Guilford College

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<p>I am trying to gather some information about guilford college. My question is I have heard some rumors about the school one being that the school is kind of quirky and extremely liberal is this true? My concern is that it is a school like Bard when we went to Bard I wore a polo on the tour and I got dirty looks and the tour guide dislike my family I (IE not answering questions. Is Guilford like this? </p>

<p>My other question is what is the social scene like? I have heard that since there are no fraternities and sororities that there really isn't to much of a social scene. </p>

<p>Everything I have heard could be just rumors as I haven't been to the school and I haven't talked to anyone who goes there.</p>

<p>Thanks in advance</p>

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<p>It is a Quaker school. The people I know that go there could be mistaken for hippies.<br>
Check out Elon and Wake Forest, also in North Carolina and a polo would fly more :)</p>

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<p>Lol I would but I’m being recruited by their for lacrosse.</p>

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<p>Well, I would visit Guilford and stay with some of the lax players and get a better perspective. There is a grain of truth in rumors and such, but I would recommend doing it for yourself. best of luck</p>

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<p>One of my best friends was a starting lax player there a while ago. PM me if you want me to put him in touch wuith you. Good luck.</p>

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<p>We visited 2 springs ago…did not really seem to have a hippy feel at all…</p>

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<p>First, its a really good school if you are focused and seek out challenges. But it does have an element (perhaps all colleges do) that are not as much like that, and being quaker it is definitely more left of center. They do practice mutual respect, so it wont be like going to Smith or Wellesley where if “you arent one of them, you are the enemy.” Being recruited by LAX is an honor and you should pursue that. While there, make sure you investigate all aspects of college there: dorms, food service, lax team culture, programs and professors, student opinions about classes and workload and exciting internships etc. </p>

<p>Its in Greensboro, NC which is a thriving city of 200,000 people or so, and not terribly affected by the recession…there are lots of things to do there, its near a lot of highly prestigious colleges. </p>

<p>Its a gorgeous campus, as you know. </p>

<p>But its also very wise advice to compare and contrast with other schools in the community, like Wake, Duke, UNC-Chapel Hill, Elon, High Point, UNC-Greensboro. Nobody says you have to like every school. Its very subjective and one person’s heaven is another person’s hell. Be your OWN person. If you like it, and they like you, and you “fit in” whether that is the LAX team/program or an academic program or whatever…then go with it. </p>

<p>Are there hippies and granola crunchers at Guilford? Yes. But they are on most campuses if you look hard enough and you may even make a friend from one of them. :-><br>
And on the other hand, going to a school where everyone is a clone of everyone else has its own drawbacks too. </p>

<p>One of my D’s very, very best friends in college is also someone from a completely different part of the country, a completely different political perspective. So you never know. </p>

<p>You want to attend a college where you will thrive and succeed both socially and academically. There is not ONE answer, but many. Not ONE perspective, but many. Just be yourself. </p>

<p>Good luck</p>

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<p>You were probably getting “dirty looks” from the hipsters at Bard, not the hippies. While Guilford does have a critical mass of quirky, countercultural kids, it certainly has its share of other student “types” as well. The overall vibe of the campus is liberal, but in a live and let live sense (I think this is true at Bard as well). Those who have advised a visit and maybe an overnight with members of the lacrosse team are on the mark. Remember also, that Guilford is in North Carolina not New York so that what is perceived as wildly liberal there is merely slightly left of center in New York City and places, like Bard, that take its cue from Manhattan.</p>

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<p>“The overall vibe of the campus is liberal, but in a live and let live sense”</p>

<p>that would be conservative</p>

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<p>Thanks for the great response guys your thoughts have been really helpful. I probably sounded really politically minded looking back on this post I really don’t have to miuch of an opinion politically, I really meant hippie. As for the Bard comment there wasn’t a single person there who honestly looked remotely hipster it was like woodstock as a college.</p>

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<p>Its okay JHU…just be yourself. Guilford is a very open kind of place and you will find friends there from all walks of life. </p>

<p>Its not the rigors of Johns Hopkins, mind you. I dont know what you are looking for academically…just how much challenge and stress you want in your life and how much time to play LAX or whatever. But you can find challenges there. Guilford hosts a very prestigious (nationally) music festival in the Summer for up and coming virtuoso’s in orchestras. Eastern Music Festival that draws world renowned musicians. Just another point of interest.</p>

<p>There arent many schools in the south where you will feel compelled to be overtly political or for one particular point of view. There are people of all stripes and backgrounds in southern schools. Most schools are very much inclusive, not exclusive. </p>

<p>Find the schools that you like and apply there and go with what your gut tells you.</p>

<p>Best of luck.</p>

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<p>My neice was being recruited by Guilford last yr. for volleyball. My brother took her for a visit and was very impressed. He did not mention seeing tons of hippies around:)
My neice is a very mainstream girl. They felt she would have fit in just fine. She eventually chose a different school in NC (boyfriend issues…ugh) but Guilford would have been her next choice. Also, the scholarship $$ was pretty good. My bro. said that in the end, they offered her enough to make it almost equivalent to an NC public cost.</p>

<p>My next door neighbor goes to Gulilford. She is a theater major but I wouldn’t call her really quirky. She previously attended Campbell University (in NC) and likes Guilford much better.</p>

<p>S2 has a friend who plays LAX at Greensboro College. He says he really likes Greensboro because there are several colleges there…always lots of students out an about on the social scene.
There’s also a boy fr. our town who plays on the Guilford football team. He graduated fr. a private Christian sch. here and is def. not quirky,hippy, alternative.</p>

<p>I think there are kids of all kinds there.</p>

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<p>We visited and liked Guilford, but quirky/hipster D was disappointed b/c she did not see any kindred spirits. In fact, the students seemed more straight-laced than on most New England campuses.</p>

<p>So, how did Guilford get a rep as haven for hipsters/hippies?</p>

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<p>Oh…its not as “straight laced” as she thinks…the nerds, quirky and hipsters are there. Its not UC-Santa Cruz mind you, or Evergreen State or Kent State…but they are there. Its a Quaker School, which means its very liberal and undeniably anti war, anti military and such…</p>

<p>Of course you can find hipsters at any college if you look hard enough. Its a fine school and well respected. She will be fine if she goes there.</p>