the liberal arts option
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The Liberal Arts Option
What is a “Liberal Arts” College?
A) Is it for artists?B) A school that doesn’t have science.C) A school that embraces artistic freedomD) NONE of the above!
A Liberal Arts College is for EVERYONE……..Let’s explore this term
According to www.merriam-webster.com
• liberal arts noun pl • Definition of LIBERAL ARTS: college or university studies (as language,
philosophy, literature, abstract science) intended to provide chiefly general knowledge and to develop general intellectual capacities (as reason and judgment) as opposed to professional or vocational skills
A Liberal Arts College is the Complete Package
• Pre-law• Pre-med• Pre-dental, vet & PT• Engineering programs• Sciences & Research• Foreign Languages• Social Science• And of course – the
Arts!
• A Liberal Arts college creates a completely rounded educated individual who will be able to do……… ANY post graduate career.
• A Liberal Arts college produces an employable graduate
Key Features of a true “Liberal Arts” College
• Undergraduate Population only• Small sized college• Core curriculum• Stress on academic integrity• Collaborative work environment
Pros and Cons of Liberal Arts College
Pros• 100% of funding is for YOU, the
undergraduate• Small size means familiarity
and opportunity• Research, research & more
research!• Schools are very deliberate in
building their populations and look beyond your “numbers” and more at you – this helps for financial aid as well
Cons• Small size – may be looking for
that “big school” experience• May not have a vocational
specialty like engineering or architecture for example……. Then again, some do have these options
• Competitiveness of admissions may limit merit aid to the upper tier schools
The Big Names in Liberal Arts(According to US News & World Report)
Top 10 Liberal Arts Colleges 20131) Williams College2) Amherst College3) Swarthmore College4) Middlebury College5) Pomona College6) Bowdoin College7) Wellesley College8) Carleton College9) Haverford College10) Claremont McKenna College
Top 10 Universities 20131. Harvard2. Princeton 3. Yale4. Columbia5. University of Chicago 6. M.I.T.7. Stanford8. Duke9. University of Pennsylvania10. Cal-Tech
Other Noteworthy Schools
MAST grads are here:• Washington & Lee• Davidson College• Bates College• Colby College• Mt. Holyoke College• New College of Florida• Hampshire College• Pitzer College• Franklin & Marshall College• Barnard College• Reed College
Think Prestigious:• Oberlin College• Vassar College• Bryn Mawr College• Wesleyan College• Macalester College• College of the Holy Cross• Colorado College• Bucknell University• Kenyon College• Harvey Mudd College• Occidental College• Grinnell College
So you say you’re not in the top of the class……. Don’t despair!
• Bennington College• Juniata College• Calvin College• Stonehill College• Goucher College• Roanoke College• Eckerd College• Warren Wilson College• Maryville College• Marymount Manhattan College• Salem College• College of Charleston• Lesley University
Liberal Arts Colleges in FloridaCare to Stay in-state?
• New College of Florida (State Tuition!)• Eckerd College• Flagler College• Florida Southern College• Rollins College• Saint Leo University• Bethune-Cookman College• Florida Memorial University• Lynn University
“Alternative” Liberal Arts Colleges
Unique Features• No grades! Students work is
reviewed and critiqued, collaborative work is rewarded
• Quirky semester systems – at Colorado College you take one class at a time!
• Make your own major – just make it up! Under a professors guidance you direct your studies to achieve your goals
• The focus is on learning
Schools• New College of Florida• Hampshire College• Sarah Lawrence College• Colorado College• Evergreen State College• Reed College• Grinnell College
Liberal Arts Colleges Visiting MAST • Oberlin College – Today at 12:20• College of Charleston – Today at 1:15• Williams – Tomorrow – 8:30 am• Amherst – Tomorrow 9 am• Mt. Holyoke – Tomorrow 1 pm• Bates – Tuesday, 10/16 – 9 am• Lesley University, 10/16 – 12:15 pm• Pitzer College 10/16 – 1 pm• Middlebury College – 10/16 – 1:30 pm• Wesleyan University – 10/17 2:30 pm• Lafayette College – 10/18 – 12:30 pm• Harvey Mudd College – 10/24 – 9 am• Denison – 11/7 – 10 am
Famous Liberal Arts College Grads• Actor Chevy Chase – Bard College• Martha Stewart– Barnard College• Bryant Gumbel – Bates College• Andy Rooney (60 Minutes) – Colgate• Steve Carell (The Office) – Denison• Barbara Kingsolver (Author) – DePauw• Ronald Reagan – Eureka College• B.F. Skinner (Psychologist) – Hamilton• Actor Paul Newman & Writer Laura Hillenbrand (Seabiscuit) – Kenyon College• Emily Dickinson – Mt. Holyoke• Jeff Greenfield (Founder of Ben & Jerry’s) – Oberlin• Peter Norton (of Norton Utilities) – Reed College• Nancy Pelosi (Speaker of the House) – Trinity College• Actors Meryl Streep &Lisa Kudrow – Vassar• Hillary Rodham Clinton – Wellesley• John Glenn (Astronaut) – Muskingum College
Williams CollegeRanked #1 Year after Year
Williamstown, Massachussetts
New College of Florida(In-state tuition)
Carleton CollegeNorthfield, Minnessotta
Pomona CollegeOne of the Claremont Colleges – California
Approximately 40 minutes east of Los Angeles
St. Mary’s College of MarylandThe Public “Honors College” of MarylandAlso listed in “Colleges that Change Lives”
Colgate UniversityUpstate New York
Bucknell UniversityLewisberg, Pennsylvania
Susquehanna Valley
Swarthmore CollegeBecome an engineer at Swarthmore……. Part of a 3 school consortium with Haverford and Bryn Mawr…… and cross register at University of Pennsylvania
Stonehill CollegeGo to School in Boston
Spelman CollegeHistorically Black College for Women
Atlanta, Georgia
Morehouse CollegeIt is an honor to be a “Morehouse Man”
Atlanta, Georgia
Bates CollegeLewiston, Maine
MRS. ELENA DELGADOPlease Welcome
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