Contrasting recent experience from the children of two friends, both of whom were Class of 2016 at Goucher. One, a girl, ethnic Chinese adopted into a crunchy-granola Jewish family, was enthusiastic about it but over the course of her freshman year became increasingly unhappy about the 2-1 female-male ratio and the very low representation of Asian kids. She transferred out after one year, to the University of Hawaii no less. The other was a boy, and a recruited athlete. He loved everything about the school, even after an injury ended his athletic career in his second year. He had always struggled a bit in school and had no academic focus, but he matured significantly at Goucher and developed interests, discipline, and drive about things other than sports. He had a great study-abroad experience in Italy. He didn’t mind the gender ratio, but never took much advantage of it – he was “claimed” by a girlfriend a few weeks into his first year, and they are still very much together. He graduated on time, and got a good job on his own hustle within a few months of graduation. He pretty much had a dream experience at Goucher, which made his parents (who separated when he was a toddler, and who often did not see eye-to-eye about his education) very happy.