<p>Thanks for your insights Fencersmother. My son has applied and we are waiting to find out if he has been accepted!! The letters are supposed to be going out Monday, so we’ll be hanging out by the mailbox! </p>
<p>I think you’re right, that creative kids can find interesting ways to pass the time just about anywhere - at least mine can! </p>
<p>I do wonder, after reading through several of the threads here, if drinking is a big part of the social culture at Hillsdale. One of the things that impressed my son the times we visited is that it seemed to be a more mature student body than he was seeing at the public university he’s currently attending for his senior year. It seems that most of the threads here about student life emphasize that there is indeed a good amount of drinking and partying going on. </p>
<p>Somehow, when we visited, we must have missed the part where they talked about kids crawling into their intellectually stimulating classes in the morning with hangovers : )</p>