<p>and a hippie college, with a lot of wiccans? thanks</p>
<p>My alma mater Shimer College, a [very</a> small liberal arts college in Chicago](<a href=“http://shimer.edu%22%5Dvery”>http://shimer.edu), might be worth considering. Shimer is the only college in the country to combine a rigorous Great Books curriculum with the relaxed and open culture of a hippie college. People who know about Shimer are as likely to mention it in the same breath with Marlboro, Grinnell, or Antioch (RIP) as they are to mention it with St. John’s, the U of C, or Gutenberg.</p>
<p>I met my wife, who is a Wiccan, at Shimer, and she was far from the only pagan there. The exact number of practicing Wiccans at Shimer will vary considerably from year to year (with an enrollment of ~100 students, there’s a lot of stochastic fluctuation with each new entering class). Paganism of one sort or another, however, runs pretty deep in Shimer culture. </p>
<p>Shimer is quite cheap by the standards of private liberal arts colleges, for whatever that’s worth. It has been rated a Best Buy by Barron’s in more than one recent year. There is also an [annual</a> scholarship competition](<a href=“http://www.shimer.edu/montaigne/"]annual”>http://www.shimer.edu/montaigne/) that might be worth looking into. Tuition & FA info is [url="<a href="http://www.shimer.edu/admissions/“]here[/url”>http://www.shimer.edu/admissions/"]here[/url</a>].</p>
<p>Oh, this OP has graduated from psychedelic drugs to hippie college with Wiccans?
Another ■■■■■ post!</p>
<p>I also attended Shimer College. I received a ton of financial aid, which was great, because neither I nor my family had much money. I think when I was there, only two students did NOT receive financial aid. The college is really small–about 130 students–and academically, it’s tough. If you want to party and not study a lot, go somewhere else. But if you are willing to work hard, you will get a fantastic education. And religion is pretty unimportant at Shimer. My guess is that traditional religions vie with wicca and Flying Spaghetti Monster in terms of student adherents.</p>