<p>rdh, I suggest your friend take a look at Colorado College. It’s very unusual in several ways but may be a great fit.</p>
<p>This is a small liberal arts college, ~2000 students, very selective but not a high reach for his stats. It is in a small city (Colorado Springs), within walking distance of shops and restaurants. However, the city is in the Rocky Mountains (at the foot of Pikes Peak), with easy access to terrific outdoor recreation. </p>
<p>CC is on a one-course-at-a-time “block plan”, in which you take the typical number of courses per semester, but in succession not concurrently. You study only one subject during each 3.5 week “block” (with a 4-day break between blocks). This facilitates field work and independent study projects that can take advantage of the region’s unique resources.</p>
<p>It has two Division One (D1) sports teams (men’s ice hockey, women’s soccer), unusual for such a small school. CC is not a big rah-rah “jock” school but the hockey games generate a lot of excitement. There’s a high level of personal participation in intramural, D3, and outdoor recreational sports. Greek life is small, very understated and welcoming. There are preppies but they do not dominate.</p>
<p>Although Colorado College for the most part is strictly liberal arts, it does have an unusual sports science program, emphasizing human anatomy, orthopedics, physics, etc. Probably it’s driven by all those skiing injuries in the sports-mad state of Colorado. I think a program like this could give your friend an edge even if he goes into management. It does not seem to be a “fluff” major for campus athletes. Here for example is one of its course offerings:
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