"My advice to OP is - go to a university that does have people like this." Sorry, but that's an unactionable advice. You really can't tell what your classmates

"My advice to OP is - go to a university that does have people like this." Sorry, but that's an unactionable advice. You really can't tell what your classmates interests will be before the uni starts generally. Go to the best college you can is a better one.