Glad i dont go to a small college.
This movie had some very funny parts, but the whole time i kept thinking how happy i am that i didnt chooee a small liberal arts school.
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Just curious what about the movie made a small liberal arts school seem like a bad choice?
shareThat is just my personal opinion. I got in to Wittenberg University, Colgate and Lehigh (although I did not get into Cornell, the college the group is from i believe). I went on visits to these places and decided that small schools just were not for me. D-3 schools are too small, too personable, and not enough going on in my opinion. I wanted 2,000+ people trying to get in to my frats band party, I wanted 300,000 people storming into your University every Saturday when game day comes around, and I wanted to go to a place where I could meet someone new every day. I wanted a nationally recognized school. I'm not trying to put down or undermine small schools in any way; you have positives and advantages that a large school will never be able to have. But a small liberal arts school just wasn’t for ME. That’s all.
Actually the guys went to Colgate, which was also my alma mater. There are advantages and disadvantages to the small college experience. As an undergrad, even in intro courses, I was taught by professors, not grad students, and I took only one class that had 200 or so students. Almost all of my classes were seminar-style classes (maybe 20 students) with tons of interaction. The campus was all very friendly. I remember when I visited as a hs senior, I sat in on a class and some of the guys there invited me and my parents back to their fraternity for lunch. Then they hooked me up with some friends who gave me an informal campus tour. Everyone went to the hockey games, and as a student, we didn't have to pay. Oh, and my freshman dorm room had stone window seats and a fireplace. The place was very safe, as well - people wouldn't lock their doors unless they were going away over break.
BUT it was true that everyone got to know everyone else's business, and because the town was also small, there weren't many cultural opportunities available other than what the school sponsored. A lot of the socializing revolved around the greek system, It wasn't a major problem for me, as I joined a sorority, but it wasn't until I spent a semester in London junior year that I was really able to experience city night life. So, definitely not for everyone. We used to say, "The best part about Colgate - everyone knows everyone else. The worst part - everyone knows everyone else."
I should add that even Colgate is 100x more lively than the film shows, as they had to film in the summer with no money for extras. The early party at the Beta house in the film (when he meets Suzanne) was nothing like the legendary Beta cocktail parties.
shareI go to Colgate-- can't complain, what juliewhite says is right, its a bajillion times more lively, plus we don't have northern lights parties. Its a pretty sweet deal.
shareI'm a Colgate Grad as well, class of 1998. These guys were a few years ahead of me, so I didn't know them, but they are certainly representative of the population.
Colgate is a great party school. I was a member of a fraternity (not Beta, where they filmed a couple scenes), and the parties were amazing. Different strokes, I suppose.