<p>Washington University in St Louis. Smart kids who prefer collaboration to cut throat competition. Medium size (7K undergrads). Geographical diversity on campus. Campus is lovely; the school purchased a quarry when it built so it could continue to build as grew and still look coherent. Super easy to get to campus from airport - two metro stops adjacent to campus. Nice greek life, but doesn’t dominate campus. And while it’s not colonial history St Louis is actually full of history. Campus is next to park that held World’s Fair. And stadium on campus hosted an Olympics. All of their programs are very solid. Merit money easily available. </p>