<p>My daughter is in the equivalent of Junior year in the UK. She is at a small, rural, child-centred private school an easy one-hour train ride from London, which has an national reputation in the creative arts. She is a dual US/UK citizen, with family in New York, Chicago, Colorado, and South Dakota. </p>
<p>She is a delightful (to me) mixture of articulate intellectual sophistication, creativity, great emotional intelligence, and unworldly naivete. She thinks she wants to do theatre (she spent last summer at the NHSI at Northwestern University), acts, sings, and directs at school. However, she also writes beautifully, and has been turning her hand to playwriting. This year she is taking Philosophy, which she adores, and also Classics and English. Loves them all. </p>
<p>We feel it is very important that she get a well-rounded and inspiring liberal arts education: not a hot-house conservatory training. She is in the process of preparing for her ACT's--but of course also takes the very different and demanding UK exams. She is doing excellently in all her classes, though her US test scores may not be stellar, owing to their "alien-ness."</p>
<p>She is considering Vassar (I went there for a time, and her aunt graduated from it), though it may be a stretch. We also have Drew on our radar, and I discovered Lawrence, which looks like a gem, in Loren Pope's book. Also Colorado College, although I don't know how she would like the Block Plan. Any other suggestions? Goucher? College of Wooster? St. Olaf?</p>
<p>She tells me she likes to be in a beautiful place, but not cut off from culture. I understand that some more secluded colleges bring a lot of culture and activity to the campus. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.</p>