good hippie colleges

The Missoula Montana UM university is great, alot of free speech protests. There is also quite the hip community there....simply groovy

 

I have only visited Boulder, Co, but it seems WONDERFUL.

 

i was thinking about asking about this and then someone mentioned it...
it's where i'm really looking at for a college.

 

well i went to community college for some many odd years and man i never met so many hippie kids in all my life. it was great! =)

 

for whoever asked-i dont feellike finding out what there name is- Berkeley is in a world of its own. The last time i was there a guy gave me a copy of Maos red book. lol

 

my sis goes there and she said it is prity hippy but you go wherever

 

I actually heard Berkeley has gotten much more conservative. My best friend's dad went there during the 60s and was a professor there for awhile and he lamented to her about how conservative the student body became.

 

I'm schocked that nobody has mentioned Grinnell, yet! Grinnell is a tiny liberal arts college in Grinnell, Iowa, currently ranked as the 13th liberal arts college in the country by U.S. News & World Report. The students and faculty are extremely open-minded and accepting. Of course, with such a high national ranking, the college is selective, but if you are chosen, you can enjoy a wide-range of political, artistic, and cultural activities every day on campus. The college will even PAY you to take an internship and provide transporation for you!

Other hippie schools that come to my mind are U. Vermont, Kansas University, Brown, and Virginia Commonwealth University's Art School. In general, small liberal arts colleges and art schools have a hipster scene, but there are a few larger state colleges & universities with the same laid-back atmosphere.

 

I wish my parents had let me go to Grinnell. I was going to apply to transfer but I was told that I'd lose all financial assistance that I'm getting (which isn't much) so I had to drop it. Meh. My school is hippieish in it's own way and probably better recognized that Grinnell in the location where I want to work.

 

Things in general seem like they are becoming more conservative and pro-conformist even at places that were once considered open such as universities. Some girl in another thread said that some other girl in her class used a cell phone to call security on her because she was barefoot in class which was against the college rules. That kind of atmosphere reminds me of Nazi Germany.

At the same time, when two people are murdered on campus, security doesn't do anything about it but waits for a few dozen more murders.

.

 

I'll be like the 6th person to recommend SUNY Plattsburgh.. It's a really nice school and if you live in-state it's not too expensive. Burlington, VT is just a ferry ride across Lake Champlain, and the surrounding area is beautiful. It's not a total hippie school but you will definitely find lots of cool people. I went there for a year and really liked the school but couldn't stand the lack of sunlight in the winter due to it being so far north. This is not a problem for most people though I guess. They have a great environmental program there, (that was my major.)

 

I'm from North Carolina, and I've seen a couple NC colleges mentioned...

I've been turned off to the idea of staying here after high school; Seems like too much of a narrow-minded red state for me... But after hearing the suggestions, it's got me wondering.

Can someone explain what would make a like-minded person care to go to a NC college? Particularly Appalachian, since that's a big possibility...

I've never specifically visited a campus, and I couldn't imagine anything in NC being too hip outside of the Hillsboro Street area. (Curious Goods, Buddha's Belly, etc.)

 

Well if you want to come across the US to washington go to Evergreen. A true hippie school

 

////

 

IU Bloomington is a good choice, and it's a really good school.

Peace and love

 

This post deleted by poster.

 

So now that you've had over a month to ruminate, are you any closer to making your decision ?

 

Definitely University of Colorado at Boulder. Boulder is the most amazing town you will ever visit. And if you get to live there for 4 (5) years? Well... you could well imagine.

 

I go to Bard College which is in upstate NY about an hour and a half away from the city. It's a beautiful campus and I've met a lot of chill kids there. Honestly there are a lot of hipsters (not hippies) who act very aloof, but i have easily found a lot of people who are more down-to-earth. The good thing is that everyone's not the same. Everyone has something they're passionate about and you learn soo much from people. Lots of art, lots of music, very sexually open, a lot of herb but social life doesn't revolve around it unlike at Hampshire. The classes are great, small. The students love to discuss everything out of class too. You'll get into a lot of philosophical conversations there.

Bard kids like to think they're very politically active, but it's really what you make of it. There are a lot of people who talk big and don't do much, but there are DEFINITELY opportunities. I dig it, check it out!

 

For my 50th birthday I'm planning to get a second BA. It'll actually be a BS in nursing.
http://www.humboldt.edu/~nurs/index.html
Arcata may just end up being the place