LibArts vs. Ivy League

collegialmom
Sat, 08 Jul 2006 23:19:39 +0000

The Haverford intro psych course appears to have 25 students in a section. Bryn Mawr seems to cap an Intro Psych course at 96 students. I cannot find the number in the Swat course, but it is a good question to ask when you are there. It probably really varies by school, the large public universities probably are all larger size, but again, those are good questions to ask when you visit, and also how the students liked the closses, regardless of size.

I had a very good Intro (Inorganic) Chem course at a large public university, which was a year-long course. Although there were probably at least 200 students in the lectures, my TA was wonderful, as was lab section. The head professor was very interesting. But that was a long time ago! I don’t know if public university students now have such good experinces overall as I had in all of my subjects.

My son much prefers the small size of the majority of his classes at Swarthmore, where he attends. I was just a large public university type of person, and I know college students who are happy at both LACs and large publics now. You just have to visit!