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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DS is very academics-focused, loves his classes and works very hard. He is on a merit scholarship at a "second tier" SLAC (one of the Colleges that Change Lives"). There are kids like him at every college/university in America.[/quote]

Yes, but I want a school where most of the kids are like this.  And especially experiences joy in learning.  The learning is not something you do to get a degree, the learning itself is the goal.[/quote]

PP with the DS who is like this. As I said above (and the college professor above said as well), the reality is that there aren't tons of these types of people in the world, and even fewer among the 18-22 year-old set.

I'd focus on small schools, little to no greek life, and make sure when you visit schools your kid sits in on some classes to help get a feel for the intellectual climate. We also felt that schools with fewer business majors (or that didn't have a business major) tended to seem more intellectual and less pre-professional. (I know this is a gross generalization, but given that there are hundreds of schools to choose from, one needs some easy ways to narrow down the list.)[/quote]

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