<p>I’ll just say this:</p>
<p>Thursday afternoon, I was about ready to cry because I was not having a good time. At all. I thought all the other prospies were just way to immature/nerdy/jerks… then, I made a real effort to talk to my fellow prospies and I ended up really liking them. I talked to a bunch of current students, too, and they were all really nice. Some were the nerd-type, but that really isn’t a bad thing. Some were a bit more jock or hipster. It was a good mix of people and perspectives that was SHOCKINGLY DIFFERENT from everything else that day. I definitely deviated from the typical prospie experience. I got the best sense of things by staying a couple nights in several different dorms with different kinds of people. I think the overnight experience can skew it to the extremes so prospies don’t see the balance between work and play. i know the people who were big party-ers in Max were working on a paper before and after going out. The people in South were studying for midterms (there’s a stereotype that South is all parties all the time). Everything that I thought I hated during the day on Thursday turned out to be false.</p>
<p>I’m really sorry you had a bad time. I know I had an amazing time (I mean, where else could you go to an apartment party in a high rise by the lake AND learn to pick locks/handcuffs (workshop…), all in the same 24 hours?). A lot of it is where you end up for the night, let alone what you do during the day. It seems like you really need to talk to people to get a good sense of things, as those information sessions are pretty bleached (as far as I could tell). There are good intentions… but you really need to sample a couple different groups and dorms before passing judgment.</p>
<p>If you want a “cool” environment, I would highly recommend south or max p. Max is amazing, and south is pretty great, too. It seems like there are a lot of more “normal” people in those dorms, and the facilities are nice (better shower in Max than at home). There are also so awesome smart people there, too.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t judge based only on the overnight sessions, or only on one dorm. Try it out a bit more. I hope you find the school that fits! I know I did.</p>