<p>I recently discovered that I was pretty good at math and science. I’m my first year, community college student on tract to receive my AA and I’m trying to decide where i would best fit in. I don’t like large schools, at all. They feel too impersonal and getting a hold on a professor is usually a nightmare, but I don’t want to stuck out in the middle of nowhere. I was originally going to apply to Middlebury to pursue my Japanese Language and Literature interests, but i also have a pretty strong interest for the math and sciences. The difficultly lies within my need for organized, strong math and science departments as well as a well-rounded liberal arts (most language) department. How do I satisfy my conflicting wants?</p>
<p>If you transfer as a junior, you will likely be taking mostly the smaller upper division courses at your transfer target school. Even big state universities often have small upper division math and physics courses.</p>
<p>What you can do is look at the class schedules of various schools to see how big the upper division courses in your areas of interest are.</p>
<p>Dartmouth has decent math and sciences programs (and I believe a Japanese language major), not sure about Middlebury’s.</p>
<p>Middlebury has a superb science program, with top-notch facilities.</p>