological University
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Montana Technological University
New Jersey Institute of Technology
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
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Fine. It’s a little confusing because of your use of the phrase, “adds up to” but stay with me: Wesleyan’s Class of 2025 which due to COVID complications at 919, was one of the biggest in its history. Therefore,
.69x919=634x.16=101
Amherst’s Class of 2025 was 520 (you see where I’m going with this.) Therefore,
.755x520=392x.275=102
So, I was correct in saying that the underlying numbers for each school were the same.
None of this, of course, diminishes your basic assertion that Amherst feels more pre-professional than Wesleyan. In many ways, it parallels the helmet sport rosters in each class.
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A couple of groupings of awesome LACS that I’ve noticed have a lot of overlap of rigorous academics, sports, facilities, study abroad opportunities and interesting students pursuing various majors and being successful after graduation:
Wesleyan, Skidmore, Macalester, Oberlin.
Bates, Colby, Holy Cross, Hamilton, Bucknell, Richmond .
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And back in the day, Birmingham Southern would have been a comparison, but sadly, its gone (and the campus now owned by the Coast Guard).