Help me pick a college

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<p>My requirements:
-no core cirriculum requirement
-no homework or tests(worth a shot…i heard they just banned homework somewhere in California)
-has tennis
-is near ski slope
-good jazz and math programs
-a lot of freedom to study what i want, instead of following guidelines</p>

<p>My credentials are good enough that I am a longshot to get into Brown(one of my choices since it has no core cirriculum requirement)…maybe i have a 1/10 chance. Do you guys know of any colleges that are like this one? I don’t care if it’s a freaking community college, I am just so sick of highschool and i want to go somewhere COMPLETELY different.</p>

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<p>St. John’s College in Annapolis, Maryland.</p>

<p>No homework, lots of reading, kind of self taught. You study the classics. Lots of classroom discussion among students.</p>

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<p>No homework? Even reading is homework. There is no college that doesn’t actually require a bit of work. </p>

<p>Surprise!!</p>

<p>I believe that Sarah Lawrence has no tests; just papers.</p>

<p>Why not take a year off? You don’t sound as if you enjoy learning. Maybe a year off will help you figure out what you really want.</p>

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<p>i enjoy learning, more than most…i just despise not being able to learn what i want to learn because dr. joe schmo is making me crunch 500 chemistry problems, when i dont even care about chemistry</p>

<p>i want to work, and study myself…i want to do a jazz/math combo, but i just cant stand the way im forced to learn by people who dont know my way of learning…you know what i mean?</p>

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<p>seems like st johns has an extremely strict cirriculum requirement…i dont want to waste my time with french and all that</p>

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<p>Take a look at New School University/Eugene Lang College. You can probably do the music part at Mann (music conservatory), which is also part of New School. They are into self determination. Sounds like a real fit for you. It’s in New York City.</p>

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<p>I agree with Tarhunt. It seems that you’re dead set against the prevailing American higher education model, young man. Why not try a community college first to better determine whether or not you’ll enjoy a “traditional” college</p>

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<p>Other open-curriculum schools are Amherst, Hamilton, Grinnell, and Vassar. But they all give homework and tests.</p>

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<p>Bennington and Hampshire include much of your criteria:
-no tests
-near ski slope
-good jazz (sorry, don’t know about the strength of the math program)
-a lot of freedom to study what i want, instead of following guidelines</p>

<p>No luck on the homework thing, I don’t think that college really exists!</p>

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<p>thanks…keep offering if you know any…the no homework/tests rule isnt nearly as important as the no core cirriculum rule…so its okay if we have to throw that one out…id rather not go community college, nothing against them, but id rather be surrounded by people as determined as me</p>

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<p>Beloit in Wisc. maybe.</p>

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<p>hampshire was my first thought.</p>

<p>maybe bard?
bennington
Eugene Lang/New School
Pitzer in california (dont know about proximity to skiing though)
Sarah Lawrence
College of the Atlantic has an optional grading system, but it is so small that i doubt they have much to offer in terms of music</p>

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<p>Pitzer is less than an hour away from Mt. Baldy and the San Gabriels, and it has very few course requirements (less than 7 core requirements), but it does have grades.</p>

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<p>Bard has grades as well. Bard and Pitzer aren’t quite as alternative as the schoools this guy is looking at.</p>

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<p>I first thought of Marlboro college.</p>

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<p>College of the Vertical, Aspen, Colorado</p>

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<p>I don’t know many details at all, but you might look at Gallatin, the “school of individualized study” at NYU. There is a definite core curriculum, but it appears to be fairly open/flexible, and the overall mission/atmosphere might fit you well. Very design-your-own, interdisciplinary, indpendent. The girl I know there is pursuing a concentration (think self-designed major) that combines creative writing, Spanish, and vocal performance.</p>

<p>Might be totally wrong for you, in location as well as academic fit, but it seems worth a look.</p>

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<p>I am going there next year and they are almost a perfect fit. Their math program may not be the top in the nation but they have eastman school of music and the slopes are no more than 45 minutes away. NO core curriculum. </p>

<p>University of Rochester is the perfect school. </p>

<p>I was in the exact situation you are in last year. </p>

<p>Good luck with your choices.</p>

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<p>you should look into amherst. open curriculum, very musically-oriented, northeast so probably near good skiing. similiar to brown in selectivity and academic rigor, maybe slightly easier to get into.</p>