<p>Reed is not in the south. LOL. It’s in Oregon.</p>
<p>the OP did not limit their search to the south. . .</p>
<p>Why LOL? The OP said “not necessarily in the south” and mentioned Oberlin, Beloit and Lawrence, none in the south. Read! :)</p>
<p>“or other schools like Oberlin”</p>
<p>Grinnell
Macalester
Carelton - all three of these are selective and intellectual.</p>
<p>Less selective but intellectual would be - Kenyon, St. Olaf, Whitman, Oxy, Reed, Lawrence,</p>
<p>Hendrix College?</p>
<p>I think Rice and many of the other LAC suggestions made on this board would be a good fit. Like Brown University, almost every student at Rice has a “quirky” side. It is also quite an intellectual place with no frats/sororities; instead, we have a residential college system (think Harry Potter houses; instead of the 4 houses, we have 11). Rice tends to lean slightly towards science/engineering, but there are plently of humanities/social sciences/architecture/music students here as well. Rice is quite selective though.</p>
<p>Although you need to do your own research on these schools, I do not believe Duke or Emory are quirky or intellectual. I visited Duke and Emory this past April, talked with students there, and read student reviews on these schools (good website: uni go.com), and I did not get that vibe about either of those schools. Of course, both schools are quite selective and offer an excellent education, just like Rice.</p>
<p>Other schools that fit your criteria that are not necessarily in the South: Brown University (Ivy and very selective), Pomona, Middlebury, UChicago, Davidson, Reed (definitely quite quirky), and Swarthmore, plus many of the other LACs.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t say Whitman, Occidental or Reed are significantly less selective than Oberlin or for that matter Carleton, Grinnell and Macalester. They’re all very much on par, with Macalester, Whitman and Occidental hovering around a 40% acceptance rate, and Oberlin, Grinnell, Carleton and Reed between 25-35%. If you’re looking or schools with an acceptance rate that is > 50%, places like Hiram and College of Wooster in Ohio would be good choices.</p>
<p>Bard
Pitzer
Scripps (all women)
Lewis & Clark
Earlham
University of Puget Sound
Colorado College
Agnes Scott (all women)</p>
<p>most of these schools either have a decent percentage of Jewish students or are located in areas with many options for Jewish students (i.e., Agnes Scott)</p>
<p>Thanks again!!
I’m going to go through these and look up the schools I don’t know.
Thanks!</p>
<p>I’ll agree with hendix. And say maybe southwestern. not super quirky, but more liberal than some places in the south. </p>
<p>Plus their mascot it the pirate. lol!</p>
<p>(It is methodist affiliated, but it doesn’t make you go to church or anything, and I think most of the students couldn’t care less.)</p>
<p>I second New College of Florida.</p>