The Liberal Arts Colleges...

RamocitoMorales
Sat, 13 Nov 2010 16:44:21 +0000

pierre0913:

If you want the “American” college experience, I might look at a large school with the american sport of football hahaha (we go crazy over that here)



Pierre, I’m seriously considering putting down Clemson University as one of my choices.

Basically, my list has a definite top three which is: Haverford, Washington, Illinois. and I’m also going to stick St Olaf in at fourth or fifth, depending on the other institution I put as one of my bottom two choices.

Clemson University seems to be the most reputable of the remaining ‘university’ choices (i.e New Mexico, Oregon, Oklahoma, etc).

So I’m stuck as to whether I should put down Rhodes College, or Clemson University as one of my bottom two choices alongside St Olaf.

Rhodes College has a beautiful campus and a solid reputation as a Liberal Arts College. Its reputation in mathematics isn’t anything special however, and I’d probably be missing out on the college experience, possibly without the academics making up for it (though the architecture might).

Clemson University is a ‘university’ as it were, but it isn’t quite the same size as either Washington or Illinois, though it is a lot bigger than Rhodes. I would most likely get the proper college experience here, so that’s a huge bonus. It’s also a warm and humid climate (South Carolina) which I like, though it’s also somewhat isolated from any major city. Although I imagine the campus life could make up for that.

Which university has the stronger reputation, Clemson or Rhodes, though I understand it’s difficult to compare them as they’re different types of institution, and how is Clemson for mathematics?

Thank you.