Smith vs schools in Boston

Momwaitingfornew
Thu, 04 Nov 2010 08:06:39 +0000

I’ll give you a little push. My daughter majored in neuroscience and was offered admission to PhD programs right out of Smith. She is a first year graduate student in a neuroscience program and also is enrolled in a special certification program in cognitive science. (Note: although she studies cognitive neuroscience, she is coming from more from the hard sciences and less from psychology, although obviously she had to take courses in psychology for her major.) My daughter loved her professors. She loved, loved, loved Smith.

Tell your daughter this if she already loves Smith but wishes it were in Boston: for graduate school, research, and/or jobs after Smith, she could easily end up in Boston. Smith will prepare her for a wide range of opportunities that a less rigorous college might not. This is not just about four years, but about her life.