<p>The first sentence was a response to your ridiculous claim that attaching the label "intellectual" to Chicago reflected any sort of bias at all. The second sentence extended that definition of "bias" -- hence the quotation marks. You know, for a 17-year-old, you're not exactly quick on the uptake.</p>
<p>I think I'm quick enough to have proven what I cared about and that is:</p>
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<li>You're obviously biased and care quite a lot about what others think based on your responses and that awesome "Edit" button. In another thread you put Uchicago as underrated and your past post history kinda speaks for itself.</li>
<li>Your age does not explain nor rectify your immature sarcasm and replies. </li>
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<p>I'm going to sleep now. You have fun browing the Ugrad college forums looking for fights to pick with mostly junior and senior high school kids. I guess we've proven how "intellectual" certain schools are in order to graduate 24 year olds who do such things....</p>
<p>Um, you just proved that I correct typos and that I post on College Confidential. It's almost 9 a.m. here; no idea what time it is in the States...</p>
<p><em>Cough</em></p>
<p>Intellectual: Reed, Dartmouth, Princeton, Carnegie Mellon, William and Mary.</p>
<p>Reasons: I personally visited all of these except Princeton (which has perhaps the strongest Ugrad education so I assume it is intellectual). Reed is perhaps one of the most liberal discussion type intellectual colleges there are and William and Mary is quite the smarthouse with many smart kids from my HS going there. Carnegie and Dart both have strong student bodies and extremely friendly people as well as helpful professors who are at the top of their game. Carnegie's business/econ has a 5:1 student faculty ratio and a history for recent nobels winners and Dartmouth's ugrad Liberal Artish education is very impressive.</p>
<p>Berkeley, when they're not engaging in political shenanigans in Sproul Plaza.</p>
<p>Princeton Review's list of "Best Overall Academic Experience"
Reed
Marlboro
St Johns (NM)
Swarthmore
Williams
Middlebury
Carleton
Olin
Wellesley
W&L
Haverford
USAFA
Amherst
St Johns (ND)
Whitman
Wabash
USMA
Pomona
Yale
Davidson</p>
<p>LIst of schools that "Never Stop Studying"
Reed
Webb Institute
CIT
Olin
Harvey Mudd
St Johns (NM)
Wabash
Marlboro
MIddlebury
MIT
Carleton
Grinnell
USMA
Haverford
Swarthmore
Bryn Mawr
Davidson
USAFA
Rice
Whitman</p>
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<p>Yes, I've been to both, actually. And I've stayed overnight. On numerous occasions. I have a brother at the former and a good family friend at the other, so I also have that added perspective. I also live about 30 minutes from Princeton.</p>
<p>In my experience, both schools are ones where, as the OP asks, students pursue "learning for the sake of learning". If your experience differs, please state it. Don't go crazy on people that disagree, because, God forbid, you may even be wrong!</p>
<p>If Tufts, Middlebury, Oberlin belong here, then so does Brandeis.</p>
<p>All I've heard, suggests putting U Chicago, St.John's, Swarthmore and Bryn Mawr near the top of the list.</p>
<p>U of Chicago!</p>
<p>Yeah, thx - write off anything that I've just posted UofCman :O lol. </p>
<p>Actually, Whartonman, to be honest I must say that I personally found the atmosphere of Tufts during my college app process to be very intellectual and worldly, especially in light of the fact that I'm looking into IR/European Studies and students who generally go to Tufts for IR/pre-med are generally very intellectual. As for the engineering, I can't comment. So I am rather bias towards that university. The others I've listed are schools that I believe also have a large intellectual feel to them. I'm sorry if I sparked an argument over the issue. And I agree with you that we probably shouldn't use this thread to discuss the intellectual airs of our respective universities/colleges, as that leads to pointless argument. </p>
<p>I should note that this thread is useless as it is EXTREMELY BIAS -- person A will say that UChicago, Tufts, Pomona, and MIT are extremely intellectual, whereas person B will refute them and put their own list up. That doesn't lead anywhere. </p>
<p>It is safe to say that any of the top schools in the US and Canada, including many listed so far on this thread, have extremely academic atmospheres; you wouldn't have gotten into Dartmouth, Tufts, Bowdoin, Middlebury, Caltech, UChicago, etc. etc. WITHOUT BEING A WONDERFUL, STUDIOUS PERSON. So they WILL ALL have their mix of intense intellectual debate and fun. I vote to close this thread, as it is bound to spark argument.</p>
<p>In my experience, both schools are ones where, as the OP asks, students pursue "learning for the sake of learning". If your experience differs, please state it. Don't go crazy on people that disagree, because, God forbid, you may even be wrong!</p>
<p>-Im not going crazy on anyone. I just dont think it meaningful for people in these kinds of threads to list schools if and when their only interaction with said schools is word-of-mouth information. Yes, I can name several random schools I believe have an intellectual atmosphere, but if Ive never actually experienced the atmosphere, what is my input worth? Nothing.</p>
<p>ole miss is said to be highly intellectual.</p>
<p>but princetonreview.com said it, not me.</p>
<p>You can find an intellectual atmosphere many places, but your best bet would be a small school (LAC or small university) where the students are willing to forego prestige for quality- along with a hands on learning environment. :rolleyes:</p>
<p>And again:</p>
<p>UChicago!</p>
<p>I live on the campus and will be attending next year. The atmosphere is wonderfully cerebral, a "bubble" hidden from the outside world, a place for people who just want to learn and think. I have audited classes through the College, and my experiences have been wonderful and eye-opening. It really is the "life of the mind."</p>