Hi guys! I am probably going to Smith 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 smith girls stay on campus for parties or take the bus to amherst? or do guys from there come to smith for our parties? Just tryna figure out how this all works, thanks!
guys don’t come to smith parties, but smith women go to parties at the five colleges. the following may not be accurate, but the impression i get is that straight girls will go to amhest/umass parties and queer girls will go to smith parties. (and of course, some girls dont go to any parties.) i know friends who who to parties off campus and HU with guys and others who are in relationships with guys that they met through a 5-college class. it’s definitely a thing. and the thing i like about smith parties is they start relatively early (relative meaning compared to most college parties) like maybe 9pm and then finish at 12 or 1 so that people can actually go to sleep hahaha which is nice.
I’m straight and not too into the hookup culture that most colleges have. Guys do come to parties on campus but I feel like most guys are either here already with girls or are more into hooking up. I’ve been to Amherst parties and they’re really fun. The bus ride is long but when you’re with friends its not too bad. Or if you have enough people, uber can be cheap. I also know that a lot of people use tinder so thats how they meet guys as well.