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What attracts me to UChicago and Carleton is the quirkiness and intellectualism.
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In addition to the already mentioned Grinnell and Oberlin, Reed and Swarthmore are also considered quirky and intellectual.</p>
<p>Other quirky schools: Wesleyan, Beloit, Bard. They are perhaps less stereotypically intellectual than the above listed, though.</p>