Smith College Top Questions

Academics are difficult. You need to work very hard for an A.

I would considered the liberal-conservative imbalance the worst thing. The school is very liberal and often times the conservative view is ignored.

The worst thing about this school is the meal/dining plan. there is only one plan: either you can eat (three meals a day) in the dining halls, or you can't. And the food is quite poor quality. The menus have not changed since I started herea year and a half ago.

There is insufficient help for poor students and this money instead is given to rich minority students, simply to inflate the school's minority statistics.

I think the fact that it is a women's college is simultaneously the best and worst aspect of Smith. It creates an environment in which women feel uninhibited and can really indulge in a journey toward self-discovery, and it is a very comfortable, safe campus. It is empowering to attend an institution founded as the women's counterpart to the Ivy Leagues (men-only at the time), and there is much value in tradition, but many students (especially straight ones) find they miss the male element on campus and dating can be quite difficult.

If you really want a big university experience with wild parties and lots of boys...not Smith. If you want to really focus and propel yourself into greatness, you are a Smithie waiting to happen.

Drama

The Smith bubble. It really shields you from the outside world, and you lose track of things that actually matter, as compared to the petty things that go on at school. You forget how good you actually have it.

A lot of academic pressure, not much time for a social life