Antioch College. Check it out, it’s where I am going, and it’s a great college. The college is in Yellow Springs, Ohio, and has satellites in California and Oregon if I remember right.
Here’s a link to their website so you can learn more:
I used to teach at Earlham College. Although it is religious (Quaker), there are no chapel requirments, etc. I haven’t been there in 10 years, but the theater department used to be excellent. The student body tends to be very liberal and very socially-conscious.
The main drawback is the town–Richmond, Indiana is a damned boring place.
I second what others have said about small, liberal arts schools. Having attended large state universities and taught at them as well as small colleges, I firmly believe that most people get a better education at small colleges. If you do go to a big university, check into the honors program.
Are you sure you want to stay in the Midwest?
I grew up in california, spent 5 years in west texas, and I’m going to school in western New York! I think the change is great, though the trips CAN be a bit cumbersome…
Except for the whole non-midwest thing Cornell University(my school) is nice…but you’re in luck, there’s a Cornell College in Iowa or Illinois or something… of course it is in no way affiliated with Univ. but I’m sure anything with the esteemed Cornell name can’t be all bad… only joking (about the arrogant part)
I didn’t help at all in this thread…hooray!
Actually, Kaje, Cornell College in Iowa is pretty bad. So much so that they only recently became Cornell. They had been under a different name, but were so looked down upon they needed to change their image. Hence Cornell.