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There is another alternative college which I find interesting --it's pretty exclusive but seems to have quite a few salient people in its alumni.

"Deep Springs is founded on three principles, commonly called the "three pillars": academics, labor, and self-government."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Springs_College



I know a guy who went there. It's a weird place, and they spend a lot of their time playing cowboy.


I'm curious what he thinks about it? Good place, or it's good but only for some kind of people (right disposition), just different (not good or bad)?

Any other tidbits?


I think he liked it a lot, and credits it with making him who he is today. I think definitely it's a "right disposition" kind of place. For one thing, it's an all-male school, so you have to be a) a man, and b) the kind of man who doesn't mind not having women around. It's also a tiny, tiny school. I think they only take like a dozen students each year, so you have to be prepared to spend all your time with the same really small group of people.


Cool; thanks for the information. I suppose it's a pretty good college to go before university.




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