<ol>
<li>Great Housing</li>
<li>Admission</li>
<li>Financial Aid-they made it possible for me to afford College in the US!</li>
<li>math forum</li>
<li>Dining options - YUM all over campus! And Kosher K</li>
<li>Chapin Lawn on a beautiful day…</li>
<li>More options than you can take advantage of: academic, social, EC’s</li>
<li>The Republican Club (and its e-board)…</li>
<li>A willingness, that permeates every level of college life, to support student activities, projects, and needs</li>
<li>my friends here, who have been just as important as my professors in shaping my post-grad plans and values.</li>
<li>The fact that the arts and athletics are treated as integral part of the Smith experience for those who wish to pursue them, not as tangential “extras.”</li>
<li>The CDO (Career Development Office) and PRAXIS</li>
<li>The consistenly down toilet sets (yes, I had to bring it up again ).</li>
<li>The research opportunities</li>
<li>You gain enough confidence to slip yourself in a single men’s bathroom in the public because the women’s bathroom was taken. Because you already do that at the CC and the library.</li>
<li>The 5-college dance program</li>
<li>The art museum and the greenhouse</li>
<li>Advising</li>
<li>Smith SGA vans, smith funding for trips, mid-day madness (which means free food the last day of class)</li>
<li>Paradise Pond for swimming heh, heh</li>
<li>Nude Bikers, nude parties, nude seniors to laugh at…general clothing optional-ness</li>
<li>PRIMAL SCREAM!!!</li>
<li>Breakfast in your jammies</li>
<li>Primal Streak</li>
<li>Jacobson Center with writing professionals</li>
<li>Self-scheduled exams</li>
<li>Tater tots for breakfast, giant sombreros in my room, the feeling after finishing the last paper of the semester…</li>
<li>The amazing fitness center- a must-see! All other fitness center you’ve been to will seem so average all of sudden. Even Club Med.</li>
<li>Herrell’s ice cream</li>
<li>Burdick’s (sp?) – the chocolate place on Green Street</li>
<li>Randy Bartlett’s “Financing Your Future”/Women and Financial Independence seminars – don’t leave Smith without them</li>
<li>A collection of over 1.4 million items in the libraries</li>
<li>The catchphrase “INTENSE”- your peers are excited by everything that matters to them and go above and beyond to accomplish their goals… this is actually a love-hate relationship but students actually do thrive on the challenge.</li>
<li>The over 45,000 Smithies found all over the world as leaders in their respective fields. Now, there’s an alumnae connection to rival the “old boys” network</li>
<li>Infamous Manège à Quad party. Actual name, no joke
Cushing, Jordan and Emerson combine forces to host a party each year that is continually sold out. Men from 100 miles around come to attend.</li>
<li>The equally infamous winter party at Gardiner house. Every year for the winter party, a busload of Harvard Fox Club members come to Smith with their pledges, who must dress as a female Disney or similar character—Jasmine, Snow White, you get the idea.</li>
<li>The dance studio on the 2nd floor of the boathouse overlooking Paradise Pond. What a view!</li>
<li>alumnae scholarships–grants given by alums, for alums to use during grad school. usually $500-$1000, but can be more (sometimes a lot more).</li>
<li>fifteen (15) Fulbright scholars this year. YAY!</li>
<li>Free, safe storage of your belongings in the basement of your house over the summer break.</li>
<li>Ivy day!</li>
<li>Open curriculum</li>
<li>Junior Year Abroad at Florence, Geneva, Hamburg and Paris</li>
<li>A brand, spankin’ new science center with state of the art equipment being built</li>
<li>The five-colleges and twelve college consortium</li>
<li>About a 1.4+ billion dollar endowment thanks to the market run-up</li>
<li>Emerson’s Medieval Banquet</li>
<li> The End of Finals Week</li>
<li> An Off-Campus Party to Celebrate the End of Finals Week</li>
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<p>oops… broke the only 1 item per post rule!
Oh wait, I’m a Smithie. That’s not only acceptable, but expected. ;-)</p>