<p>Does anyone have any or know where to find any pictures of Smith? I've seen lots of pictures of the grounds during seasons and things, and the pictures on the website, but are there any more? Specifically the dorms and classrooms?</p>
<p>Thanks</p>
<p>The living at Smith section of the website has a few exteriors of dorms as well as floor plans. I would suggest looking on facebook maybe or searching live journal. There are livejournal communities with Smithies that might have pics up of more sort of day to day life.</p>
<p>Try this:</p>
<p>The password is "Smithie"</p>
<p>Great photos, TheDad. They bring back memories of a lovely visit my daughter and I had last summer (on a couple of brutally hot and blazing sunny days--it was our first college visit ever--and we were both so wiped out after walking around in the sun so much that I'm afraid we were not in the best frame of mind to absorb much about the next place on the list, Mount Holyoke. </p>
<p>I wound up buying a blue straw hat in NoHo to create some relief from the relentless sun--my daughter thought I looked ridiculous, but I was about to pass out otherwise.</p>
<p>Anyway, there was much that was enchanting about the Smith campus and the people she met and talked to in admissions...so she's hoping for admission and a chance to revisit next month. (And I'm looking forward to another amazing hot fudge sundae at Herrells!)</p>
<p>Thanks for posting the pictures, TheDad. Such a beautiful area.</p>
<p>I don't care how cold it is in October, I'm getting a hot fudge sundae at Herrell's too. And they could use a little of that heat right now.</p>
<p>Speaking of visits & hats, somewhere D has the purple knit hat that she picked up when visiting Northwestern, our first college visit, in 9th grade. Her ears were freezing...it was in the 40's. Now, of course, 40's is "warm."</p>
<p>Thanks so much TD, that was really helpful. I've actually had a really bad day and this cheered me up :)</p>
<p>you know, i love herrell's, but my family and I agree that the ice cream here <a href="http://www.cookfarm.com/Flayvors.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.cookfarm.com/Flayvors.htm</a> is even better. you'll need a car (or a bike and a warm day!) to get there from smith, though.</p>
<p>Heretic!!! </p>
<p>Glad they worked for you, Mer. Btw, I've got an essay of yours that I'm overdue on commenting upon. It's toward the bottom of the stack of paper nearest the phone. I hope to get to it in the next day or three. I just spend 1-1/2 days at a symposium at UCLA on nuclear non-proliferation and I need to write up my notes a) while I can still read them and b) while I can still remember the context of some notes.</p>
<p>Important correction: password to the photos is "smithie," all lower case. Password is case-senstive; I had not realized that or had not realized that I had entered it as all lower case.</p>
<p>Hey, TD</p>
<p>I just made your Tyler House shot my screen saver. I can see both my first year (we called it freshman then) and senior windows in the shot. I can't wait for my xxth reunion this spring. Our class is staying in Tyler/Morris/Lawrence, and I have offered the college a bonus donation if I get to stay in one of my old rooms!</p>
<p>That's neat about making Tyler your screen saver. May you get one of your old rooms...that would be super, I would think.</p>
<p>Wow, I really liked the picture of Hubbert and the fireplace. My experience of dorms is limited -- the only one I'm familiar with is a public unversity where, despite the pass-cards, just about ANYONE can get in because nobody cares who is going in, everyone's just opening doors for each other (which lead to a disturbing news report about a guy going into the girls' floor and yeah... you get my point). Its good to know that Hubbert and the other houses offer homeliness (sp?) and comfort. My friend's dorm was HORRIBLE.</p>
<p>Hubbard. As in "old mother." But yes. Hubbard's a nice sized house, about 50 or so: small enough to be intimate so that you know most people, large enough to not be socially claustrophobic. And Washburn is a weak stone's throw away...there are quite a few Hubbard-Washburn friendships.</p>
<p>But it's important to remember that as nice as the buildings and Houses look, it would all mean nothing without the people there being a pretty great bunch. As D once observed, "Not everyone is going to be my best friend but I like lots of people and there are very few slackers here and so I respect almost everybody." Or summat like that.</p>
<p>Oh, I know what you mean. Another thing that I don't like about my friend's dorm is that nobody really knows one another. My friend knows maybe half of the people on his floor and a few other guys from some of the clubs he's in but overall, the dorm is too big for there to be any form of house community. At least at Smith with most of the houses, there's plenty of opportunities for friendship and house community.</p>
<p>Im actually appreciative of the "no slackers" part. At my school, the IB program has been a hot spot for BS, cheating, and procrastination. Nice to know that I can go somewhere without these being a huge problem (although the third one, I admit I've been somewhat affected by:)).</p>
<p>Not that I am implying that procrastination is a good thing... although it has helped me produce some really good papers. (I think being under pressure makes me think and process things quicker rather than wear me down.) I've heard other people say the same thing, too.</p>
<p>TtHT, I hope you meet my D next year...she has some amazing justifications about procrastination that I don't buy either. </p>
<p>Though I have to admit that the 80-page thesis she produced under said conditions was more than passable to my critical eye. And that there were good reasons that some work could not have been accelerated sooner.</p>
<p>Actually, now that I think of it, it would be really nifty if you were the little sister of my D's little sister. Bear with me...her little sister had a CC connection too.</p>
<p>TheDad, that would be really cool. I don't much about the Big Sister/Little Sister program, though. For some reason, I thought it was a community service sort of program (thats what I get for assuming).</p>
<p>I think I wrote something about procrastination (1 sentence), I think there was a philosophical point to it...but I ended up deleting it in the end (or did I?). I actually don't remember. Ever since junior year, my mind's pretty gone out the window.</p>
<p>Big sister/little sister is a community service program, but it's also a Smith program that most houses have where upperclassmen are paired with first years. Usually, they get their little sisters gifts or surprises for a week, and then at the end there's a big reveal. It's a fun way to connect older students with new students, and little sisters tend to become good friends.</p>
<p>Thats really cool, S&P! If I get in, that will definitely help me. Sometimes I'm great with a new environment, other times I'll just hide in a corner... I have to admit, my Smith interview went pretty nicely and the alumna was very friendly and very helpful but I kept mumbling and going off tangents and getting flustered on occasion. Is the Big/Little sister program based on each house or is it random?</p>
<p>TD: what are you D's justifications for procrastination? It's probably not a good idea to start giving reasons for doing work late, especially since IB tests are in May, but they're always amusing.</p>
<p>When I took AP European History, we had a "You know you're in AP European History when..." list. A few of them were: "Sleep?!?" "Grunts become your typical response to any question," "You actually mutter chapters from Voltaire's Candide in your sleep." Looking back, though, AP E.Hist was MUCH easier than the last 2 years.</p>
<p>If nothing more, procrastination is a good way to socialize with friends -- my friends and I have a bi-weekly "AHHHHHH!!!!! WHY?!?!" conversation out of habit. Everyone in IB has them -- it's the ONE thing we all have in common: complaining about the IB program. That's our sad little version of "house community."</p>