<p>So I guess the other Ivie’s aren’t considering as “intellectual”, eh?</p>
<p>How about Columbia University? I know people from my high school who’ve gone to Columbia, Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Grinnell, Wesleyan, Carleton, and Oberlin. I find the ones who went to the Ivy Leagues far more intellectual than those who attended Grinnell, Wesleyan, Carleton, and Oberlin.</p>
<p>UC Santa Cruz</p>
<p>all kinds of crazy discussions going on there.</p>
<p>“How about Columbia University? I know people from my high school who’ve gone to Columbia, Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Grinnell, Wesleyan, Carleton, and Oberlin. I find the ones who went to the Ivy Leagues far more intellectual than those who attended Grinnell, Wesleyan, Carleton, and Oberlin.”</p>
<p>Columbia is a wretched den of pseudo-intellectual hipsters wearing tight pants… jk.</p>
<p>Every year, the 4-6 people from my alma mater who enroll at Columbia are either economically disadvantaged URMs, or strong students with high test scores.</p>
<p>The “learning for the sake of learning” types who are mavens of social and political issues always head off to Harvard, Yale, or Princeton.</p>
<p>The kids who head to Williams in droves are the theatre types, the gifted dramatists. Many are more privileged than their peers.</p>
<p>Chicago is the only diehard intellectual school I can think of.</p>
<p>chicago will win this hands down</p>
<p>I would say Harvard</p>
<p>“Intellectual” is such an obtuse word.</p>
<p>I would much rather see my child employed. ;)</p>
<p>sokkermom- LOL. Well said!</p>
<p>Ivy League and top 10 schools of course</p>
<p>tech schools:
Caltech
MIT
Mudd
Georgia Tech
CMU
Cornell</p>
<p>State Us:
Berkeley
Michigan
William & Mary
UCLA
UVa
Wisconsin
UNC</p>
<p>Top Privates:
Chicago
Northwestern
Rice</p>
<p>Ivy League
Harvard
Princeton
Yale
UPenn
Columbia</p>
<p>MIT, Harvard, Princeton</p>
<p>IMHO, it would be: California Inst of Tech, Swarthmore, Carleton, Haverford, Oberlin, Harvard, MIT, Harvey Mudd, Reed, Grinnell, Princeton, Yale, Pomona, Amherst, Bryn Mawr, Williams, Wesleyan, Univ of Chicago, Brown.</p>
<p>They also produce the most PhDs pe capita in the social sciences, humantities, and life/physical sciences.</p>
<p>LACs:
Armherst
Colgate
Wellesley
Swathmore
Williams</p>
<p>I know people at Harvard and Princeton who say that people party there as much as everywhere else, they are definitely far from being intellectual or nerdy AFAIK.</p>
<p>Well, just because you party doesn’t mean you’re not intellectual or nerdy. Almost everyone I know who goes to Harvard and Princeton are either intellectuals or legacies. Then again, I know only about 6 people from my school who went/go there.</p>