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<p>No offense taken whatsoever! I AM a current student, as well; a freshman at Mills, so I get what you mean. I actually think it is very important to give prospies (sorry if any of you don’t like that term) a ‘real’ look at Mills; I don’t want to sugar coat things for them, because it could just backfire later. I was getting over a cold for the last overnight event, but I did meet some really cool prospective students; we all got to hang out and ordered in pizza and talked about Mills, interests, etc. </p>

<p>In regards for the “suitcase” school; numbers do dwindle down, but not everyone leaves. A few girls in my hall are from HI, so they cannot financially take the mini breaks and go home. They stay and there are movie nights, and we are all just able to relax and hang out with each other; without the massive worries of midterms or more homework to do. I’m actually not aware of how large the commuter community is here…hmmm…that might just be my own blindness though. If your D stays on-campus, she is certain to make friends. Orientation week facilitates that! If she’s seriously considering (or anyone considering going to Mills) they should check out the Mills College Class of 2017 Facebook page! I’m a member of that page and answer questions students have and promote events happening for Preview Day (like the Indy 13 Trike race around the Meadow behind Mills Hall :D). </p>

<p>Ahh, the infamous “man” question. I’m going to give one answer; which is somewhat ambiguous, but what I really believe:</p>

<p>The point in going to college is to get an education and better your life–that should be first and foremost. But I do know that it is difficult to be surrounded by mostly women all the time. My friends and I leave campus and just go somewhere. We go to Emmryville and walk around the stores, dare each other to pick up guys, and just have fun away from Mills. There certainty are frat parties and Berkeley in general, but meeting guys really isn’t that easy. With the amount of schoolwork you will have will also make it harder to meet guys…but on the same account not having that distraction around is very empowering and gives women the chance to really understand just how amazing we are.
Basically: its hard to find men, but you can–not being around men will empower you, though. </p>

<p>On a side note, let’s not forget online dating–you’d be surprised to learn how many college students are actually doing it. That makes it easy to talk to guys…I know my friend found her boyfriend that way. </p>

<p>There definitely are so many different people on campus! You will be able to find the people you click most with, but you will also get to know people you wouldn’t necessarily understand or even think about knowing before. It’s great! In my first semester I learned so much from the people around me. </p>

<p>I think I got everything; if I didn’t let me know. :slight_smile:
I’ll be around on Preview day this Monday…at the Trike Race at the meadow during lunch, I’m on the freshman team…if you want, just come up and start a convo! I’d love to answer any other questions you guys have.</p>

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<p>An update on preview day–
I didn’t end up doing the overnight, but opted to drive around the surrounding area with my aunt, who is vaguely familiar with the area, and do a self-guided tour around campus that night instead. The surrounding area was a mix of nice and not so nice, but the not so nice was really quite tame so I’m not worried about that. The campus was so beautiful that I completely forgot about being surrounded by city anyway. But because of the size I could see myself getting cabin fever after a while, and do plan on bringing my car.</p>

<p>Preview day itself was informative, and I found staff and students to be really approachable and eager to talk about the school. There seemed to be some really eccentric students on campus, and there were plenty who weren’t. It seemed like a nice balance, and I’m looking forward to that kind of diversity anyway. Before visiting I was mostly concerned about a privileged/spoiled vibe, but it didn’t seem to be an issue.</p>

<p>I’m going to sleep on it for another day or two, just to mentally prepare for making such a huge decision, but it’s safe to say I’ll be SIRing at Mills. I think I’ll fit in well based on what I saw last weekend, and I’m really excited for the all women aspect. Current students seemed to appreciate it and view it as a source of empowerment, and I hope to do the same!</p>

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<p>Thanks for your impressions, Teeney. They sound very similar to ours. I thought it was interesting that the two women’s colleges we visited, even though they were in totally different parts of the country, were more diverse in every way (except gender) than any of the other small LACs on my daughter’s list. It was a major reason that the two were her #1 and #2 in the end.</p>

<p>She will not have a car at Mills, but I’m assuming (it’s CA after all) that she will find plenty of friends who do. I agree that the ability to get off campus will be important. We used the shuttle when we were there, which got us to BART easily enough.</p>