<p>Going back to life on campus:</p>
<p>The campus is beautiful with buildings ranging in age from “old Reed” (such as the library or ODB - Old Dorm Block, which was built in 1911) to just a few years old (The Grove - four very nice dorms built in 2008). The main lawn in front of Eliot is a great place to study, do personal reading, or just hang out; very beautiful, picturesque area. The food in Commons (the dining hall) is actually pretty good with a good variety each day. There are also themes for certain weeks: we had a New Orleans week with lots of crawfish meals and whatnot (I don’t eat any seafood, but it was a really cool idea to introduce more variety).</p>
<p>The dorms are all very nice and interesting in their unique ways. ODB has very historic dorms with massive divided doubles and the sense of community within the individual sections of the dorm tends to be pretty strong; that being said, the dorms are 100 years old and some rooms lack substantial heating, although it’s not a huge deal. I live in Bidwell, which is a new dorm in The Grove. These dorms (I believe) each have a common room, a TV room with a big screen plasma television on the wall, central air (not really necessary, but a nice feature), a full kitchen, and a study room; however, the older dorms tend to have a stronger community. Sullivan is sub-free on one level and there haven’t been many problems with maintaining that. Bragdon looks like a ski lodge and the rooms are nice. Blah blah blah, go visit the campus.</p>
<p>The sense of community throughout the campus is very nice and makes you feel at home. Most of the people I’ve talked to are as interesting as they are intelligent.</p>
<p>The requirements are not restricting at all; in fact, I’ve found them great for helping me in creating a diverse schedule that stays within my general interests. For instance: Group D is math/language, for which you need two credits to fulfill said requirement. This means that, since I am not interested in being a math/science major, I can take Spanish, which I am interested in learning, instead of calculus/probability and statistics.</p>