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