<p>Hi!
I'm a 17 year old girl from The Netherlands and I'm a senior in high school.
Next year I'm going to attend a college in the USA for a year and I was wondering if you could tell me something about the schools I may be attending. I have been accepted at Hiram College in Ohio and it seems to me that it's a good school. Can you give me feedback on that? Everything you can tell me about Hiram is appreciated. For example how is hte greek life at Hiram? Is it big there? I'm curious, help me out here!</p>
<p>I live about an hour's drive from Hiram. It is a very very small school in a very very small town, about one hour's drive from any city. I don't think Greek life is a big part of Hiram. It has a reputation as a school with students who are more free spirits than students who would be into fraternities and sororities.</p>
<p>Hiram is a good school academically, with particularly strong programs in biology, English and history. They have an unusual semester plan - two regular semesters plus a third, month long semester where students pursue one class that can involve research, travel, or something similiar.</p>
<p>My second choice was Hiram, although I was accepted to Kenyon College and plan to go there next fall. I did one of the overnight stays in December at Hiram and was very impressed. Everyone that I saw was so friendly and people that we didn't even know said hello as we were passing. The campus is small (and located in a small town) but nice (I really liked the library) plus they have the new gymnasium going up that I think should be ready by 2005. I would say one of the its downfalls was the food and dining hall. There was actually a fire while we were eating breakfast and we had to stand outside for almost 30 minutes waiting for the fire department to arrive! But with all that said, one of my very best friends will be attending there next year and she can't wait. And like chrisd said, I don't think they have greek life. </p>
<p>I agree with carolyn though, looking up colleges on livejournal is very informative and helpful. Good luck!</p>
<p>Dear Lainey , My D is at Hiram and it has changed her life . It's very community centered and there is a nice mixture of serious students and students who like fun too but there is a caring atmosphere from the faculty . There are quite a few Internationals there now - at least , my D has met two women from England there so far . It does have an unusual semester plan ---her last semester is three weeks consisting of only one course but many students do studies abroad for the three weeks . She will be taking a course called Intercultural Psychology and somehow they exchange with students at colleges around the world . There is a very liberal atmosphere towards individuality and she was able to find plenty of "blues " in a red state . She also belongs to the coffeehouse cooperative ( run by students ) and was a guest of the vegetarian "soup " cooperative . It was easy to work out room mate problems with concerned RAs. She was in a 24 hour quiet dorm and moved to a 12 hours quiet dorm . She is on the floor with all the poets and philosophers . It is rural - like an "academic " village 150 years old surrounded by some of the conserved woods used by the biology majors for feild work ( There is another feild in Northern Michigan ) . It is basically known as a liberal arts college with some emphasis on biology . It is not a college for computer techies. We also liked their guaranteed tuition program which means that we can expect the same tuition every year . So her first year went well and whereas the thought of four years of college seem daunting to her before attending Hiram, ( she transferred from a state college ) , she now visualizes positively graduating from college .</p>