Mount Holyoke College Top Questions

There are some shops across the street and a small movie theater. We have a huge array of clubs, groups, and activities available for all interests. For an even larger selection, check out the other four schools in the area, Northampton, or the Holyoke Mall. It all depends on what you want to do. If you are looking to volunteer, Holyoke has many opportunities, including bilingual ones. Amherst, Northampton, and South Hadley have theaters, ice cream shops, novelty shops, books stores, cafes and hangouts. To many students here, it doesn't particularly matter where we are hang out. What matters is that we are having fun, which comes in many forms.

Your social life is as busy/active as you want it to be. If you don't want to party, it is easy to avoid, but it is not terribly difficult to find things to do on the weekend if you want to.

No one, other than the athletes, goes to athletic events. The only good parties are at UMASS Amherst. It is almost impossible for strait girls to find dates unless they go to Hampshire, Amherst College, or UMASS. Long lasting friendships are usually made in the dorms or in smaller, discussion-based, classes.

The social life is practically nil on campus. Unless you like drinking in your room or going scantily clad to a dance full of guys with only one thing on their mind the social life leaves something to be desired. A typical Friday night includes quiet music, mild studying, and loads of food. If you want a social life you absolutely have to get off campus. The activities are typical nothing extraordinary.

There are something like five girls to every guy in the Five Colleges so don't count on dating because guys don't need to ask girls out on dates. Without fail, there will be a drunken Mt. Holyoke freshman who will hook up because she's terrified that she's at an all girls school. It is possible to make plutonic, off-campus friends but it's difficult. You're best bet is to take a class off campus and engage sober people in a setting where you know you have common interests.

The social life at MHC is vibrant. The college, being rather isolated, tries very hard to make things interesting for students. There are parties and dances very often on weekends, and almost any night of the week there are various lectures covering everything from social justice to career opportunities.

Political and activism groups are quite popular, though these groups never really do much. There is a big problem at MHC where many people will join groups/clubs to put on their resume, but dont actually care much about the cause. Thus, little is actually accomplished in most groups. However there are certainly many people who do care and who are active. Students in dorms are somewhat stand-offish. Most keep to themselves and stay in their rooms or the library doing homework. The work load is really not much bigger than most schools, but people think it is and somehow drag their work out so that they can not socialize. Unless you are gay, there is virtually no dating scene at MHC. You must go to UMass, Hampshire or Amherst Colleges to meet men... and then they just assume you are easy because you are desperate for men. If you are looking for a social life, MHC is not your place.

You can have a social life but you have to balance that with your academics. Their is drinking but this isn't a party school. Girls go off campus to do that. I have never felt pressure to drink. People respect your choices. Get to know the people in your dorm. THat ho i got to know some of my best friends. Also, even though some of the orientation events seem lame, i met a ton of amazing people there. My two best friends were in my orientation group.

there are a ton of popular teams on campus-every sport is popular, and a cappella singing groups are definitely big on campus. i didnt lock my door all last year, it's really pretty safe to walk around campus without locking anything. dating? you can meet guys at frats, and you can hook up with them, but you will probably not meet the guy of your dreams at a drunk crazy hookup party. the best way is to take classes off campus and talk to a guy while they're not intoxicated and looking for a hookup. i met my closest friends because they either lived near me last year, took a class with me, or were at the same party as me at some point or another. if i'm awake at 2am on a tuesday, i'm either just talking to friends or my boyfriend or cramming. i can't tell you about the traditions...they're a surprise. but trust me, they're worth it :) hmmm what did i do the last weekend of school? i went to get fried ice cream in northhampton, and then i partied after the last day of finals with a bunch of my friends all over campus. if you dont want to drink on a saturday night, you can definitely go to a concert or just hang out with friends and watch a movie or go out to a college town for dinner and shopping. if i go off campus, it's generally to party.

Plenty of parties on Campus, the 5 colleges certainly come onto campus and if nothing is going on on campus, there is certainly something going on at Amherst or Umass.