<p>Well said about “tired but happy” at elite LACs with “academically rigorous setting.” Here I am, at another LAC, working on my 20 page history paper that I love and would be willing to stay up all night for… (but I’m scared that this is going to turn into a 40 page paper, Da*mit!!!). Even when I was at Smith, I was quite absorbed in work, and when I’m not in classroom, I find myself talking about intellectual topics. It’s very true at Smith- it’s easy to get the feeling that you’re lazy if you’re not on top of things intellectual-wise.</p>