Midwest Liberal Arts College with Strong CS?

ucbalumnus
Tue, 08 Apr 2014 05:15:42 +0000

Are merit scholarships or low cost needed, or would good need-based aid work?

If you are female, Barnard may work; its convenient access to Columbia means that being a small LAC won’t be limiting in terms of course offerings. But it is not in the midwest.

You can do considerable exploring at many big universities. LACs’ primary advantages are in smaller classes at the frosh/soph levels. However, the selection of junior/senior level courses is often smaller, although LACs with convenient cross registration agreements with big universities can somewhat address that problem.