Hi guys! I am probably going to MHC next year and am so excited! I was kinda wondering about the whole boy situation with the consortium, and was wondering how hard it is for girls to meet guys from Amherst or Umass? Do most moho girls stay on campus for parties or take the bus to amherst? or do guys from there come to moho for our parties? Just tryna figure out how this all works, thanks!
Congratulations! MHC is a great school. From what I gather from my daughter’s experience, both things happen… MHC students do go to parties (on the PVTA bus) at Amherst, UMass, and Hampshire, and also men come to parties at MHC. I know that my D and her friends went to parties off campus pretty frequently their first semester, with the girls who were not looking for boyfriends acting as “wing men” 
Also, there are occasionally MHC parties and dances organized by various student groups where men are actively recruited to attend. Also, lots of students in the 5-college consortium use social media to meet initially.
Moonboots, you also said “I am probably going to Smith next year and am so excited!”
http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/smith-college/1783037-social-life-opposite-gender.html#latest
Which is it?
I enrolled at Smith but got off the Holyoke waitlist so am trying to decide between the two schools
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Both!! It’s very easy to get off campus and tons of girls go out every weekend (during the week is harder though). Whenever the school organizes dances or other major events - maybe one every two or three weeks - guys flock here, too. Of course it’s not as easy to meet guys as at a coed school but it’s not hard either! Especially with tinder, honestly…
My comment to this query (D graduated from MHC) is always the same: when you put a few thousand girls on a college campus, the boys somehow always find their way there.
Moonboots. You would regret choosing Smith over Mount Holyoke based upon the availability of guys. Both are colleges that are for and about women. Your ability to go to and from Amherst would be about the same. The Amherst women are living in sub-standard dorms compared to Smith and Mount Holyoke. The deciding factor ought to be the academic environment. Take a look at your academic interests and make the decision based upon that factor. Personally, I would not give up my four years at Mount Holyoke for anything.
dc20016—D graduated from MHC only 2 years ago, but I am amazed at the true fondness she has for her alma mater.
Heartwarming to see.
As a straight female, I find that the hardcore feminist environment of Mount Holyoke can be rather stifling at times. I find that I must leave campus to feel normalcy. Interaction with males when off campus is awkward and seemingly unprecedented. My friends tell me they’ve felt the same way, but they get over it by taking day trips to the suburbs. Boys from Amherst and Umass take advantage of the isolation that Mount Holyoke women endure, and frequent on-campus parties for one-night stands and the like. From what I’ve seen and heard, very few women here have real relationships with Amherst and Umass males, because a) they so desperately crave any male attention, that they’ll jump into bed to satisfy their primal urges and b) Amherst and Umass women dislike Mount Holyoke and Smith women for ‘taking what’s theirs’.
Leaving the social aspect aside, Mount Holyoke is amazing.