Smith vs schools in Boston

TheDad
Thu, 04 Nov 2010 11:15:24 +0000

Btw, my D was definite about going to college “in a city.” Columbia was her #1 on paper. (After visiting, didn’t even apply, though she did apply to Barnard.) One of her two questions to explore about Smith was, “Is Northampton big enough?”

The result was that it may be a town of only 30,000 people, but it’s got music, art, theater, restaurants, etc., with a hip vibe. Other towns of 30,000 might be bucolic, Northampton isn’t.

Boston is still there for the occasional weekend trip, it’s only 2 hours or a little longer, speed on the Pike permitting. Time pressure of studies will be more of a limiting factor than geographic distance.