<p>I've been accepted to MHC regular decision with a 21st century scholarship, and I'm almost positive that I'll be going there in the fall. I don't mean to sound boy-crazy, but I've grown up going to co-ed public schools and really do enjoy my male friends. I've had a few boyfriends throughout high school and I'm certainly not setting out to go to college just to meet a boyfriend but I wonder what the social life is REALLY like at the 5 colleges? Is there actually a lot of socializing between all of the schools and is it possible to make friends at the other colleges? I read somewhere that MHC girls have a bad reputation at Amherst because they go there and just get drunk and hook up with guys. I'm getting a little bit nervous! Can someone fill me in on the social scene?</p>
<p>Well, just like at any school, there are people who drink, and people who don’t. The saying used to be “Smith to bed, Mt. Holyoke to wed.” It takes more effort to meet men, but the opportunities are there. Parties on campus do attract guys from the surrounding colleges, and I had plenty of friends who dated guys from Amherst and UMass. I know lots of MHC alums who married UMass or Amherst guys.</p>
<p>I’m a Smithie, just to be clear, but you can totally meet guys if you wanna. Umass has a sorority open to Smithies and Mount Holyoke girls, so it’s a good way to socialize. Also, if Moho is anything like Smith, Umass and amherst and hampshire boys will flock to the parties to meet girls</p>
<p>The PVTA bus from MHC to Amherst, Hampshire and UMass is free and frequent. Boys at each place have their unique reputations. My D firstie says that there are parties all the time everywhere, if you want to go, and many MoHos do. Though she eventually wants a boy friend, she’s too busy right now with her other stuff, plus some of her friends have boy friends and it seems too time consuming and distracting for her right now. (She also wishes some of the party-goers on the bus would take plastic bags with them!)</p>
<p>@conCerndDad that’s good to hear! Are you daughter’s friends’ boyfriends from the other colleges in the consortium or from high school? How is she liking MHC in general?</p>
<p>You put about 2200 young girls on a college campus, I would believe that boys would somehow find their way to that campus.</p>
<p>MJL: We just visited my D this weekend. She was performing in the 53 musician (which admittedly includes some locals) symphony Friday nite. It was really a spendid performance, and well attended - standing room only. She is liking MHC great. She is working VERY hard, but liking it. Had a 10-page paper due Friday at 8PM and another (in another course) dues this week Thursday. She thinks the teaching is great, especially German. Her friends’ boy friends seem to be HS friends at other colleges, some somewhat close, others far away. My has sophomore neighbors that are partying ALL THE TIME. Very noisy. Not just on Fridays and Saturdays, and not just girls. Some dorms “across the river and through the woods” are apparently known as party dorms. On April 15 weekend, there is apparently a MHC 3 day party going in the evenings and during the day. NOT the weekend when the admittees visit. Yesterday, there was some sort of party in the student center. There seems to be something going on very weekend night at MHC and if not at one of the other colleges. We visited Amherst (the town) 4 weeks ago on a Saturday, and the whole town was partying, not sure what was up. If partying is what you want, you can find it, it seems. If not, it’s easy to live quietly. Most juniors seem to want to “study” abroad, and there are many opportunities.</p>