There have been some great suggestions here- I’m following for my D26 who is also looking for a nerdy, non-greek/party environment. She’s really liked (so far) Vassar, Carleton, Oberlin (tons of music opportunities, even for non-music majors) & Brandeis. My older kid is at Brown, and loves it- they have wonderful substance free housing (that’s the competitive dorm to try to get into!) and he’s in a special interest house called Tech House- they play board games, have substance-free parties, etc. That might be a great fit, as well. Other schools my older kid leaned towards were Swarthmore, MIT, UMD, Carnegie Mellon and Johns Hopkins- full of kids who seemed intellectual, well-rounded and interesting.
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