<p>Where should I look if I want to find non-traditional colleges?</p>
<p>St. John's of Annapolis or Santa Fe, Deep Springs, Reed, Sarah Lawrence, Warren Wilson, Hampshire, New College of Florida, College of the Atlantic, Shimer, and Antioch are a few non-traditional schools. What sort of non-traditional did you have in mind? Actually, some of these non-traditional schools are very traditional in the sense that they teach the Great Books or have donning or a core curriculum.</p>
<p>sarah lawrence</p>
<p>what do u consider non-traditional, some would say Brown is non-traditional</p>
<p>I'd also add Bennington, Marlboro, Deep Springs, New College of the USF, Hampshire, The Evergreen State College.</p>
<p>us service academies</p>
<p>if you say specifically what you want it could help us to narrow down the field a bit</p>
<p>where classes are informal, outside-the-box classes, a place that integrates real life/alternative settings (not just sit-in classroom for hours), "experiential learning and individualized study" </p>
<p>the ones I could come up with are AEI, Naropa, Prescott, FWP LIU, CO Mtn C, New C CA...
any others?</p>
<p>Try to get a hold of a book called "Cool Colleges" - I think it's out of print but you can order it from Amazon usually. Some of these colleges come to mind for you: Antioch (Ohio), Hampshire College, (Mass), Warren Wilson (NC), Kalamazoo (Michigan), Evergreen (Washington), Bennington (VT), College of the Atlantic (Maine), New College Florida, Deep Springs College (Calif - but only if you're male). You might also like Earlham (Indiana), Beloit (Wisconsin), Oberlin (Ohio), Guilford (NC), Colorado College,</p>
<p>If you're really far left, politically, you might check out Evergreen State College in Washington State.</p>
<p>flcao --</p>
<p>The only other schools that come to my mind and have not been previously mentioned are Sterling College in Vermont and Unity College in Maine. Both schools are known for their environmental education majors. Both of these schools are very small (Sterling considerably smaller than Unity) and provide ample opportunites for non-traditional, outside the classroom settings in an intimate atmosphere.</p>
<p>By the way, what are your current areas of educational interest and what are you looking for in a college? Knowing these facts may help in coming up with a better list for you. Just a suggestion.</p>
<p>Good luck.</p>
<p>Take a serious look at College of the Atlantic.
<a href="http://www.coa.edu/%5B/url%5D">http://www.coa.edu/</a></p>
<p>Why is Brown "unconventional" ?</p>
<p>I think brown is unconventional enough to make this list, sure it's a bit different, but not unconventional</p>
<p>Colorado College in Colorado Springs has a block system where they take one class for 3.5 weeks a certain amount of hours per day. I know that some kids leave on 3 week trips to the Bahamas for their marine biology classes and stuff, and geology kids spend a lot of time out in the field. My sister transferred out though, for some classes you have to be in there for like 3 or 4 hours.</p>
<p>sorry i meant not unconventional enough</p>
<p>The only other school that I know of that uses the Colorado College "one-class-at-a-time" format is Cornell College in Iowa. Cornell College is quite a bit smaller (about a 1000 students to Colorado's 2000) and probably a little easier to get into than Colorado College.</p>
<p>Although it's already been mentioned, I'd definitely suggest Bennington College in Vermont. I've visited twice, including an overnight. The classes are very informal, yet intellectually rigorous. I attended a really interesting political theory class with Brad Verter. Everyone was friendly and eager to share their knowledge, but each person still had to explain their reasoning thoroughly. The social life is, similarly, informal and non-traditional, especially due to the rural location. Most of social life revolves around student-run art exhibits, music shows, film screenings, and small parties. What struck me the most about Bennington was the lack of pretension; completely the opposite of Sarah Lawrence (in my experience). It's a very liberal campus, socially as well as politically. The students seem very laid-back and content to "do their own thing," expecting that everyone else will do the same. Bennington is really small and (geographically) isolated, but it is a very progressive and unique place.</p>
<p>I thought Cornell in Ithaca also does 3.5 week classes but I mau be misinformed on that one.</p>
<p>Cornell University has a semester system.</p>