Intellectual Universities

College Search & Selection
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<p>What are some of the most intellectual colleges, particularly with good math programs?</p>

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<p>U Chicago, MIT, Caltech, Reed, Pomona, Rice, Harvey Mudd, Swarthmore, Cornell, Columbia </p>

<p>Many other colleges are very good in math (Princeton, NYU), but not what I would consider "intellectual" personally.</p>

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<p>i was pretty good at math in high school. in fact, i supposedly was the best at my school for a several year span. when i came to mudd, i was completely blown away. nearly everyone here is ridiculously good at math.</p>

<p>the math, cs, and math/cs majors are second to (almost) none. honestly speaking, they can really hold their ground in both applied and pure mathematics. they do really well in the putnam, applied mathematics, and international competitions every year.</p>

<p>google Professor Arthur Benjamin ...he is one of the math profs here...you'll see what i mean.</p>

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<p>Cornell, Columbia, Princeton, UChicago. </p>

<p>I <3 the intellectual schools as well.</p>

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<p>MIT, CalTech, and U of Chicago</p>

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<p>Good list so far, but I'd add Brown, Yale, Wesleyan, Haverford, Vassar, Carleton, and possibly Rice. Harvard is also very strong in math. </p>

<p>raindrop, Cornell is intellectual but Princeton is not? :confused:</p>

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<p>UChicago, without a doubt</p>

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<p>Intellectual and strong in math may be highly correlated, but they are not synonymous.</p>

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<p>UChicago, MIT, Carnegie Mellon, Reed, CalTech, Berkeley</p>

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<p>darkrulerII -</p>

<p>How do you define "intellectual"? Does it mean the students like to argue a lot about arcane topics and write a lot of bad poetry? Does it mean the professors wear sandals and are given to dropping Wittegenstein quotes into conversations? Just what is this "intellectual" that you speak of? Knowing what you are looking for will help in the college search.</p>

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<p>I mean an intelliegent, acadmically interested student body that is not overwhelmingly preppy or party-going.</p>

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<p>You would hate Princeton.</p>

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<p>If I remember correctly, Swarthmore was ranked number 1 by Newsweek (or was it Kaplans???) as an intellectual college.</p>

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<p>I know, I have no plans to apply there. I thought I might like Duke, but it sounds uber-preppy, so I don't know.</p>

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<p>It "sounds" uber-preppy? Exactly where did you get that gem of information from? I hate when people form opinions of a school without visiting or even knowing much about it. (As a German speaker, I also hate the use of "uber" in English conversation.) There are plenty of preps here, true, but there are also quite a few normal people. The "not overwhelmingly party-going" criterion could be a problem. That doesn't mean Duke students aren't intense learners inside and outside the classroom, though.</p>

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<p>great LACs, UChicago and overall most great schools will have somesort of intellectual niche.</p>

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<p>I apologize. Your right, I have never visited, but I heard that from a couple of friends. Im sorry it got you so incensed; I didn't mean to come off as arrogant. I seem to be misinforemd, as shown by your quoted post. My friends just kept saying that Duke has an extermely preppy student body, and I just took that as true. Thank you for your clarification. :)</p>

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<p>Didn't Tom Wolfe get it right?</p>

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<p>Do NOT bring up I am Charlotte Simmons. It is not an accurate portrayal of Duke at all, and Wolfe admitted it. I personally thought it was more of mix of Stanford, Michigan, and Penn.</p>

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<p>Stanford has a good basketball team (sometimes) at a good school, but the frats and status of athletes and location are all wrong.</p>

<p>Michigan is insufficiently elite, but otherwise ...</p>

<p>Maybe Penn in some ways, but the location and many other points seem to bear a pretty strong resemblance to Duke.</p>