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These colleges pride themselves on being out of the ordinary

Many college students share stress about grades, high tuition costs, and cramped living arrangements. For others, however, such inconveniences are nonexistent. From a college designed specifically for high school students to one that doesn’t provide students with grades, here are some of the country’s most unique institutions.

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Berea College, Berea, Kentucky

The first interracial, coeducational college in the south, Berea specializes in attracting students who may be otherwise unable to afford a college education. Berea students come from families with an average household income of $30,000, which is why the school’s financial aid program is so important. All students receive full-tuition scholarships in exchange for 10-15 hours of on-campus work per week.

Deep Springs College, Deep Springs, California

Evergreen State College, Olympia Washington

Hampshire College, Amherst, Massachusetts

Considered an “experimenting” college because of its constantly changing curriculum, Hampshire College does not feature a traditional grading system. Instead, the school requires students to complete three different divisions. The first division features classes in each of the college’s five “schools of thought.” The second division requires students to complete two years’ worth of courses in their selected field of study. Many students design their own degree program, often combining different subjects. The third division requires students to complete a project that pertains to their area of study. The project lasts one year and features little or no in-class time. Once the project is completed, it is not given a grade, but a written evaluation, as are other projects students complete throughout their time at Hampshire.

Kalamazoo College, Kalamazoo, Michigan

While consistently ranked as one of the country’s top academic institutions, Kalamazoo is best known for what its students do while they are not on campus. The college offers an elite study abroad program, with 85% of students traveling abroad during their academic career. The school has partnerships with 50 foreign universities. Also, the school has the greatest percentage of U.S. students who go on to serve in the Peace Corps after graduation.

Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio

Olin College, Needham, Massachusetts

Thomas More College, Merrimack, New Hampshire

With only 78 students, it would be hard to image Thomas having many elaborate traditions, however, each fall students eagerly await the “saints vs. sinners” football game in which students can play for whichever side they see fit. Each spring, the Catholic school celebrates the birthday of its patron saint with a medieval feast. In addition to these traditions, Thomas More College is made unique by the fact that its curriculum is based on the “Humanities Cycle,” which allows students, no matter their year, to cover the same material at the same time. In addition to this, all students spend one of their sophomore semesters studying in Rome, Italy.

Simon’s Rock College of Bard: Great Barrington, Massachusetts

With an average age of 16, Simon’s freshmen enter Simon’s Rock college after their sophomore or junior year of high school. Simon’s Rock College students often do not earn high school degrees, but they regularly transfer to some of the country’s top schools after two years. With only 350 students, all professors and students are on a first-name basis, and there are very few lecture-based classes within the liberal-arts based curriculum.

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