Why is Martel not a college?

SchoolAdvice
Fri, 06 Apr 2012 01:23:27 +0000

Hahaha. I love that this is on CC actually, my roommate and I had a laugh. Okay… So… Martel is made fun of as being the “non-college” since back when it was founded, it was founded as a dorm. It was made for those people who didn’t want to be a part of the residential college system, but still wanted to live on campus. When they decided to integrate it as a college people jokingly made fun of Martel for its past as being a dorm.

Ironically, Martel is a very nice place to live (great rooms) and has a lot of interesting traditions that they take pretty seriously (probably trying to compensate for their “non-collegeness”). Since I am from another of the residential colleges, I am indoctrinated and obliged to tell you Martel is not a college even though the official story is to the contrary. ;)

Don’t take it to heart. It is all just playful teasing. :)