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[quote=Anonymous]I think this is a dicy goal because making lifelong friends in college can sometimes depend on your personality, your fit for the school, and some luck of the draw (sometimes people just get unlucky with roommate assignments, dorms, or the cohort in their major).

A major factor is also where people go after college. I would consider where he might want to live after college and try to go to a school that tends to send a lot of alums there. I actually think this is the biggest factor at play. For instance, I know a lot of Notre Dame and Williams alums in the DC area who are still very good friends with their college friends. And I do think those schools tend to have pretty active alumni networks. BUT would you have the same experience if you moved to Seattle or Houston after college? I have no idea, but I would anticipate neither of those schools sends a ton of alumni to Seattle and that Williams, at least, doesn't send a lot of people to Houston.

Also, if you think you will do grad school, that can supersede undergrad friends because grad school tends to be more intense than undergrad, and you have smaller cohorts, and it encourages closeness a bit more in my experience. I have away more close friends from grad school than undergrad (though this might also be because I live in the city where I attended grad school, but am halfway across the country from where I attended undergrad).[/quote]

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