looking for community of intellectuals

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<p>vasa, I would look at Smith. A good “value” academically – relatively high acceptance rate for excellent academics. Very good music opportunities as well. Fairly quirky – or at least diverse – student body, plenty of intellectual content. Of course, it’s all women, but you do have the consortium to draw on. </p>

<p>Secondly, I wouldn’t underestimate the appeal of professional-level music EC in admissions to selective colleges that have serious music departments. I would put Williams in that category. Excellent music opportunities and rigorous academics. A reach, like Swarthmore, but, I think, Williams would be more responsive to your musical ability.</p>

<p>I’m sure you’ve already thought of this but just to make sure you should submit a performance tape and a special music as an EC package with your applications.</p>

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<p>Just out of curiosity would U Penn be considered intellectual at all and for that matter where would schools like Yale and WUSL fall. Thanks</p>

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<p>3.6 is low? please. thats a fine GPA just not Harvard quality</p>

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<p>below 3.5 is low</p>

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<p>UPenn, Yale, Wustl: very intelligent students, most probably professionally driven, if you look hard enough you’ll find the intellectual scene(im guessing).</p>

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<p>below 3.5 is low</p>

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<p>Check out Lawrence University with a double degree program and music conservatory.</p>

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<p>All top national universities and LACs are fairly intellectual, given the academic quality and special talent that they attract by nature.</p>

<p>What is being discussed here are genuinely and seriously intellectual schools. Two that come to my mind, that already have been mentioned, are Swarthmore and UChicago. Both reaches, but both fairly generous toward candidates who are able to express their genuine interest.</p>

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<p>Reed. I was waitlisted with a similar GPA and better test scores… but I think they’re very focused on “fit” and maybe I just didn’t measure up. Write a really good “Why Reed?” essay if you want in.</p>

<p>Barnard. You’re definitely a match if you show passion about it.</p>

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<p>I second New College of Florida.</p>

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<p>Check out the book “Colleges That Change Lives” for some more suggestions of intellectual schools that accept students with lower GPAs (lower than 4.0, I mean).</p>

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<p>I second momrath; check out Smith College. It’s known for academic excellence and small classes. Students are provided with terrific advising and mentoring, and available, committed professors. Also, students win many national and international awards – 17 Fulbright Fellowships in 2008 and 14 in 2007! </p>

<p>Smith is part of a 5-college consortium (with Amherst, Hampshire, Mt. Holyoke and Univ Mass). You can take classes at any. There is a free shuttle bus to get to classes at the other campuses.</p>

<p>And it’s not far from Tanglewood.</p>

<p>Here are some facts: <a href=“http://www.smith.edu/collegerelations/SpeakingofSmith-0414.pdf[/url]”>http://www.smith.edu/collegerelations/SpeakingofSmith-0414.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;