Schools for Sociology?

reidm
Tue, 12 Oct 2004 23:44:46 +0000

First, note that some colleges will not use your freshman grades to calculate your GPA.

Second, you’ll find a lot of small schools have small Sociology departments, though quality beats quantity most of the time. One school with an excellent department where you’d likely qualify for merit money would be Kenyon. Other strong LACs where merit money might be offered would include Grinnell, Occidental and College of Wooster, though they do have small departments.

Third, social psychology and sociology are separate disciplines, though areas of study certainly overlap. The focus of the former is individual behavior relative to others; of the latter, social groups and organization.