<p>Even though others have done some of the cleanup work, I just wanted to state again for the record: New College offers an intense, rigorous academic experience. </p>
<p>I went to NCF for undergrad, and then Cornell for grad. Given the fact that I was a TA for undergrads at Cornell, I can safely attest to the fact that the NCF’s classroom discourse operates at a higher caliber than that of the particular Cornell department in which I was earning my degree. This is not to say Cornell was weak-- it just didn’t cater to the intensive intellectual exchange that is characteristic of places like NCF, Reed, and Oberlin. All three of the foregoing schools are among the best for PhD training in the traditional liberal arts fields.</p>