<p>Is anyone else going?</p>
<p>I registered and am pretty sure I’m going, I just need to get the okay from school to miss Monday.</p>
<p>In the same boat…it sounds like a lot of fun, though.</p>
<p>Yeah I’m really hoping I get to go. The one aspect of Mount Holyoke I’m not sold on is the social life, so I’m hoping the overnight could shed some light on that.</p>
<p>@speakslow93<br>
I did an overnight with the Focus on Athletics and absolutley loved it. Its probably a different social life than you would find at a large state school or many other schools, because people don’t go out and party all the time or anything–or at least that was my understanding/impression. They seemed to have a lot of fun enjoying each others company, just hanging out, and being fairly laid back. I know for me, that is a little more what I am looking for, so I think the social life is good. But, I know that that kind of activity is not for everybody! I hope you like it, though.</p>
<p>I heard that there isn’t much of a party scene on the MHC campus, but thanks to the five colleges in the FCC being in a relatively close-ish radius of each other its easy to go and join their party scenes and still be able to return to a nice, chilled out campus at MH for the night :D</p>
<p>^ is what I’ve heard, which is how I like it. I just want to get a feel for what the girls are like and if I would fit in.</p>
<p>I’d like to go but the plane flights are so expensive from CA… ugh. And I don’t want to have to miss school, and I’m sure my parents would appreciate not missing work. We’ll see.</p>
<p>Social scene? Hmmm. U Mass with approx 27,000 students is a short bus ride away. If
that State U is anything like the one I work at way down South, then, plenty is
popping 7 days per week. A student must be selective balancing academics with
the social scene. It would seem the Mount Holyoke/Smith student could pick
and choose a best fit social scene.</p>
<p>Just my .02 David </p>
<p>ps-- How long does it take to get to a nice beach on the Atlantic?</p>
<p>Nearest beaches would be on the Cape about 2.5 hours away. 
That is on the Atlantic. CT and RI closer but you’re talking Long Island Sound.</p>
<p>^ I live on the beach about a half hour south of Boston, it’s a little less than 2 and a half hours and I think it’s about the same to Newport and the RI beaches.</p>
<p>Cranjack – if it’ll help, I’ll take notes and pictures to share with you? I come from CA and the flights are so pricy. I’d be happy to report back with everything possible.</p>
<p>That’d be greatly appreciated MissGen!!! 
It would be awesome to hear your opinions on everything and I’d love to have a fellow Californian’s perspective especially because I’ve only been to the East Coast once. Thanks so much for the offer!!</p>
<p>The thing of it is you don’t have much time to go to the beach and Sept-May isn’t ideal beach weather in New England. :D</p>
<p>Not a problem! You don’t deserve to be kept out because of distance/money. I’ll get as much as I can for you. Did you have anything in particular that you really wanted to know about?</p>
<p>@cranjack, I am from California too! I applied as a transfer student (haven’t heard back yet, but apparently, anytime!) and went to visit in January. I was able to experience snow, and took many pictures. It actually snowed the night before, and was beautiful blue skies with fresh snow everywhere when I visited MHC. It really captures how beautiful it truly is, especially being from California where everything is styled much differently. I know it’s not the same, especially as pictures from the spring, but let me know if you’d like me to email you some of my pictures from mid-January post snowing Or if you’d like some additional perspective from a Californian visiting New England. Although it wasn’t my first time on the east coast, it was my first visit to New England “proper” and first visit to Mass.</p>
<p>I’m from California also! I probably won’t be able to do the overnight visit, but I’m going to try to make it out in a couple of weeks during my spring break.</p>
<p>Look at all these Californians! I didn’t realize so many of you were from here, and so kind!</p>
<p>@MissGen: There’s nothing in particular that I need to know about but let me know how the equestrian center is if you go to see it :)</p>
<p>@vegancookies: I’d love to see the pics you took! I’ll send you a PM. And good luck on hearing on your decision! I’m hoping it’s an acceptance :)</p>
<p>@penguin369: That’s great that you’ll be able to visit still, even though it’s not for the overnight event. Let me know how you like it!</p>
<p>I’m trying to work this out in my schedule-but I return from Spain on the 20th! The intense jet-lag plus a week of vacation might not be the best combination… But I’m from CT so I can easily arrange another overnight experience, I just want to meet the rest of the class! </p>
<p>Btw, can someone add me into the facebook group? My first name is Elizabeth…</p>
<p>Okay! I didn’t sign up for the equestrian center tour but I still want to see it – I like horses but I’m not competitive. If I get to see it, I’ll come back with as many pictures and stuff as possible. </p>
<p>Yayyy Californians! <3 Whenever friends from CA come down to visit, they’re always like “There are so many trees!”</p>