<p>would you mind telling me your thoughts on Skidmore and Syracuse? My d wants to study English but loves art and photography too and wants to keep developing in these areas informally as well. We do not have the time to visit probally..........can you give us some eyes to see it through your own impressions? Thanks</p>
<p>Skidmore? what did you think? thanks</p>
<p>ive visited-(only just recently)</p>
<p>nyu
bowdoin
bates
colby
hamilton
colgate
cornell
conn college
vassar
bard
brown</p>
<p>just pm me</p>
<p>hmb88 can you tell me about your visit to Rollins?</p>
<p>atowngirl, can you tell me about your visits to nyu, brown, and bates?</p>
<p>rollins- it was a pretty campus situated right on a lake. the lake seemed really cool because you have to take a gym class and you are allowed to choose waterskiing!! The campus architecture is absolutely gorgeous! the town is like across the street from campus...its like a collection of upscale shops. The head dean of admissions was walking around the admissions office chatting with everyone there and then later that day when I was strolling around he goes "hey Hannah! I hope you enjoyed the tour and info session" and I was like whoaaa he remembered my name. The academics seem pretty good with lots of options of what to study for such a small school. They have a very popular tutoring center which seems helpful. They have a relaly strong study abroad program and they also have a lot of study abroad options during their long winter break and also during spring break. I'd really reccomend Rollins. It is drop dead gorgeous. Also, the food was delicious! You pay by the item which is nice because if you only want a banana then you don't have to pay for a whole meal. And they have a pool with lots of lounge chairs around it. I thought it was pretty funny to see people walking around the campus wearing a bikini and holding just a towel and tanning oil. My only complaint is that it is a bit like my high school in that it lacks much diversity. Everyone for the most part was white and really wealthy. However, our tour guide was black and she did not have any problem fitting in at the school.</p>
<p>Visited:</p>
<p>Amherst
Williams
Brown
Yale
Princeton
BC
Colby
Bates
Bowdoin
Davidson
Duke
Washington and Lee
BU (briefly)
NYU
Barnard
Columbia
Georgetown
Union
Skidmore
Colgate
Hamilton
Connecticut College
Gettysburg
Elon
Wesleyan</p>
<p>I think I'm the Queen of College Visits (27 in all...but I can't remember them all off the top of my head) I'm going to be going into my second year in college...already transferred (as you can see...visiting everywhere doesn't always lend itself to a clear-cut decision) I did keep extensive notes of most of my visits (including the tours and I made pro/con lists right after my visits so I could remember my gut impressions)<br>
If anyone can't make it to a school and would like my opinion...let me know...pm me:) I'd be glad to help.</p>
<p>Decision where'd you transfer to and from? thanks</p>
<p>James Madison-pretty campus especially the bluestone area, new things going on with harrisonburg (the town, which is not so exciting). The students are SO friendly and so are all the staff. I absolutely adore the atmosphere. Its so safe and nice. Lots of nature-rock climbing and awesome stuff like that. Parties and fun stuff but not very greek-life influenced which i think is great</p>
<p>UVA-beautiful campus, very culturally enriched city, lots to do. Student body are ok/friendly, a little snobby, very preppy but not EVERYONE. Cool honor code. GEORGEOUS architechture. extremely school spirited, people really deck out in their UVA stuff just for regular days; fall time is amazing with all those trees; not quite so safe feeling as JMU(they've got that rapist running around); you can tell it is very frat-oriented. lots of party opportunities</p>
<p>William and Mary-very pretty campus, almost ivy-league like, very nice people and students, small; city is really historical so pretty cool; not very much social life but the really nice people seem to be able to find SOMETHING to do.</p>
<p>VA Tech- BIG. not so much going on in blacksburg. pretty in fall. BIG. I'd be lost</p>
<p>UNC Chapel Hill-a little too city, dispersed, I dunno. I didn't officially tour it but I walked around.</p>
<p>Decisions2Make, an opinion on Colby is always appreciated.</p>
<p>While I really liked Colby for it's academics (English seemed particularly good), extremely accesible profs, and its ec's (I toured a student unionish building where there was space reserved for the school's clubs)...I was not so pleased with the surrounding area. Waterville has some restaurants...but it is in no way a cultural mecca. This, however, is a matter of preference...I prefer a more vibrant atomosphere There are some residential areas right near the school...pretty quiet, though. My cousin goes there...but he's on the football team and often very occupied with that...so the lack of activity in the surrounding area doesn't seem to bother him. Besides my cousin, I friends who thoroughly enjoyed there time at colby...it seems as though its a pretty laid-back, close community. There are quite a mix of different people...athletes, outdoorsy students, theater people...so you'll definitely find your niche and they seem to coexist very peacefully. The school is also pretty chill about partying...there's a bar on campus and I was told that many upper-classmen go and chill there with their profs. The administration seems to be of the philosophy that on-campus parties are better than off-campus ones b/c they ensure that students aren't drinking and driving...kind of a random smattering of my impressions...hope that helps</p>
<p>Harvard
Swarthmore
Yale
Penn
Wesleyan
Amherst
Princeton</p>
<p>I've visited Harvard, Yale, Dartmouth, Macalester, and the University of Minnesota.</p>
<p>A few diffrent ones for us -
Lafayette College - DS is a legacy here so we went to look. Beautiful campus, impressive programs, really nice facilities. But he wants a big school in the city (grandpa was happy though)
American University -We both hated it. Too far out of town, ugly campus, dorms are awful and depressing and they are all the same, so you can't even look foreward to a better one after your freshman year.Also our tour guide was not very knowledgeable - a freshman who lives off campus with relatives - why do they let her give tours???
