Schools with the smartest students?

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<p>As a rising senior, throughout my school career I have found that there are the naturally brilliant students who work hard, and the naturally brilliant students that do not work hard (relatively). I was wondering where the latter attend college? I assume the hard working smart students attend the Ivies and the other top 10-20 institutions, but where can I find the really smart kids who haven't written novels?</p>

<p>Thanks,
Danny</p>

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<p>Virtually everywhere! I used to teach some of them at the Community College of Philadelphia, the best of whom were every bit as smart as my best students at UChicago, but who had much poorer preparation, and life experiences that would prevented them from going to any four year colleges, much less Chicago. And every year, one or two would end up at an Ivy, usually Penn.</p>

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<p>Intelligent + insane EC or Intelligent + insane work ethic ends up in HYPSMish.</p>

<p>Intelligent + slacker/other reason trickle down. Any top 20 school will do; there isn’t much a difference in SAT/ACT scores, much less in intelligence.</p>

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<p>OP, come hang out with all the cool, smart, laidback kids at Duke ;)</p>

<p>…but I do love mini’s post, and I think it’s something that’s often overlooked. Smart kids are everywhere. Watch Good Will Hunting! Obviously, it’s fictional, but it makes you think!</p>

<p><a href=“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymsHLkB8u3s[/url]”>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymsHLkB8u3s&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

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<p>Based primarily on numbers, UC Berkeley, Michigan and UCLA have the most super smart on their campuses. Based on ratio and proportion to the general student body, HYPSM, Caltech, Columbia, Chicago, Northwestern, JHU, WUSL, Dartmouth, Brown, Amherst, Williams, Swarthmore, Rice and Cornell. But generally, all the schools on the link i provided have super smart students:</p>

<p>[Best</a> Colleges - Education - US News and World Report](<a href=“http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/college/lowest-acceptance-rate]Best”>http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/college/lowest-acceptance-rate)</p>