small, quirky schools?

IAmNotBenji
Fri, 04 Jul 2014 16:31:34 +0000

@Elizabeth1315 As much as I love Davidson, I wouldn’t necessarily call the student body “quirky”. They wouldn’t be hostile to those who are but as a whole, it’s, in my opinion, much more “mainstream” and “traditional”, not that those are bad things. I believe that if someone wants quirky but on an academic level like Davidson, they should look at schools like Carleton and Grinnell. It’s definitely a great school academically, though it is a reach/high reach with the OP’s son’s GPA.

Now for OP, I think New College of Florida might be a good match, though it may tread “hippie” more than “quirky”. It’s also fairly affordable, one of the best deals in higher education.