Your Perfect/Ideal College is...

findis
Sat, 09 Aug 2008 13:01:42 +0000

Diversity. Not “we have X% ___ people and Y% ___ people,” but people who are actually different and have very different backgrounds and points of view.
A beautiful campus with lots of open space (say, Colby’s) in the middle of New York City (this one’s a problem).
Very strong academically.
Medium to large.
Openness to interdisciplinary majors, double majors, and especially undecided people. I’ve noticed a large difference between colleges who see “undecided” as a good thing and colleges that seem to find my undecidedness a bit alien.
Involvement with outside community - lots of opportunities for community service.
Yale’s residential college system.
Campus quality - I think that if I went to a college that was perfect except for decrepit dorms or a subpar gym I’d be miserable.