<p>Okay, so first of all, all of the colleges I visited (in order) are Tufts, Boston College, Brown, Yale, UPenn, Haverford, and Georgetown.</p>
<p>My thoughts on Tufts, Brown, and Gtown:</p>
<p>Tufts: You can feel that the students at Tufts are making the most of their college years. There is a sense of productivity and eagerness that the campus exudes. The dining hall was satisfactory with decent food, nothing too impressive. Some things that I did not really enjoy: the surrounding area, how the campus is built on a hill, and some attitudes of various students. The surrounding area is very residential and simply mundane. There is not much to do, and Boston is much farther away than the brochures make you think. The hill was just plain inconvenient, period. Lastly, you've heard of "Tuft's syndrome"? Well, in short, Tuft's Syndrome is the feeling that many students get when they go there, because they are, frankly, "Ivy League rejects." Many students seemed to be disappointed that they were not across the bay at Harvard. </p>
<p>Brown: I really liked Brown. Providence was very suprising because it was so much nicer and more metropolitan than I thought it would be. It also is very close to New York and Boston, just in case you feel like you need a bigger city every once in a while. Brown's campus, however, was strange, but not in a bad way. There were two(ish) main quads that were very traditional and collegiate, i.e. old pretty buildings enclosing a nice grassy square. However, the little houses around Brown are all owned by Brown, and are often used for classes. I felt that this decentralized academic life a little bit, however. also I liked the Pembroke campus, though it felt a little deserted. The administrators, however, did come off as a little (rather, a fair amount) pretentious, and too engrossed in the fact that they work at an "Ivy League." The students seemed friendly, but tried too hard to be "different"- you could tell that much of the "unique-ness" was forced. Thayer street is also very cool.</p>
<p>Georgetown: Well, yes, I am biased. Georgetown was my favorite! (I did apply EA.) There are those old, traditional stone buildings on campus (i.e. Healy Hall), but there is also a large amount of new construction (much of it ongoing). The construction, however, is due to end next April. All of the students seemed very friendly, and no one was really that stressed (i.e. at many other campuses, you can tell that people are too focused and stressed out about academics. At Georgetown, there were a lot of chatting, smiling students just hanging around). The administrators were friendly and helpful, too. My favorite part of the school, however, was the surrounding area (Georgetown, and also its proximity to DC). Georgetown is a very cute yet sophisticated cityish suburbish town. M street was very fun (great restaurants!), and the area is absolutely gorgeous (building-wise and nature-wise). DC is also an amazing place to be near, since it is such a center of everything (politics, business, history, etc.). I will not lie, though, because there were some less than desirable things about it. First is that GTown is under the flight path of many planes coming from Reagan Int'l (this isn't as bad as you think, because you get used to them fast. By the end of my visit, I wasn't even notocing them). Second is that there are some ugly (and some positively atrocious) buildings. The library, for one, looks like a nightmare of cement dreamed up in the 70s, and then put through a blender. It is enshrouded in trees, though, so its not that bad. Harbin Hall, the only really tall building on campus, is also a little on the ugly side. Healy Hall, however, is amazing. It is without a doubt one of the most beautiful and impressive buildings I have ever seen on a college campus. Hoya Saxa!</p>
<p>I hope that this helps!</p>
<p>PS- Thirdtime: How did you know that I like Georgetown? And how do you know (or why do you think) that I am a good writer? Just curious. :)</p>