Which colleges for genuine intellectuals?

kk19131
Fri, 15 Jun 2007 12:48:39 +0000

I still say it makes more sense to go to a diverse school and find a group of intellectuals, than to search for a school that is ‘intellectual’. If one is truly an intellectual, he can manage to find people to discuss literature, debate history, etc. It’s absurd to assert that all intellectuals go to a specific school, group of schools, or even kind of school. However, I would say that going to an elite college will net the desired outcome. Moreover, the idea of what constitutes ‘intellectual’ is pretty vague. I.E. some believe it’s attending a school like Columbia with a structured core system, and some think it’s attending a school like Brown with very few requirements. I say it can be, and probably is, both.