<p>I never got a chance to visit Carleton, but just from our research, I got unbelievably nice, friendly vibes from everything I read about it.</p>
<p>Sorry, I canāt agree with Emory.</p>
<p>My first impression was great there. I met three college students (from a total undergraduate population of around 6,000) during my Science Olympiad State Competition there last year. They were VERY, VERY nice to me.</p>
<p>garland (go blue!): Your research is not fooling you - Carleton is an amazingly friendly place. My D made friends extremely quickly there. Each time Iāve visited (February after ED admission, this past fall for parentās weekend), I was struck by the smiles on everyoneās faces, even though it was really cold and during midterms. No one walks around with their head down; they are always looking around saying āhiā to anybody who wanders by. Profs are incredibly accessible and inclusive. Each course receives about $100/term to spend as the class sees fit (well, that $40k has to buy somethingā¦). Dinner at profās house, pizza parties in Northfield, etc. D was welcomed onto the varsity track team, without any prior experience (she played a different sport in HS).</p>
<p>I do think for some left/right coasters, they are missing something by discounting Midwestern schools. And I consider UMich to be in that friendly part of the country too.</p>
<p>I totally agree with carleton. They were <em>so</em> friendly, that they even went up a few notches on my top schools list. They sure know how to make the applicant feel great about applying to their school. Also, a kid from my high school goes there, one of the nicest kids iāve ever met, and he says that everyone is really friendly.</p>
<p>From what iāve heard, WashU in St. Louis is very similar too, although I donāt really have first-hand experience.</p>
<p>When we visited Ohio State, we were struck by how <em>happy</em> people on campus looked. People were conversing with others, smiling, even laughing. This was not true of some other schoolsāagain, engineering colleges, that we visited.</p>
<p>After touring many colleges, Iād have to say Indiana University. The people were really friendly. Students would come up to you and ask if you needed any help finding anything. And if you had any questions about the school they were more then willing to answer them. For instance I was asking if they had hockey to one of the people who worked at the rec. center, despite not knowing a kid came up and said yea, I play hockeyā¦ That is one of the reasons why Iām choosing to apply there.</p>
<p>Washington University in St. Louis!!!</p>
<p>Go Wash U!!!</p>
<p>Dartmouth</p>
<p>Dartmouth has the warmest atmosphere of all the colleges Iāve visited, the most laid back and non-cutthroat itās like a little utopia all to itself.</p>
<p>Echo Dartmouth, everyone is crazy nice. I lived at Emory this summer and hung out with alot of Emory kids. I found them to be very cliquey.</p>
<p>stanford has alot of nice people. You can drop a paper and it will go flying, and someone will pick it up for you and give it back :)</p>
<p>However friendship wise, alot of ppl fall into cliques :(</p>
<p>From the ones I visited in the Northeast, Villanova students were definitely the friendliest. Penn students were very easy going too.</p>
<p>Iāve only visited in the Northeast, Villanova had the friendliest students, Pennās were very easy going.</p>
<p>friendliest-UNC, Holy Cross, Bowdoin, Notre Dame.</p>
<p>Is it a sin to revive very old threads?
Is Washington really all that friendly? </p>
<p>I heard Chicago was a little spiteful.</p>
<p>Most liberal arts are very friendly.</p>
<p>As to Wash U - Yes, it is - the schoolās major goal seems to be to make everyone happy. Everyone I have ever come in contact with there went out of their way to help me with whatever I needed. I visited in the summer, so I didnt see very many students - but the ones I did see were great.</p>
<p>I think the whole state of Indiana is one of the most amazing places in the US just in terms of the niceness of the people. We visited Purdue and everyone just overwhelmed us with friendliness and smiles. In West Lafayette I remember seeing a man picking up some litter on the sidewalk on his own volition. We happened to visit at the end of summer and noticed that lots of the hotels and drugstores and even gas stations had little banners up or had their marquees say: āWelcome Back Students!ā. Awwwwwwā¦where else do you find that kind of warmth?</p>
<p>HAHAHA. Southern schools are friendly only if youāre white. You must be āone of themā to fit in. Trust me, I live in clemson and clemson university is not very friendly.</p>
<p>slipper, zuma, why do you say emory is unfriendly? just the admissions or the students too?</p>