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Colleges for Independent/Mature Students

Now in most colleges, you have to be somewhat of an adult--you know, bathing regularly and actually telling yourself to study. But these schools provide many academic and social options, have high expectations, and are appropriate for the student who can make reasoned and adult decisions.

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• Bard College (Annandale on Hudson, NY)
• Barnard College (New York, NY)
• Bennington College (Bennington, VT)
• Berklee College of Music (Boston, MA)
• Brown University (Providence, RI)
• Clark University (Worcester, MA)
• Columbia University (New York, NY)
• Eugene Lang College The New School for Liberal Arts (New York, NY)
• Goddard College (Plainfield, VT)
• Hampshire College (Amherst, MA)
• Harvard University (Cambridge, MA)
• Haverford College (Haverford, PA)
• Humboldt State University (Arcata, CA)
• Juilliard School (New York, NY)
• Marlboro College (Marlboro, VT)
• McGill University (Montreal, CAN)
• New College of Florida (Sarasota, FL)
• New York University (New York, NY)
• Oberlin College (Oberlin, OH)
• Prescott College (Prescott, AZ)
• Princeton University (Princeton, NJ)
• Ramapo College of New Jersey (Mahwah, NJ)
• Rhode Island School of Design (Providence, RI)
• Sarah Lawrence College (Bronxville, NY)
• School for International Training (Brattleboro, VT)
• Swarthmore College (Swarthmore, PA)
• The Cooper Union (New York, NY)
• The Evergreen State College (Olympia, WA)
• University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, CA)
• University of California, Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz, CA)
• University of Chicago (Chicago, IL)
• Warren Wilson College (Asheville, NC)
• Wellesley College (Wellesley, MA)
• Wesleyan University (Middletown, CT)
• Western Washington University (Bellingham, WA)