<p>I can’t believe Berkeley hasn’t been mentioned… did I miss something? I would argue that UC Berkeley is more famous for student activism and humanitarian/non-profit organisations than any school in the world.</p>
<p>Anything involving the environment, human rights, international aid, peace corps, etc…</p>
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<p>And I would argue that the University of Paris at Nanterre, the Sorbonne, Peking University and Beijing Normal University, among others, have been responsible for far more historic displays of political will than Berkeley.</p>
<p>[May</a> 1968 in France - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_1968_in_France]May”>May 68 - Wikipedia)</p>
<p>[Tiananmen</a> Square protests of 1989 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiananmen_Square_protests_of_1989]Tiananmen”>1989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre - Wikipedia)</p>
<p>Though it is quite active by American standards, true.</p>
<p>Those are single, great events. If you’d visit Berkeley, you’d understand that activism is still in full force, more than any University I’ve ever been to. I doubt much of that is happening at Peking U or even Nanterre, at least relative to the amount of humanitarian/environmental activity which continuously pervades campus activity at Cal.</p>
<p>And Ghostt, you misunderstood my post. I wasn’t exactly referring to the history of Cal, even though that’s part of it. My post meant to explain that even today people seem to associate Berkeley with the topics of this thread more than other schools. The [Free</a> Speech Movement](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Speech_Movement"]Free”>Free Speech Movement - Wikipedia) was only the beginning of a culture which Berkeley has since maintained.</p>
<p>I can’t believe Berkeley hasn’t been mentioned… did I miss something?</p>
<p>Yes - about four decades.</p>
<p>^ That would be funnier if it was true! Have you visited campus recently? I don’t think you know what you’re talking about.</p>
<p>Whatever, I’m done. Georgetown, Haverford, Bryn Mawr and Swarthmore might have passionate activists but if you think they’re more involved with social justice than Cal then you’re really tickling yourself. I’m not sure why Berkeley was shut down so quickly!</p>
<p>Since the OP expressed an interest in the Peace Corps, it is perhaps helpful to list the schools with the most volunteers in 2010.</p>
<p>15,000+ Undergraduates
1 University of Colorado at Boulder 117
2 University of Florida 97
3 University of Michigan 94
— The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 94
— University of Washington 94
6 University of California, Berkeley 92
— University of California, Los Angeles 92
8 University of Wisconsin - Madison 91
9 Michigan State University 87
10 Colorado State University 79
11 The University of Texas at Austin 77
12 The University of Arizona 76
13 The Ohio State University - Columbus 68
14 University of California, San Diego 67
— University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 67
16 University of California, Davis 66
17 Boston University 63
— University of Minnesota Twin Cities 63
19 University of Oregon 61
20 Arizona State University, Tempe 58
— The Pennsylvania State University University Park 58
22 University of California, Santa Barbara 55
23 Indiana University, Bloomington 51
24 University of Maryland, College Park 50
25 Oregon State University 47
— University of Georgia, Athens 47
— The University of Kansas 47</p>
<p>5000-15,000 Undergraduates
1 The George Washington University 72
2 University of Virginia 71
3 Western Washington University 60
4 American University 55
— Cornell University 55
6 University of California, Santa Cruz 51
7 Miami University - Ohio 47
8 College of William and Mary 41
9 Boston College 38
10 Georgetown University 37
11 College of Charleston 36
— Syracuse University 36
13 The University of Vermont 34
14 The University of Montana 33
15 Emory University 32
— Northwestern University 32
17 University of Northern Colorado 26
18 Montana State University 25
— University of Notre Dame 25
20 Humboldt State University 24
21 The University of Chicago 23
— University of Miami 23
— University of Nevada, Reno 23
24 Georgia Institute of Technology 22
25 Bowling Green State University 21
— Brown University 21
— Duke University 21
— Marquette University 21
— Tulane University 21
— University of New Hampshire 21</p>
<p>< 5000 Undergraduates
1 University of Mary Washington 32
2 St. Olaf College 24
3 Lewis & Clark College 23
— Gonzaga University 23
— University of Portland 23
6 Johns Hopkins University 22
— Macalester College 22
8 University of Puget Sound 21
9 Colgate University 20
— Colorado College 20
11 The Evergreen State College 19
— Gettysburg College 19
13 Connecticut College 18
— Middlebury College 18
— Smith College 18
— St. Marys College of Maryland 18
— Willamette University 18
18 Clark University 17
— Dartmouth College 17
— Kenyon College 17
— Oberlin College 17
— Wesleyan University 17
23 Case Western Reserve University 16
— Denison University 16
— Mount Holyoke College 16
— Seattle University 16</p>
<p>I have a couple suggestions - </p>
<p>Pitzer College in Claremont, CA: One of the Claremont Colleges. About 30 minutes from LA, but still in a heavily populated area. Basically everyone at the school is into social justice, etc and has many majors. Plus, at the Claremont Consortium, you can take classes at any of the other schools (including Scripps, Claremont McKenna, Pomona, Harvey Mudd)</p>
<p>Goucher College in Towson, MD: Just outside Baltimore. Great study abroad program, read a statistc that 100% of people go abroad at the school. [Most</a> Students Studying Abroad | Rankings | US News](<a href=“http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/most-study-abroad]Most”>http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/most-study-abroad)</p>
<p>Also very geared towards helping in the Baltimore area.</p>
<p>Hampshire College in Amherst, MA: with the consortium where Smith and Mt Holyoke are (and UMass and Amherst). Has a program in arts + social action, if you’re into it.</p>
<p>Beloit College in Beloit, WI: very, very, VERY rural. still great in terms of int’l service work. great for study abroad and humanitarian work.</p>
<p>hope i could be of help!</p>
<p>What do you do if you are more towards the liberal art side, but you hate (and I mean hate) small colleges?</p>
<p>^ Honestly, the association between “small colleges” and “liberal arts” is a scam.</p>
<p>You can go to absolutely any school you want, and study all the liberal arts. Requirements rarely take up most of your time. Ironically, smaller schools have less diverse course offerings! At bigger schools, a motivated “liberal arts student” will probably be able to learn more about all the liberal arts than someone at a small school, but that depends on the individual.</p>
<p>Some schools give you full freedom to study liberal arts (Amherst, Brown) while others force it on you (Columbia, UChicago) and all the rest give you something in between, regardless of school size. LACs are called as such because they typically offer only liberal arts majors, whereas most other schools offer both liberal arts along with non-liberal arts.</p>
<p>Disclaimer: I think smaller colleges often provide a better educational experience, and that both Open and Core curriculums have their own benefits.</p>
<p>oh ok, thank you for your answer(:</p>
<p>haha no problem</p>
<p>thanks everyone who responded! i was on vacation without internet for a week, so i can’t respond to all these posts individually, but i read and enjoyed all of them. thanks for all your suggestions- this thread ended up being a lot more fun and helpful than i was expecting :)</p>
<p>UC Berkley ,Georgetown, American, George Washington, Wesleyan, Claremont McKenna, Harvard, Bates, Bard, New College of Florida. </p>
<p>Maybe this will help: [Test</a> Prep: GMAT, GRE, LSAT, MCAT, SAT, ACT, and More](<a href=“Colleges with the Most Politically Active Students | The Princeton Review”>Colleges with the Most Politically Active Students | The Princeton Review)</p>