<p>The military service academies have extensive breadth requirements.</p>
<p>Rochester does have breadth requirements.</p>
<p>Brown has no breadth requirements. But it is obviously difficult to get into.</p>
<p>On the other hand, an understanding of social studies can be useful and important when working in computing, so it is not a great idea to completely avoid them. For example, computer security often depends on human behavior, and social networking is an example of computing-fortified social interaction.</p>
<p>But why are hipsters (however defined) such a big deal for you?</p>
<p>Especially the endline: Despite misconceptions based on their aesthetic tastes, hipsters tend to be well educated and often have liberal arts degrees, or degrees in maths and sciences, which also require certain creative analytical thinking abilities.</p>
<p>Variety makes the world go 'round.
And, there are no applicants who can be assured of getting into any and all colleges of their choice.</p>
<p>Now, to get terribly serious: how can anyone say any Ivy is dominated by hipsters? Maybe you stuck to the tour and should explore more broadly on other visits.</p>
<p>What a shame. Seems like you’ll have to settle for an online degree program in order to avoid all the people unworthy of sharing a planet with you.</p>
<p>COBOL85, what’s wrong with that? FWIW, Macs are very common among engineers in the tech industry, because it’s often easier to code on a UNIX-based OS. For most purposes, Xcode is just as good as other IDEs. And you’ll see a great many students and professors using a Mac at all the elite CS universities. Indeed, go to a presentation by a Turing Award winner, and you’re likely to see them using a Mac. ;)</p>
<p>Simply put, they don’t care that Macs are liked by hipsters; they’ll use whatever tool is best for the work they’re doing. In that sense, they’re quite the opposite of hipsters.</p>
<p>If you are sure that you can get in anywhere, then I submit Caltech. The students are way too busily immersed in their studies to be pursuing hipster status.</p>
<p>Similarly, Harvey Mudd, but I am not sure that you will be happy with their cs program. And there will be the occasional hipster sightings on the adjacent campuses at Pomona and Pitzer.</p>
<p>Does a hipster ever really **pursue **hipster status? Seems most are like the OP/■■■■■ who would never consider themselves hipsters even if, in fact, they are ;)</p>
<p>Agreed, OHMom, but don’t underestimate the time it takes to dig through the thrift stores for just the right ironic t-shirt and find the right vintage frames. On the other hand, the PBRs can be easily picked up around the corner on your fixed gear bike.</p>
I’m thinking that the OP is a ■■■■■, but at least he/she is a highly amusing one.</p>