College Visits Options

[transcendentalis...]

General discussion.
Where are you visiting or planning to visit? Where have you visited?

This summer, I'm going to go check out Dartmouth, Northwestern, and Rochester. UChicago was on my list until I started looking at Northwestern. I'll be checking out the Boston Conservatory just because I'll be in MA with my older brother, and I'll be going to Johns Hopkins to see one of my friends off </3

I've checked out UPenn, Princeton, Columbia/Barnard, Yale, Amherst, Mt. Holyoke, Smith, Hampshire, and UMass (and probably more that I just don't remember). SMU and UTD just because they're right around where I live, too :P

Any other colleges I should check out? I'm really not interested in Brown.

[misoshiru]

my friend's at williams. she likes it and at the same time she doesn't. she says that the people are weird and hippie not to mention that williams is seriously in bumf**k, massachusetts.

[Eryi]

my friend's at williams. she likes it and at the same time she doesn't. she says that the people are weird and hippie not to mention that williams is seriously in bumf**k, massachusetts.

Well, from the way I see it.. the things that bother the people the most like the location (Williamstown, MA), is a plus for me. Such seclusion can make a stronger community. I'm really looking for a close-knit community and great undergraduate focus. Oh and an awesome Asian Studies department too. I like the Junior Advisor program too. Williams is a huuuuuuuuge reach for me though, meh.

As for Amherst, I've thought about it, but it doesn't appeal to me as much as Williams.

What it really comes down to for me is Dartmouth and Williams.
I'm really leaning more towards Williams because I'm rejecting Dartmouth's fraternity community. Not that you can't live without joining, which I'm sure it's possible. Just don't want to be tempted to join one.

[mipadi]

What it really comes down to for me is Dartmouth and Williams.
I'm really leaning more towards Williams because I'm rejecting Dartmouth's fraternity community. Not that you can't live without joining, which I'm sure it's possible. Just don't want to be tempted to join one.

Two of my professors went to Dartmouth. One got her Ph.D. from Dartmouth, and she mentions a lot how there was nothing to do and it was way too damn cold.

Another one of my professors technically went to William & Mary, but was "on loan" to Dartmouth for the last few years of his Ph.D. He says he generally found Dartmouth students to be one-dimensional and too absorbed in their studies.

But it is a good school.

The application and rush process for most of them is pretty difficult (some make you do stupid things, some make you write essays, etc), so it makes it an impressive thing to put on applications.

Yep, definitely. A lot of employers will look at your application and say, "Wow, you got up at 5 AM for a whole week to do push-ups and sit-ups?" or "Whoa, you drank how many beers in ten minutes? Yep, I am going to employ you!"