Rhodes College VS UW-Madison

prezbucky
Fri, 05 May 2017 18:01:08 +0000

Plenty has been said about the intro-level class size advantage of the LACs over UW (not UWM…), but I’m not sure anyone has mentioned these things:

UW-Madison offers a lot more majors, and more classes within those majors, than either Rhodes or CC. This greater academic breadth and depth is a typical advantage that universities have over LACs, to balance the class size disadvantage.

Also, UW has much more international name recognition and prestige than any LAC.

Finally, UW is known as a very fun campus: the party and sports scenes are fantastic, State Street and the Union (and Terrace) present great opportunities for fun, the campus is on an isthmus between two large lakes (that can be used for water sports), etc. UW presents a nice mix of city bustle and natural beauty.

I thought you should be aware of these things in case you were not.