Social Life? Geographic Diversity?

orangelights
Sun, 18 Mar 2007 01:15:05 +0000

Personally I also disagree with Ohsix. I do not drink and I still feel I have a fine social life here, in fact one that some of my drinking friends comment that they wish they had. Davidson is work hard - play hard. If all you are going to do is work hard then you’re not going to have a good social life. If you actively seek social activities then you will have a great social life. Plenty of people here don’t drink and others still like to have fun when not drinking. My advice for someone not enjoying Davidson would be to get a hobby, join some clubs, play intramurals, do something in the arts (art, theater, music), go to sports events or other events / performances, do some community service, go on some Davison sponserd trips, go into Charlotte, join a religous discussion group or go to services, make use of Davidson’s work out facilities, chill at the Union, prop your door open or work in your lounge, make a point of spending time with other people, but most of all don’t live in the library! Admittedly the onus is on you to be active, but if you’re not going to be active you’re not going to have a social life anywhere.

I’ve gone through phases where I worked really hard here. I’ve come to realize that there is always going to be somebody who is working harder than you and who has a higher gpa than you. I’ve also realized that proffessors prepare you pretty well for their tests and that there is no need to stress about really small details. Take your academics seriously, but four years is a long time and it would be a shame to spend 4 years in the library with everything else going on on campus.