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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My niece is there and loves it.   Very easy to find your place there. Kind students and faculty are very,  very accessible.   I haven't seen it,  but apparently the campus is stunning. It's on the edge of Portland,  which is a great city.

And of course,  William and Mary is a great place.   [b]Probably the most intellectual environment of any state school in the country[/b]. [/quote]

Oh, dear... no.[/quote]

Among state schools?  Name others. I'm not saying highest scoring students (Berkeley and UCLA beat everyone), and also not saying best university (lots are better overall, from Michigan and Berkeley on down).  But for an environment where students and professors are seriously discussing and pursuing knowledge, I don't know better for state schools than William and Mary.  But let me know if you have other nominees.  I'm definitely Interested  [/quote]

It's kind of amusing that you don't think Berkeley, UCLA, Michigan, et al are "environments where students and professors are seriously discussing and pursuing knowledge."  Nope, just W&M!  I mean, seriously?   :lol: [/quote]

Hmm. Sorry,  but I wasn't really trying to pump up William and Mary.   I'm on a lot of campuses for work,  and like the school,  but have no dog in this fight (I live in DC and have zero interest in sending my kids south for college,  even if just Virginia).  
Again,  I'm not saying it's the best state college.  But I am saying that it has the most intellectual environment of any state school I know.   Berkeley may have a pretty good claim too, but it's just so big that it's not a university-wide environment. 
There are more privates that have an intellectual environment.  Swarthmore, Wesleyan, Chicago (maybe a little less so recently) come to mind.   Not necessarily the best schools in the country,  but definitely all have an intellectual atmosphere.

I should add that my own personal recommendation to OP is that Lewis and Clark could be a great fit.   I'm guessing that OP and the very fortunate Posse student might very well end up agreeing. 
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