<p>I have a question about Mt. Holyoke, and I know that this isn’t the board for that college, but it pertains to the Mt. Holyoke relationship with Amherst.</p>
<p>I’m currently looking into a bunch of southern schools, but one of my friends recommended MHC. I am looking at a women’s college below the Mason-Dixon, but that is because it has a brother school that it is very close to. Actually, three, so when it comes to that school, I’m not worried about being able to form friendships/relationships with guys. </p>
<p>Anyway, this friend of mine says that Amherst boys love Mt. Holyoke girls, and the girls from MHC come to Amherst every weekend. </p>
<p>Is that true? Are MHC girls welcome at Amherst/Hampshire/UMass parties? Or do the people at those schools wish MHC women would stick to their own school? </p>
<p>Thanks for answering</p>
<p>What’s the other school you’re looking at? The female:male ratio for the colleges in the consortium is around 6:1 or 7:1, so it seems that you’d be more likely to net a date at the other school. I’ve also heard it said on this forum that MHC women are more of an afterthought to Amherst guys, though that’s a bit of a subjective statement. Have you looked at Bryn Mawr?</p>
<p>I’ll tell it to you straight. Mount Holyoke girls don’t have a very good reputation at Amherst. Most of the ones that come over on the weekends to parties are promiscuous and probably aren’t a very good representation of the student population at Mount Holyoke. However, because of the girls that make a fool of themselves and sleep around at Amherst, Amherst guys look to Mount Holyoke girls for an easy hook up and don’t take them very seriously compared to most Amherst girls. Granted, there are a few respectable, nice, and attractive girls from Mount Holyoke that date Amherst guys, but that is rare; it’s mostly a bust. No offense.</p>
<p>that’s not really true. it depends what group of guys and girls you are talking about. there are definitely some mount holyoke-amherst relationships, but there are also a lot of “moho’s” (see) who come over for the weekend and are disrespected - but they are definitely more disrespected by amherst girls than by amherst boys. if mount holyoke girls present themselves as someone to be taken seriously, they definitely are, it just depends what the mount holyoke girl herself wants - a lot of the time they themselves just want a random hook up. there is definitely a large group of “alternative” guys at amherst who are not athletes who find their girlfriends at mount holyoke and smith, but in general, most athlete guys are not as respectful of mount holyoke girls, or really amherst girls or girls in general, as they could be. and although the ratio is 6:1 or 7:1 it doesn’t really matter because U-Mass doesn’t have much interaction it’s more of a smith-mt holyoke-amherst trio</p>
<p>I agree with samej860, it’s very rare to find a legitimate relationship between an Amherst boy and a girl from Mount Holyoke or Smith. Many guys consider girls from those schools as an easy hook up that they don’t have to awkwardly run into the next day at Sunday brunch. Obviously there are smart, beautiful, respectable young ladies at both Smith and MHC, but those characteristics aren’t usually part of their reputations at Amherst. It can be really difficult to form friendships with Amherst students (especially since girls from Smith and Mount Holyoke don’t tend to visit campus looking to just make friends). Girls from MHC do come to Amherst parties every weekend and they are always easy to spot because they stand in awkward groups together. Also, they have to be let into every dorm since they don’t have Amherst IDs which I imagine can be rather annoying and/or awkward. I wouldn’t pick MHC with the expectation that you can easily form friendships and relationships with boys from Amherst or possibly even UMass (although we really don’t have much interaction with UMass) because it’s definitely rather difficult.</p>
<p>^^ The approximately 6.7:1 gender ratio is excluding UMass.</p>
<p>This is an interesting thread.</p>
<p>I’m a Smithie (I really wanted to be a Lord Jeff, but ehh). From all the Smithies that I’ve spoken to, a good portion of them seem to interact rather frequently with UMass (and Amherst). Is it just with Amherst that UMass kids don’t really interact? And don’t a lot of creepers from Hampshire/UMass/Amherst come to Smith parties, anyway? :)</p>
<p>Regardless, anywhere you go…it’s all about how you present yourself. Don’t fall into the general stigmas associated with MoHos and you’ll do fine…if you want to get a guy.</p>