<p>I’m surprised this hasn’t generated more responses. So I will jump in. :D</p>
<p>1)It isn’t cold eight months of the year. September and October are beautiful, sometimes even November. April and May also quite nice. This is just covering when you’re in South Hadley. The fall is nice with the changing colors on the trees.</p>
<p>2)Mt. Holyoke itself is a liberal college, probably among the more liberal colleges around, as are most if not all of the Sisters Colleges.</p>
<p>3)It is relatively small, with a strong liberal arts curriculum and lots of extracurricular opportunities in music, drama, women’s issues, social activism.</p>
<p>4)South Hadley is rather small but you are close to Northampton and Amherst, which are a bit more lively and a couple of hours from Boston, a little farther to New York.</p>
<p>5)This is not a huge party school but if you are so inclined you can attend parties at UMass, Amherst, Hampshire among other area colleges.</p>
<p>6)You can attend classes at any of the “Five Colleges” in the area.</p>
<p>7)It is an open, accepting environment no matter your ethnicity or life style.</p>
<p>Hope this gives you a little more info about MHC.</p>