Mount Holyoke College Top Questions

There are a good amount of people on campus. Sometimes South Hadley can be kinda small, especially when you've been on campus so long. I make an effort to get off campus a lot, but this area still seems kinda small. I don't know if I like a lot of the administration here. There is a big disconnect between the students and the administration I feel. Also, Isis is a huge pain in the neck and you have to go through so much red tape to fix simple problems. LITS and the computer help guys are awesome though. I think at this point the hours for dining are ridiculous. We need some kind of food available at 2 or 3 am. People get hungry, college students, especially ones who are studying forever, need food. So why the heck does blanchard open at 11 and close at 12? After 12 you are on your own and it sucks. If the college is going to do that... they need vending machines that are reliable and work regularly. The biggest complaint on campus is definitely the absurd amount of homework we are asked to do. Way to much. I think some teachers don't understand that we have 3, sometimes 4 other classes besides theirs. I will remember a lot of experiences at this college that I will carry with me for a long time. Dont get me wrong, this is a great school, but it can be really hard and challenging to survive it sometimes. And yes, there is quite a lot of school pride, because of what we have to all go through together and how much love there is on campus.

The best thing about Mount Holyoke? Having a coffee shop in the library is pretty damn cool. One thing I'd like to change is the work study program. Your first-year one must work in the dining halls at least one hour a week. Unfortunately most of the time this is the amount you end up working in a single week. Getting a check for eight dollars doesn't exactly pump me up in desire to go and earn more money. In terms of size, my school is just right. People usually get excited when I tell them I go to Mount Holyoke. they usually ask a lot of questions. Like, what's it like living with so many women? I'll say "It's the same as living with men---just a lot cleaner." I spend a lot of my time at the Sports Complex, Kendall. The Five College Area is pretty cool--you have Northampton and Amherst within a 10 minute drive. The PVTA system makes these places accesible. Mount Holyoke is unusual because it is a Seven Sister and has one of the most beautiful campus' you will ever see.

The best thing about Mount Holyoke is students' acceptance of differences. If you are different, you are not made an outcast. You do not feel pressure to conform as you may in other settings. For me, the school size is perfect. As a senior pursuing a thesis, I know that it would very difficult to get the individual attention I get from faculty if I went to a larger school. I spend most my time on campus in the library. It not only serves as a study venue, but also a good place to socialize because so many people are here. There is nothing to see around here, unless you have access to a car. That is the one downside to Mount Holyoke - if you are into a vibrant life outside the school, you won't find it here. School pride exists and it does not exist. There are people who love this school and there are people who despise it. While at first it may take some time to get used to, it grows on you and you learn to love it. It becomes nothing short of a second home, and you are quick to defend it against people who might verbally slander it.

One experience I'll always remember is a guy streaking across campus with chubby public safety officers running after him. THat was HILARIOUSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS. I will never forget that.

A lot of rich kids and lots of international students. Cold most of the time, great facilities, good professors, good food, tons of academics, good with sports esp. against smith. college town is dead most of the tiem

Best thing is the warm environment. I'd change the pressure on grades though and make studens more worldly knowledgeable, ya know? South Hadley is puny, tiny, small. Nothing much to do here. I spend my time at my bf's appartment in Northhampton which is a cool place.

The firs thing you notice is all the girls making out. Its scary but you get used to it. Then you become one of them. Thats a part of our college culture. It just means that you are comfortable with your own sexuality and it does not mean anything else. Mt. Holyoke believes gender to be fluid and sexuality to be the same as well so there is no defining people in one form or the other and that is just great. I spend most of my time in the coffee house outside campus.

I'd change where we are located for sure. South Hadley is HOW SADLEY for me. Good thing I'm done with this place thoough I HEART MHC to death and more. People spend a lot of time at the library but I prefer common rooms or just my own room.. I get more privacy taht way No controversies as a MOHO

most of my time is spent in my friends room because we have similar courses and we study together. south hadley where the college is does not have much to do and is not too commercial which i like too but also dislike because im used to having places to go and hang out all the time. mt holyoke is said to be haunted!!!!!!!!! if that can be called unusual. i suppose we all have our ghosts

On the outside its all pretty and dandy.People ride their horses, bring their cars, boyfriends and girlfriends over, its all fun and cool but in the inside there is this feeling that Mt Holyoke is far from the diversity it claims. People of color are definitely a minority still though Mt Holyuoke does try to work on that very hard. People ask me if I'm gay when I tell them that I go to Mt. Holyoke. Maybe so maybe not, but thats not a judgment for anyone to make. Most frequent student complaints revolve around tuitions being far too high. Very true too.