<p>Haha no need to bring the sat up. I’ll write you a letter of Rec that says this </p>
<p>Dear adcom, </p>
<p>Let this [one] in so I have someone to skate with and stuff.</p>
<p>you know, there are a ridiculous amount of quirky schools out there. What are your academic interests? I bet everyone here could give you better suggestions…</p>
<p>I second Evergreen State, and i’ll add Humboldt, Colorado College, Columbia College Chicago (affordable arts school), The New School (Eugene Lang), New College Florida, University of pugent Sound, etc…Most of the schools on this list are quirky not only because of their student body but by their academic programs.</p>
<p>Thanks a lot melmariet, my academic interest is in physics/engineering, yes I know a lot of these schools are not really known for their science programs but I didn’t really like the atmosphere at a lot of the engineering schools I visited. However a lot of quirky colleges seem to have 3-2 engineering programs, where you spend 3 years at the school then transfer to a more engineering specific college for 2 years, which sounds like a pretty good deal.</p>
<p>Juniata is pretty mainstream from what I know, similar to Dickinson. Muhlenberg, another small Pennsylvania LAC, has an artsy side from musical theatre–close to quirky. In the Midwest, Knox/Lawrence/Kalamazoo are less quirky than Beloit/Grinnell/Oberlin/Carleton, but still pretty liberal in the whole scheme of things.</p>
<p>New College of Florida, Eckerd</p>
<p>Does anyone know if Clark university would fit in this category?</p>
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<p>Colorado College is quirky by virtue of its innovative, one-course-at-a-time “Block Plan” and its Rocky Mountain location. It is one of relatively few selective liberal arts colleges located inside a city. This is a place where a 6 mile trip gets you from a downtown Nepalese restaurant on a warm, dry, sunny day, to the base of the world’s highest cog train, which will take you past snowy alpine tundra to the top of Pike’s Peak (14,110 ft. above sea level.) Then there’s the campus architecture (not the more typical Gothic or red brick Georgian, but an eclectic mix of Tudor Revival, medieval Norman, and modern, all in a gorgeous natural setting.) Oh, and the President: a former Governor of Ohio, Ambassador to India, and Director of the Peace Corps, who tools around campus on a Segway Scooter and has been known to help freshman haul boxes into their dorms on move-in day.</p>
<p>As for the students, I’m not sure whether to call them “quirky” or not. They tend to be liberal and some of them are artsy, but they also appear to be more athletic than geeky. I think of the typical student as an intellectual hippie jock. It’s unusual, I think, for such a small school to have 2 D1 sports teams (men’s ice hockey, women’s soccer). It is about as selective as Oberlin (admit rate a little lower, but so are the SAT scores in recent years). Its graduates have a rather high rate of Peace Corps volunteers (#11 among small schools).</p>
<p>Colorado Springs is home to many conservative organizations but the area around the college does not seem conservative. Bumper sticker on one CC car: “Focus on your own d*mn family.”</p>
<p>Thanks a lot tk21769, Colorado College sounds pretty interesting, I’ll definitely give it a look. Any other suggestions would be appreciated, although you guys have been so helpful I don’t know if their are anymore schools left to mention! Thanks again!</p>
<p>Good luck, emerica, you have lots of great options!</p>