Good laptop for college?

I'll need a laptop for college, as due to a shitty room situation a desktop is just isn't possible.  So, this laptop is going to be my main device for work/gaming etc., and thus I need it to be decent, but not some 3000 dollar thing.  For around 1-1.3k, what's the best comp I can get?

#8, pro gaming rigs run really (thermally) hot graphics cards -- as hot as the CPU and requiring the same type of cooling system.  Do laptops even feature video circuits of the same capability?