What do the kids do at a LAC in a sleepy town?

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Anonymous wrote:In my opinion, their relative isolation is the best thing about them. Fewer distractions, easier to focus.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:In my opinion, their relative isolation is the best thing about them. Fewer distractions, easier to focus.

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Isn't this why Jefferson put UVA in Cville - he thought academics should be pursued in a quiet isolated town?

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Drink

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I went to Dartmouth and Hanover is seriously one street, and no one had cars. I spent a lot of time doing outdoorsy things: skiing, canoeing, hiking etc. Plus I worked, had theater and musical ensemble rehearsals, went to plays, films, lectures, comedy nights, dances, and frat parties, played a lot of poker, dabbled in cooking, lots of reading, some time making jewelry in the jewelry studio, and then of course there was always working out, and of course studying. I spent a lot of time lounging on my best friend's couch in her dorm room discussing everything under the sun. I was never ever bored, and that was before the internet and cable tv.

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I loved my rural SLAC. During my four year there, I studied a lot, partied a bit, and became much closer to my peers/professors than my DH who attended school in a celebrated college town. Also, at the end of four years, there was no question about moving up and out. We all graduated on time and left the area, and went on with our lives, since there was no reason to stay.

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I went to Grinnell (middle of Iowa). We'd occasionally go to Des Moines, but mostly we stayed in town. The college provided a lot of entertainment. I'll date myself, but we had bands like Nine Inch Nails come play on campus. I never felt like we lacked for things to do.

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get drunk

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Bands came to campus, partied with friends, participated in lots of extracurriculars, went to college plays, went to see friends in their activities (sports, music, etc..), studied.

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Denison mom here. DC seems to keep pretty busy on weekends with on campus concerts, movies, dances, and the like. Sometimes the students go into town for a meal, or rent a car ($5/hour) and go to Columbus to see a dance performance, a concert, or spend some time at the market.

DC is extremely happy there.

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I went to a Minnesota LAC. For me, being away from a city was a draw -- it meant that everyone stayed on campus to have fun instead of melting into the city. There were sports, clubs, an on-campus dance club, small Greek scene, lots of student-hosted parties, speakers, plays, sports, went to coffeehouses and bars, watched movies, played video games, etc. We also had an amazing Campus Activities Board that got discount tickets and bus transportation to performing arts events in the Twin Cities, brought amazing speakers to campus, etc.

I loved four years at a LAC away from the city. There was a very strong community feeling and I had a great experience.

In retrospect, I kick myself for not participating in every opportunity the Campus Activities Board sponsored. I wish I could see the performing arts now at the low, low group/student discount rates they negotiated!

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UChicago is in Chicago but kids rarely have time to go downtown. Colleges in cities are lame imo. The tacky literal and wannabe Euro trash kids at Columbia, NYU and USC going out and getting bottle service in "The City" isn't what college is supposed to be about

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Anonymous wrote:I went to a Minnesota LAC. For me, being away from a city was a draw -- it meant that everyone stayed on campus to have fun instead of melting into the city. There were sports, clubs, an on-campus dance club, small Greek scene, lots of student-hosted parties, speakers, plays, sports, went to coffeehouses and bars, watched movies, played video games, etc. We also had an amazing Campus Activities Board that got discount tickets and bus transportation to performing arts events in the Twin Cities, brought amazing speakers to campus, etc.

I loved four years at a LAC away from the city. There was a very strong community feeling and I had a great experience.

In retrospect, I kick myself for not participating in every opportunity the Campus Activities Board sponsored. I wish I could see the performing arts now at the low, low group/student discount rates they negotiated!

Sleepytowns do not have coffeehouses and bars. There is a difference between a sleepy town and a college town. Someone mentioned UVA. It may not be in a urban city, but there are thousands of other kids, streets and streets of stores, restaurants, and bars. So it is not what I consider what OP is talking about.

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Anonymous wrote:UChicago is in Chicago but kids rarely have time to go downtown. Colleges in cities are lame imo. The tacky literal and wannabe Euro trash kids at Columbia, NYU and USC going out and getting bottle service in "The City" isn't what college is supposed to be about

As opposed to the preppy white frat boys and rich entitled white girls that line SLACs? They have no diversity and no real world experience. Not everyone wants that type of college experience.

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Anonymous wrote:Beer, weed and sex. Good times. Maybe study a little.

Play chess. . . Screw. . .

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Hang out with each other! I went to Williams and had a great socially life. We sometimes went to local performances and events, but mostly did outdoorsy stuff or arranged our own fun on campus. To be clear, I am a nerd and would not have enjoyed a bar or frat centered social life at all.

Tufts is not in a sleepy town. It's in an urban area less than 10 miles from Boston, a mile from a T station with a free student shuttle, and a new T station is being built on a street literally in the middle of the campus area. (I lived there for a while.) I guess it's probably comparable to Silver Spring in terms of not being THE city, but being part of the city's sprawl.