<p>Hey Colby07, this is a really great thread!
just wondering</p>
<p>1)Do you know if the theatre and dance programs are only for majors or can nonmajors participate as well?
2)Are there kitchen facilities like fridges and micorwaves or are we supposed to bring our own?
3)What are the dorms like? The website only gives information about the rooms.. </p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>Nonmajors can participate in the theater and dance programs in a number of ways (Colby dancers club, which performs periodically) and I'm pretty sure a lot of the plays have open auditions for everyone. You can also take theater and dacne classes even if you aren't a major. And there are a bunch of student run productions that are produced independently of the drama department.</p>
<p>There are kitchen facilities with fridges and microwaves in some dorms for usually it will be something like one kitchen for 100 people. So bring your own if you plan on using it with any regularity.</p>
<p>Dorms have between 30 and 120 kids, as a freshman its usually more fun to be in one of the smaller ones because people spend more time hanging out in each others room and they tend to be closer (the Hillside dorms or especially good because they have no suites so everyone hangs out in the lounges all the time). And it really varies from dorm to dorm, some are old converted frat houses, some look more like hotels with just a long corridor and room after room. All dorms have at least a couple lounges.</p>
<p>Hey there Colby07,
if you could, please, describe what your typical day is like, if there is such a thing at Colby.</p>
<p>SS</p>
<p>Hey, thanks for this thread! So as to the dorms and stuff, which are the best ones to get? Like biggest rooms, etc. And which of those are chem free/quiet? Thanks so much!</p>
<p>Typical day is tough, espeically since I'm a humanities major my work really goes in cycles depending on when papers are due. Some days I won't have class and won't have much work so I'll just goof around most of the day but some days I'll be in the library nonstop all day. It all depends on what classes your taking and if your playing a sport or doing other activities.</p>
<p>Dorms are also tough, I personally liked living in Hillside as a freshman because there dorms are small and tend to get pretty close, people are always in each others room and in the lounges. Same thing is also true for some of the frat row dorms. As for the best rooms, it all depends, some dorms have both huge and tiny rooms (in frat row you can end up in the smallest double on campus or a huge basement triple). Generally speaking triples are good (you'll have more space) and AMS, Johnson, and Averill are really nice because they were all recently renovated or built.</p>
<p>what is it like playing a sport and balancing homework.. 'm thinknig about running -country this fall, do you think it'll be manageable, and what do you think it'll be like? Thanks!</p>
<p>Thanks Colby07,
another question for you: What introductory courses that fulfill graduation requiremnts are notorious for being hard or for having impossible profs?</p>
<p>Its definitley doable (one third of Colby does play a varsity sport) though you might want to think about taking a somewhat easier schedule to ease into things (avoid lab sciences or upper level classes). You might not have as much time as to bond with other freshman but you'll be on a team that already gives you people to hang out with and stuff to do. </p>
<p>Intro psych is known as being a weed out course, a ton of people come into college wanting to be psych majors so they make the intro pretty hard. From personal experience I can say that some of the intro gov classes are pretty hard (especially political theory and comparative gov). Also some of the harder math classes (I want to say Math 161 and 162 but not sure on the numbers) can be brutal.</p>
<p>If I am a Bio major, do you think Cross Country will be difficult (you said stay away from lab sciences... well labs are what I'll be doing :-P)</p>
<p>You'll be fine in general (I have a roommates whose a double compsci and physics major and runs track) you just might want to avoid a lab in the very first semester to make it easier to ease into school. And even thats definitely doable, you'll just have to work harder.</p>
<p>thanks :-)</p>
<p>Hey, Colby07,
I have a question for you: in what bank should I open an account? What banks are easily accessible on campus or are located close to the campus? Which bank do you reccomend?</p>
<p>People's Bank, it runs the ATM on campus so you can use it without paying the extra fee. They also have a couple locations in town and have always been helpful whenever I had problems or questions.</p>