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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]As someone who went to colleges a few decades, two key differences that make it harder for kids today.  First, the difficulty getting in clubs.  Everything is subjective and requires an interview or a try out or both,

The bigger problem in my mind is the dining situation.  Choice is bad.  Back in the day, freshman tended to have access to one dining hall and there was no to go option, so students were all in the same boat and it wasn’t weird to sit with random people and make friends.  Now you can go to one of ten different cafeterias or fast food places and kids aren’t forced to congregate together a few times a day.[/quote]

Yes!  I don't know why so many clubs have so many hoops to jump through just to be considered.

The dining is interesting.  I went to a SLAC and we had one dining hall and a cafe.  That was it.  There are so many places to eat where my kid goes to school and they appreciate that they can go wherever is closes to their class in the middle of the day.  What I do think it bad is mxed year housing.  I think all freshman should be in freshman only dorms (and maybe those should be the ones with dining halls) for the same reason you mentioned.  At my school, freshman weren't with sophomores or older and it definitely helped us get to know each other.[/quote]

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