<p>regarding CITDad’s post – apparently it DOES bother OP to be around a preponderance of students whose primarly life goals do not coincide with OP’s. It is what it is.</p>
<p>Re: Ivies, Brown would probably be the one that has the highest % of students who eschew the pre-professional lifestyle.</p>
<p>You could look at Peace Corps service as an indicator of what you are after. Here are schools whose graduates join the Peace Corps at the highest rates according to Washington Monthly (sorted from higher to lower in each group):</p>
<p>LACs
Reed College
St. John’s College
Macalester
Williams
Warren Wilson
St. Mary’s College of MD
College of the Atlantic
Willamette U.
Grinnell
Whitman</p>
<p>Universities
American U
William and Mary
University of Chicago
Clark University
GWU
SUNY Envi Sci and Forestry
UNC
Georgetown
UVa
Dartmouth</p>
<p>([Washington</a> Monthly College Guide](<a href=“http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/college_guide/index.php]Washington”>Education | Washington Monthly))</p>