George Washington -DS loved this one. Great location, nice facilities (some dorms are gorgeous), they presented themselves well. Great tour guide. Impressive social sciences programs and internships. DS interested in politics, so it seemd right up his alley. WHY does this place cost $49,000 per year?????????? how can anything be worth it (and I did like this school, but.....)
University of Toronto - Beautiful campus in the middle of a beautiful city. Lots of Harry Potter buildings, lots of good choices for residences. Impressive academics. Plenty of green space, incredibly diverse (kids on our tour were from Israel, Italy, Hong Kong, US, South America) Excelelnt in poli sci, international relations. And it's a bargain at about $18K US.
To be looked at - McGill, Rutgers, Case Western Reserve.</p>
<p>Can you please share what you know and experienced of NYU and Connecticut College? Thanks</p>
<p>I am familiar with Chicago and Northwestern. I go to Northwestern's campus about every week to play ultimate frisbee, and I have taken the official tour/info session.</p>
<p>NU is huge. The campus really reaches a long way from North to South along the shore, so from the admissions office, which is on the way south, to the science area, which is way north, is like a 10 minute walk at least. But if you walk along the shore by the music hall and stuff it's really nice. Some of the campus is built on a lakefill, and this area of the campus is beautiful. People come out here in the summer just to relax and enjoy the lake and the views of the city. The architecture is pretty eclectic, but mostly what I call "bland." There are some ol HArry Potter like buildings ike University Hall and Deering Library (really really pretty), and then some normal modernish buildings. A lot of the departments are in houses on Sheridan avenue, which is cool. The city of Evanston is pretty chill with good shopping and stuff, but the campus is like two blocks from the El, which will take you straight into the heart of downtown. There are a lot of trees on campus, and some of the paths toward the east side are really pretty. The thing is, the campus seems to be almost too spread out, without real quads and stuff. So it's not like a traditional UChicago/Princeton type campus. Kinda urban, fits into the neighborhood of Evanston. There is a major street (Sheridan) that goes right by campus (sort of through campus), which I don't really like. There are a lot of playing fields, like on the lakefill area, Deering field, Long field. During the school year, I see a lot of intramurals happening. Students seem to be pretty diverse (in terms of personality) and down-to-earth, which is how Evanston is. There are little announcements taped to the sidewalks everywhere. All I can think of for now. </p>
<p>UChicago has more of a traditional college campus, though it also sort of blends in with the surrounding of Hyde Park, like to the north and east. The dorms are cool, like a former hotel on the shore, and some old gothic buildings. Except for the newest dorm, which is...orange. Across the street from this dorm and the modernish library are the academic quads, which are pretty and very Hogwartsy. The neighborhood has some cool places, especially on 57th, which has Medici and stuff. The area is not that sketchy, though there is crime like in any city. Hyde Park is really diverse and cool, and sort of unviersity people mixed with working class. </p>
<p>I hope I've contributed something. This is from twelve childhood years of living in Hyde Park, biking around the quads with friends, eating on 57th, being inside the buildings with my dad, and then the last year being on Northwestern's campus fairly often (like two or three times a week).</p>
<p>Could you tell me about Minnesota-Twin Cities?</p>
<p>I've visited</p>
<p>*Georgetown
*NYU
*George Washington
*Boston College
*Tulane
*Wisconsin</p>
<p>I'm visiting soon</p>
<p>*Chicago
*Cornell</p>
<p>The only ones I didn't like were Tulane & Wisconsin.</p>
<p>Albright
American
College of William and Mary
Columbia
Cornell
Drexel
Duke
George Mason
George Washington
Goucher
Harvard
Ithaca
James Madison
Johns Hopkins
Lehigh
McGill University
New York University
Peabody
Princeton
Rutgers
Syracuse
TCNJ
Trinity
University of Delaware
University of Maryland
University of Pennsylvania
Yale</p>
<p>Fantosme,What didn't you like about Tulane?</p>