alpine951

My daughter is interested in education and the state colleges in Mass. are well known for thier education programs. Any Framingham students on here that can provide some firsthand info as to when the weekend comes do the large majority of students go home because there are no activities on the campus during the weekends?

mom2collegekids

I don't know much about that school, but it doesn't have greeks or a popular winning big sports program, right? Therefore, that kind of suggests that there wouldn't be a lot to do on weekends.

That's just my take on it. It just seems that schools that have such programs also have more weekend activities. Schools with big sports programs and greeks tend to be "more spirited". But, others may think differently.


Supposedly, about 40% live on campus, but you want to know how many stay thru the weekend.

BTW...one way to check....go to the schools website. Go to campus dining and look at the dining hours on the weekends. If many/most dining venues are closed or have VERY limited hours, that will give you some idea whether many kids stay on campus on weekends. Don't worry about morning hours - that won't tell you much - most kids sleep in on weekends. Look for lunch or evening hours. Look for whether most/all venues are completely closed. I realize that all schools will have somewhat limited dining venues open on weekends because kids often "eat out" on those days, but if the campus goes into a near complete "shut down" mode, that will tell a lot.

Also, check the hours of the Student Health center. When many kids stay through the weekend, often the health center stays open.

Keilexandra

^ Grinnell College in Iowa does not have a Greek system and my friend (who is currently a student there) joked to me today that she thinks they have sports teams hiding somewhere, other than the popular Ultimate Frisbee team. She has no idea what the school mascot is. Yet the school is highly residential and lacks nothing on the weekends, since the college understands its geographic isolation and puts in effort to bring activities to campus.

But otherwise, mom2collegekids gives good advice.

MADad

So many students live relatively close to FSC, it is a suitcase school, as it Bridgewater State and Salem State. I would think that Westfield State and Mass College of Liberal Arts, which are further away from the densly populated eastern half of the state, might be less "suitcase".