<p>Regardless of prestige/rank/academics/everything, what schools do you think have the happiest (and unhappiest) students at them? - Of the top schools, mainly.</p>
<p>For example: This is probably a little untrue, but I hear people at mit are can be a little depressed because they find out there are so many other smart people. I also know of a certain state school where half the people there are miserable because they got turned down at their first choice and ended up there as a safety.</p>
<p>well… I have only visited a dozen schools or so but I must say, when I visited Colgate a lot of students seemed really happy and friendly.</p>
<p>At W&M I wasn’t sure whether most of the students were just quiet and kept to themselves or they weren’t happy or what but they didn’t seem excited to be there to say the least.</p>
<p>Ignore PR for everything, the surveys are done by students and are about as good as campusdirt.com, though it gives a general idea for some interesting categories like school paper and drugs</p>
<p>um…because virtually anyone (even if don’t go to the school) can review a school on that students review site, I don’t think its the most reliable source.</p>
<p>Happiest students? easy Stanford ask anyone that’s been there or lives there, I’ve talked to lots they all love it there (might be a bit biased but still…)</p>
<p>From the places I’ve visited, the happiest students were at Claremont McKenna, which was a OMG I’m so glad I didn’t screw up an go to a big school, happy, and Harvard which was a perpetual state of blissful happiness without regard of any negative ultility in the area.</p>