<p>My daughter and I attended an Open House at Merrimack this weekend. We had previously driven through on a whim and were iniatally impressed with the campus. The open house was a dud. I can’t seem to put it any better than that. We sat in a chapel for over an hour listenening to a woman drone on and on. Very boring speaker. Then we had our tour where we were brought to the business buildin. We were stuck in the hallway for about 10 minutes because the room was not available. Eventually we got in where the tour guide spoke of the smartboards. We saw a dorm and the funny thing about that was she just got thru saying how becasue it is a catholic school you could not have overnight guests of the opposite sex and out walked a guy with just a towel wrapped around him from a girls room. Happened to be the room we were seeing. She never sold the school to us at all. It was very robotic. The sad thing is that before this open house my daughter thought of this school in the top three now i think its off the list. So far she had sent in EA to Providence and Stonehill, Merrimack was to be EA also. She will apply to Holy Cross and Wheaton as well. If anyone has any other ideas along the lines of these schools please fill us in.</p>
<p>Regis College, Emmanuel College? They’re both Catholic schools. Emmanuel went coed some time ago, Regis is about to go coed- Regis is tiny: fewer than 1000 students.</p>
<p>I’ll second Emmanuel, plus the students can cross register at other colleges in the Fenway, which opens up the options.</p>
<p>I know a few kids around here who applied to Stonehill and also have St. Anselm’s in NH and St. Michael’s in VT on their lists. There’s also Sacred Heart in CT. Good luck.</p>
<p>Fairfield U in CT is often in your group of colleges. Very beautiful campus!</p>
<p>Siena College in Loudonville, NY and as My-3-sons noted, St. Michaels in Colchester, Vermont is a gem.</p>