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College #2 of the summer! Though Eckerd College is only 30 minutes away from the University of Tampa, it feels a world apart. If you are looking for a laid-back college atmosphere with high-level academics, look here. One of the 40 Colleges That Change Lives, Eckerd is a school with an on-campus beach where each student is assigned a personal librarian based on their interests. Eckerd students are barefoot and brainy, free-spirited, curious, and independent. The college has p

College #2 - Ithaca College. Ithaca College - ten minutes from Cornell - has enough merits to stand on its own next to Cornell (and not only because it's on top of a hill). It's a beautiful campus with fabulous programs in the performing arts (it was originally founded as a conservatory of music) and great programs in the Health Sciences. It offers undergraduate degrees in speech language pathology, athletic training, physical therapy, occupational therapy, and health care ma

College trip #2, school #3: Muhlenberg College. Less than an hour away from Philadelphia, tucked away in the Lehigh Valley, Muhlenberg is a small liberal arts college of 2200 - with a real emphasis on the arts part of things. I had heard about the arts at Muhlenberg, and I was not disappointed. While some schools talk about the arts, Muhlenberg lives - and performs - them. Even over the summer, Muhlenberg mounts three musical theater productions. This summer's shows were Gyps