I visited Connecticut College in New London Connecticut this morning and these pictures absolutely do not capture the beauty of the campus. A former women's college, Connecticut College is currently made up of about 60% women and 40% men. There's an Amtrak station right in town that can take you directly to New York City or Boston. Boston is surprisingly a much shorter trip at about an hour and 15 minutes, while a trip to NYC surprisingly takes 2 hours and 40 minutes. Conn College has a reputation of being artsy, and I think that reputation is well deserved. Many students are involved in the arts, and programs in music, dance and studio art are very strong. It's in the NESCAC league, so ahletics are important as well, I'm told, with a lot of fan support . My tour guide told me that the captain of the soccer team, who led his team to win the national championship last year, is also a serious obo player. I think that sums up Connecticut college well. Their honor code is very important to them: students self-schedule non-proctored exams. When there are disciplinary infractions, they come before the student-run honor council first and are often resolved there. The penalty is usually giving back to the community in some way. Conn college is not a dry campus; there's a student pub for students 21 and over. When young 'uns try to get involved in the party scene, I'm told the focus is more on safety than punishment. Academically, Connecticut College prides itself on interdisciplinary learning. Not only do they encourage double majors and minors, they go out of their way to encourage students to draw connections between their chosen disciplines. This was more evident here than at other schools I have visited, as evidenced by the picture here - an artisic sculpture depicting science -- utterly and completely Connecticut College. The academics here are actually structured around a framework called Connections; they really practice what they preach.The least selective of the NESCAC's, Connecticut College has an acceptance rate of 41%. While some students attend because they didn't get into their reach school or Connecticut College gave them so much merit money they couldn't afford not to go, nobody slides in here. Indeed, Conn is very generous with merit scholarships, unlike most other colleges in its league. When I asked a student what surprised her most after starting her freshman year, she told me: the rigor of the academics. Oh - and how much she loves it here.