<p>@PhxRising @honeybee63 No problem! CC is one of my top choices as well. I have visited and know a few people who go there, and they seem to be loving it and have had a lot of opportunities. The Block Plan, as you said, allows students to immerse themselves in the subject and travel as a class. I know a girl who is doing a pre-med track there, and it seems to work fine; she even got the opportunity to travel to Costa Rica and volunteer at a clinic there as a part of a class, so it seems to be fine for science as well as humanities, though it does seem to be a more humanities-focused school. The thing I really love about the block plan is that every class is less than 25 students, and obviously you get to know your professor and the other students as you are with them every day for three and a half weeks. I can see why @MrMom62 and @jkeil911 are concerned about retention and reading on the Block Plan though— you definitely have to keep up with readings. I don’t think you could really get away with using sparknotes since the classes are so discussion based; it would be obvious if you hadn’t read what you were supposed to. On top of that, all of the students I talked to there were REALLY nice. My perspective is that it’s a great school with a great educational environment— but of course that’s just what I got from visiting and talking to current students; I guess it is difficult to compare the educational rigor to another college. </p>
<p>I’ve looked into some of the other LACs in the middle of the country, but I just can’t see myself living there for four years— I basically need to do be doing something outside to survive. Thanks for the suggestion, though, and your insight into Colorado College! </p>