<p>hi :)
i'm looking for a small, hippie college that's good in environmental studies and/or biology (i want to major in biology... i think).
i don't care if its a well known college, but i AM interested in a good education.
i get mostly good grades and ok SAT scores. i take a lot of AP classes.
any suggestions?</p>
<p>What is ok SAT scores? Colorado College, Bard, NYU and Sarah Lawrence come to mind. All expensive though.</p>
<p>Hampshire College</p>
<p>Lewis & Clark</p>
<p>CR: 660
Writing: 640
Math: 600</p>
<p>i’m re-taking the SATs in a month or so… so these scores may go up (hopefully!!)</p>
<p>With full disclosure of my bias as a Carleton College alum, Carleton could be a great choice for you if your grades and test scores are high enough. It definitely has a hippie vibe (as long as you’re a high-performing hippie), and it is very strong in biology and environmental science.</p>
<p>I’m not sure about specifically biology/ES, but Oberlin College in Ohio definitely is a pretty good and VERY hippie college that comes to mind.</p>
<p>Reed…?</p>
<p>Warren Wilson (practically a commune 
) and the College of the Atlantic certainly come to mind, but it must be emphasized that they are small even for LACs. Both are very strong in environmental science for their size and have extremely nice and surprisingly new facilities.</p>
<p>I second all the suggestions so far. Other LACs:</p>
<p>Earlham
Macalester
Pitzer
Whitman</p>
<p>Bennington and Marlboro would fall into this category, but I’m not sure they have sufficient strength in environmental science.</p>
<p>If you’re willing to consider small/medium universities: </p>
<p>Evergeen State
Humboldt State
Ithaca
New College of Florida
UC Santa Cruz (ok, big)
UNC Asheville
UVM</p>
<p>Possibly Beloit, Goucher, Skidmore, Vassar (reach), and Wesleyan (reach) as well. Other colleges with strong environmental science programs but not particularly hippie reputations include Allegheny, Connecticut College, Franklin & Marshall, and Kalamazoo.</p>
<p>If by “hippie” school you mean schools with a left wing bend, then Wesleyan, Bard, and Reed all come to mind.</p>
<p>The three colleges I mentioned are pretty “hippie”-like, and from the alums that I’ve managed to find around my neighborhood, Bard is extremely rigorous with regard to the work they give you.</p>
<p>But define “OK SAT scores” and “OK grades” because these are pretty difficult schools to get into.</p>
<p>Since you said it doesn’t have to be well known…I suggest Northland College in Wisconsin.</p>
<p>[The</a> Environmental Liberal Arts College | Northland College | Ashland, WI | (715) 682-1699](<a href=“http://www.northland.edu/]The”>http://www.northland.edu/)</p>
<p>You will get a good education in a beautiful area of the country.</p>
<p>Start with Earlham. It’s not exactly an extreme hippie college in the Warren Wilson mode, but it is a traditionally Quaker college with a strong focus on peace and social justice. It fits your score profile (less selective than Carleton, Reed, or Oberlin). In recent years it has ranked among the top 10 schools for per capita alumni PhDs in the life sciences/biology.</p>
<p>Colorado College for years was known as a hippie college, though it has lost some of that flavor. The one-course-at-a-time “block plan” and Rocky Mountain location both facilitate field work in the life sciences. It is more selective than Earlham but less so than Carleton.</p>
<p>Small private colleges do tend to be expensive. St. Mary’s College of Maryland is one of few small public liberal arts colleges. Not a hippie school, but it has a gorgeous campus and life science programs that benefit from the Chesapeake Bay location. Assuming you’re an out-of-state student, full paying at all schools, it would be about $15K cheaper than many of the private alternatives.</p>
<p>For environmental studies, Oberlin has an excellent program. Also check out St. Lawrence University.</p>
<p>Wesleyan’s College of the Environment</p>
<p>I second Humboldt State.</p>
<p>Reportedly the best Grateful Dead show of all time was Cornell May 8, 1977. Tells you something!</p>
<p>i have to agree with tk1769. I went to a hippie school in the 70’s and I looked for the hippies on CC’s campus, during the October visitation weekend. They were hard to find. The campus appeared to be a little bit diverse, but mostly white students, as stated elsewhere. Although there is a substance free dorm available, indicating of some substance use.
We visited Whitman that same week and the student bodies were very similar in appearance as well as attracting some of the same applicants. My very conservative son was accepted ED at CC and is extremely happy.</p>
<p>The biggest hippie school is Brown. But thats a hard school to get into</p>
<p>Warren Wilson. It’s one of the most liberal colleges in the United States. Plus, it has its own farm. Can’t get any more hippie than that.</p>
<p>Beloit perhaps.</p>