Satyr

Well, I'm not questioning the fact that you are sincere :-) I just have different goals to studying abroad, not all of them can be quantified objectively. PS: a friend reccomended vancouver (canada) and malborn (austrelia) if you know something about these, please, do tell

Woohahh That's a content-full comment, thank you very much! i'll be sure to check it out. And your'e right, i'm looking for "toned-down environment" but also for literally inspiring landscape/environment (preferably green). which of the programs that you mentioned above is "it" to your knowledge?

By "small" I don't necessarily mean size-wise. But just the general concept of non-big, non-fancy, non-prestigious place that teaches the material in a proper way. And I was talking only about undergrad :-) As for dfriendly - what's wrong with a little bit passionate spirit? ;-)

Thank you! Is there a specific way to get that acknowledged (passion and knowledge)? Because if there is, that might be just the one "remarkable" thing that could get me to good schools. Do you have any ideas for specific schools?

I try not to think too far before I officially "in the pool" if you know what I mean ;-) Thanks for the advise, but one of the things I'm looking for is people that are focused on the content and aren't vain or otherwise just focused only the postmoderns (which to me, are practically the same). Unfortunatley, that is hard to come by here in Israel.. Also I'm a bit familiar with the students & system in the best U for this in Israel, since I'm "free listener" at this U. Also, Israel is like in the size of third of west virginia (I think even smaller) and I'm looking to get away because trust me - having home close by distracts more that almost anything. Can you elaborate on the so called distractions? thanks for the help!

Hello, my name if Eli. I hope I'm not breaking any rules by asking this, but I have an important question that couldn't be answered by a pretty extensive search in Google and a small search around here. I just finished high-school here in Israel, and it's about time for me to think about where do I want to learn. I'm sure that I want to learn philosophy. Iv'e been reading allot of material since I was six-teen - and my main interest is in continental philosophy, although I spent allot of time reading middle-age arab philosophy and ancient philosophy as well. I have a pretty extensive background - so I know I want to learn philosophy, and maybe take courses in classics and litre as well. I want to learn at a small place for my undergrad. The reason being that I don't have allot of money (certainty not for most of the big places...), I don't have overwhelming grades and I don't think that undergrad programs are so different from each other in any college. As I understand it, most of the difference between schools presents itself more at postgrad level. I want to study abroad, in an English speaking environment. I don't really care if it's in the US, Canada, Australia or England (although, I do have a soft spot for England). Preferably, I want to learn in a place in which people/college demands to actually read (you can understand Iv'e been traumatized by philo students in my country) the materials, a place that has allot of green (trees ah?) and good intelligent company. ;-) Now that Iv'e described "the-thing-initself", I ask you guys to help me out finding the college-phenomena... Thank you very much! And I'm extremely sorry if this question is inappropriate for this forum or something...