“Deep Springs is founded on the pillars of academics, self-governance, and labor, and prepares students for lives of service to humanity.”
IF that is the best college in the US we are all doomed. They picked a whole lot of private colleges with very costly prices.
I would take a good state four year college over MOST of these so called good colleges.
But you have to WORK for that $50,000 tuition they provide to you. At the ranch wherein sits this remote college.
I know this because my wife and I discovered this remote tiny college on a road trip over the eastern Sierra into Nevada. Out in the middle of the high-desert nowhere -- I repeat, nowhere! -- we stumbled upon a little paved road that veered off the main one into what looked like a ranch. But the sign said "Deep Springs College." So we took the road less traveled and checked it out. I stopped at the center of the ranch and this teenage kid came by and I questioned him. That's how I learned all this. I thought it was an interesting concept, but I had no idea that it was known across the nation.
Just one negative for the young male wishing to attend: There are NO GIRLS here. The nearest city is Bishop, California, and that's probably an hour and a half drive away over the windy roads of the White Mountains.
This is a very lonely place, but I suppose that may make it conducive to study. Interesting choice for Number One.