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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have a [b]kid [/b]at F&M but I don’t know Dickinson that well. They are more similar than different. Neither is super political. My kid complains the workload at F&M is a grind but maybe that would be true for him anywhere. He liked F&M better for science, but I can’t remember what that was based on.[/quote]
Boy or girl, athlete, musician, theater geek, what?  [/quote]

Boy, academic, science-y, interested in going to veterinary school.
My overall impression is the kids seem very nice and kind. [/quote]

+1 Our son is there too, and he keeps saying every is so nice. All kinds of kids for sure, lots of international students, athletes, big film and theater crowd, great studio arts spaces; but apparently, universally kind. He also mentioned enjoying the dorm/House weekly salons, which have an "intellectual, but fun" vibe.[/quote]

are you tallking about Dickinson? Can you say more about the salons? [/quote]

No, F&M. The school is divided into Houses, and first years are in dorms with the people in their House. Long traditions. They take their Freshman Connections course with people in their House too, and it is taught by a professor affiliated with the House, so that is a part of creating community. There is also a faculty advisor who lives in the dorm (or has an office there). Every week they arrange a salon on the House library, which can be a lecture/discussion, musical performance, an open mike, debate, film, and so on. All House member from all years are welcome, they have snacks and discuss. Something different every week, like for Halloween, a professor of botany gave a killer plant lecture and a linguistics professor did one on words of magic and spells in different cultures. It's voluntary, social, not assigned or graded, just a part of the culture of life long learning.

Another intellectual/social space he is enjoying is the Writers House: https://www.fandm.edu/centers-institutes-and-initiatives/writers-house/
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