Davidson College Top Questions

I would expand the school a little, i feel like 1700 kids shows a very poor spectrum of normal society. Other than the basketball team, there is absolutely no student support of athletics except for other athletes.

Life can get a little monotoneous here; people get lost in the Davidson bubble and forget that there is life beyond our campus. But things are changing in that respect. Also, the campus is actively dealing with issues of diversity, which is good.

best thing about davidson: basketball most frequent student complaint: too much work one experience you'll always remember: davidson basketball

I love Davidson, but Davidson isn't right for everyone. If you don't like it, stop complaining, transfer, and let students who do like Davidson to enjoy it.

What's the best thing about Davidson? I don't know. There are so many things about Davidson that I love! Name one thing you'd change. Self-segregation of groups. Too many people refuse to branch out to people who aren't like them. Is your school too large, too small, or just right? Just right. How do people react when you tell them you go to Davidson? They are either impressed or have no idea what I'm talking about. Where do you spend most of your time on campus? My room or the student union. College town, or "what college town?" Inbetween. What's your opinion of Davidson's administration? We just got a new president and I like him so far. All the students LOVED our last president (he was amazing). The people who work in residential life, the dining areas, etc. are also very friendly and always helpful. What was the biggest recent controversy on campus? We have a lot of problems with racism; or so some people think. Although racism definitely exists on our campus some people act like it's a lot worse than it really is. Is there a lot of school pride? Absolutely. Especially when it comes to men's basketball! Is there anything unusual about Davidson? Not that I can think of. What's one experience you'll always remember? Too many to count. What are the most frequent student complaints? Too much work.

The best thing about Davidson is the community atmosphere. I love being in a place that's so closely knit. It's annoying, yet comforting knowing everyone on campus. I mean, you don't really 'know' everyone on campus, but you've seen them before and so you're at least familiar. That's one of the reasons that I chose Davidson, they really welcomed me with open arms and that was extremely helpful since I'm about 400 miles from home. If I could change one thing about Davidson, it would be that people would be more willing to let down their guard. We're very concerned about being politically correct, which means that oftentimes, true opinions are not being voiced and that's unfortunate because that means that some problems don't get addressed, because people don't speak up and so we don't even know that they exist. I must say, though, that as my time here continues, we've been doing a lot better with that. I love the size of Davidson. It may be too small for some though, and like I said before it is too small on some days and other days its just right. As our sports teams (Go Wildcats) are faring better on a national level, we're receiving a lot of positive publicity and so more and more kids are becoming interested in this place. As a result, our school pride is definitely soaring. Who doesn't like being praised for smarts and athleticism?!

The best thing about Davidson is its size. 1,700 students may seem freakishly small, but I meet new people everyday, and you won't find more involved professors anywhere. The small class sizes allows each professor to get to know each student individually and creates the perfect environment for intellectual discussion. When you tell people you go to Davidson, mostly they're confused. Unless you're talking to a doctor they probably have never heard of it. The town of Davidson virtually revolves around the college; members of the college make up 2,000 of the 7,000 residents of Davidson. The biggest recent controvesy on campus centers around equality, acceptance, and diversity; in my opinion, the administration is working so hard to make sure minorities feel included and welcome that they are actually isolating them. There is an immense amount of school pride. This is most visible at men's basketball games where nearly 75{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of the student body is up in the stands in red.

Davidson is known for its laundry service which is provided for all students. We're a very small college (less than 500 per grade), but I like it small because you get to know everyone. Most people haven't heard of Davidson, but it's getting more well known. We're one of the smallest Division 1 basketball schools, and our team is doing really well this season. We have a lot of school spirit for mens basketball. We don't really have the "bar scene" like a typical "college town," but we have fun on campus--"on the court" (fraternities and eating houses). We have eating houses instead of sororieties which are service-oriented, and like our fraternities, no one lives at the house. The houses are for meals and parties.

School is too small. People usually haven't heard of Davidson. Spend most of my time at the baseball field, at parties, and in my room. Davidson's administration wants to make it as close as possible to a boarding high school.