<p>I want to go to a college where the students want to be deeply involved in the "frontiers", so to speak. The kinds of people who want to be a part of the "next big thing", who want make progress on a geo-political scale. I'm not thinking stuff like Peace Corps, I'm thinking people with more of an entrepreneurial/business/economics mindset.
Any ideas?</p>
<p>babson</p>
<p>It depends on whether you are looking for business school, a tech-oriented school, or a place that emphasizes creativity and innovation in all areas. If you are a very strong student, with leadership credentials, look at Claremont-McKenna and the 5-college Claremont Consortium. Claremont-McKenna has always been oriented toward leadership training in both public and private sectors, but you have the opportunity to interact and take classes with the STEM-geeks at Harvey Mudd, the hipsters at Pitzer, and all-around intellectual heavyweights at Pomona. . . and the brainy women at Scripps . . . and innovators in health sciences at the Keck School. If you are a techie, with outstanding credentials, then Harvey Mudd, CalTech, MIT, are obvious choices, but the Franklin W. Olin School of Engineering, in Needham, MA, is an exciting, tiny school. If you want cerebral types with a range of interests, look at the College of Creative Studies, at UC Santa Barbara. Students there can design their own programs, focusing on either artistic or scientific disciplines, with a lot of synergy among them. Some seemingly “hippie” schools might fit your bill, surprisingly, since students design their own curricula with strong emphases on independent study projects. New College of Florida comes to mind for that.</p>
<p>I agree with Tschaser, Babson College is really well known for their entrepreneurship and innovation in business </p>
<p>How diverse is Babson with their curriculum?</p>
<p>What about medical? What about liberal arts with that kind of atmosphere?</p>
<p>I have no specialty at the moment, so I need something a little more general.</p>