Schools like Brown, but less selective?

tk21769
Sun, 08 Nov 2009 12:12:46 +0000

An urban college with an open curriculum that is much less selective than Brown (or Wesleyan for that matter)?

Eugene Lang College (in Greenwich Village, pretty urban and artsy.)
Sara Lawrence College (suburban, but only ~15 mi. from Manhattan.)

Then there’s Hampshire College. You lose the urban aspect, but you gain a 5-college consortium. So, although it’s less selective than Brown, Wesleyan, or Smith, you get to take courses at Amherst, Smith, MHC and UMass. Filmmaker Ken Burns went to Hampshire.

These 3 schools are edgy, more or less “alternative” places that might not please your grandmother.