<p>I know that’s vague, and I already have a college list, I’m just casually asking/curious. Do you know of any colleges that put extra effort into making it easy for students to explore different interests? Such as having active clubs and organizations where people of all skill levels are accepted (i.e. you don’t have to be extremely talented, just desire to participate), perhaps providing instrument and vocal lessons to students for free, having programs that encourage it (ex. pass/fail, term where students are free to do something such as study abroad or take in informal class,) bringing various affordable events to campus, allowing students to easily study unrelated fields,etc. Where it isn’t unusual for students to be involved in multiple activities, but they aren’t overly stressed or competitive.</p>
<p>You are describing dozens, if not hundreds of schools. Not every school does every one of them (or does them all for free) - and what’s academically stressful for one person may be a fit for someone else - but generally this is what a liberal arts (as opposed to a pre-professional education) is about.</p>
<p>I’ve seen this quite a bit at U Rochester with my middle son (free lessons, oodles of clubs of all sorts - though that’s at most colleges, options to take classes P/F, several students double or triple majoring - one even has four), but it will all depend upon what you like and what you consider stressful. There is one required class (a freshman writing class with tons of options/topics to choose from), you pick a major, then you need clusters from two other areas - clusters of your choosing. There is a lot of room to explore. However, many find the academics at URoc to be quite challenging and it’s a research school where close to 80% of the undergrads opt to engage in research. I’m not sure if you want that or not.</p>
<p>Perhaps the schools which have no impacted majors which have capacity or administrative controls on declaration may be favored, if the majors you are considering are those which are commonly impacted. Of course, you must still plan your first few semesters to take the prerequisites in all of the majors you might want to declare.</p>