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philoglossia · 05-12-2008, 08:35 PM

Hi all!

I'm trying to winnow my application list to a manageable size, and I've gotten myself stumped. I'm picking schools mainly based on strength in my major, which is easy enough to evaluate. Unfortunately, it's way harder for me to figure out what the social atmosphere is like at each school. I want a college with students who are really, really serious about their ec's, pretty serious about their classes, and mainly not interested in parties/drinking. Basically, I want a school for boring people--but if that offends you, feel free to call them "focused."

So--what are these like socially? Tell me how they compare to one another:
Harvard
Yale
Princeton
Columbia
Barnard
Swarthmore
Bryn Mawr
Chicago
Brandeis

I was interested in Smith and Wellesley also, but I hear a lot of things about the social life of Smith being composed almost 100% of parties at UMass and Amherst. Ditto for Wellesley with MIT and Harvard. Is this true?

05-12-2008, 08:35 PM	#1
philoglossia Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Threads: 10 Posts: 169	schools for boring people Hi all! I'm trying to winnow my application list to a manageable size, and I've gotten myself stumped. I'm picking schools mainly based on strength in my major, which is easy enough to evaluate. Unfortunately, it's way harder for me to figure out what the social atmosphere is like at each school. I want a college with students who are really, really serious about their ec's, pretty serious about their classes, and mainly not interested in parties/drinking. Basically, I want a school for boring people--but if that offends you, feel free to call them "focused." So--what are these like socially? Tell me how they compare to one another: Harvard Yale Princeton Columbia Barnard Swarthmore Bryn Mawr Chicago Brandeis I was interested in Smith and Wellesley also, but I hear a lot of things about the social life of Smith being composed almost 100% of parties at UMass and Amherst. Ditto for Wellesley with MIT and Harvard. Is this true?