ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Deep Springs College

Deep Springs College is a very special school for grown-ups who want to learn things and do things in a small and special place. It's like a tiny village where the people who live there are also the students who go to college.

The people who go to Deep Springs College are usually very smart and interested in things like science, math, and philosophy. They live together in a big house and eat meals together every day. They also work together on a farm to grow food and take care of animals.

Because there aren't very many people who go to Deep Springs College, all of the students get to know each other really well. They also get to know their teachers really well because there are only a few of them.

The people who go to Deep Springs College have to work very hard because they have to learn a lot of things and do a lot of chores. But they also have a lot of fun because they get to go on cool trips and do cool projects together.

When the people who go to Deep Springs College graduate, they usually go on to do very important and interesting things because they have learned so much and worked so hard.