Intellectual yet Laid-Back

unalove
Sat, 07 Jul 2007 23:22:18 +0000

Vassar’s a terrific school, and I think it fits what you’re looking for well. The school has brilliant students and has a buzz to it that comes from students learning because they want to learn rather than students learning because they feel they need to get a certain GPA.

To put Stanford in context: one of my best friends is a student at Stanford, and she is pretty much unable to have a conversation that doesn’t somehow revolve around something nerdy. Though she’s quick to point out that Stanford is home to a lot of different “types,” including people who don’t seem intellectual but are nerds at heart and students as academic-minded as she.