This is a hard decision (F&M/Dickinson/HWS/Goucher)

<p>My situation right now, I've been accepted almost everywhere I applied, with the exception of two places that have wait listed me. Of the places I have been accepted, the ones that impressed me the most (based on visits and what I've read) are Goucher and Hobart and William Smith. The two that have wait listed me are Franklin and Marshal and Dickinson College. According to the wait list time line both have supplied me, it appears I'll likely have to submit a deposit to one of the first two and then wait to hear from them. I just don't know of these four which one I would get the most out of AND have the most fun at. If anyone has gone to, or knows someone who has gone to one of these or could give me some general impressions that'd be awesome.</p>

<p>I'm interested in a small liberal arts school that will supply me with a good education and experience. All of these appear to be able to do this, some of them appear to have better rates of students attending graduate school, which I have absolutely no idea if I want to do, when I was first applying I considered Goucher a safety school, but it's the smallest school I applied to and it seems like there's just a lot you can do where it's located.</p>

<p>Another thing is a very open-ended educational experience. I have no idea what I want to do after college, and being able to try a little of everything and having some flexibility in core requirements and majors would be ideal for me.</p>

<p>I guess I'm just curious what life is like on these colleges? Will I often times find myself bored? I won't lie, I like to party, if the college town/nearby area has a good music scene that's a huge plus as well. At the same time, having kids around me that can appreciate those things and find time to get their work done would be nice. I know it's possible to find these things at all colleges, just looking for personal impressions.</p>

<p>Thank you in advance for any information you can give me, guidebooks and websites can only tell you so much.</p>