Question about the college itself

Given that there are only small towns in the local area, and that they don't seem to be overwhelmed with students, I take it the campus has enough accommodation to house all/almost all its students?

Submitted by Francisco on Fri, 05/25/2012 - 12:24pm

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Yes

Submitted by Clare K. R. Miller on Fri, 05/25/2012 - 12:35pm.

Like most small American liberal arts colleges--at least the ones I visited!--they expect 90-95% of the students to live on campus. The ones who don't either live in the city that Corrie is from and commute, or live in one of the nearby towns, usually with parents who also work at the college.

I think there are actually more dorm buildings than non-dorm buildings on campus.

Differences between the UK and America

Submitted by Francisco on Fri, 05/25/2012 - 2:33pm.

In the UK it's normal for only first year students to be guaranteed a place on campus (and some don't even have that). Everybody else has to find accommodation nearby.

I'm pretty sure that, in addition to the experiences of me, my brother and several of our friends, that piece of information is in official advice to future university students.

Clare's experience is typical

Submitted by tlavely (not verified) on Fri, 05/25/2012 - 2:17pm.

In the US, especially in the Northeast. When I was doing it (back in the Dark Ages), townies - as local students were called - were not well thought of.

I don't know that dorms would be more numerous than other buildings, but I guess classroom buildings could be more efficient than dorms in providing space for students. Hard to get different departments to share space, though!

Thinking about it

Submitted by Francisco on Fri, 05/25/2012 - 2:36pm.

I suspect it's easier to do if you've got two people sharing a room. Us Brits appreciate our privacy too much to share rooms (unless it's with someone we agreed with in advance).

Location of the college

Submitted by Francisco on Thu, 08/30/2012 - 2:47pm.

Which state is Chatoyant College in?

New England-ish, I thought

Submitted by FlowerGirl on Fri, 10/05/2012 - 7:23am.

And yes, I know that's not a state :)

Other college-question

Submitted by FlowerGirl on Fri, 10/05/2012 - 7:28am.

Why do all my textbooks talk about "a small, prestigious liberal arts college"?
As in, they tell a story of someone's completely normal childhood and education, then say "he went on to study at a small, prestigious liberal arts college", then start telling how he eventually developed depression/schizophrenia/OCD/sometimes nothing happens and they just end up happy.
Do they mean it's very normal to attend "a small, prestigious liberal arts college" or that that's where all parents want their kids to go or that that's where people fall apart or something else entirely?

Hmm

Submitted by Clare K. R. Miller on Fri, 10/05/2012 - 2:16pm.

Are these true stories, or more hypothetical ones? If the latter, it's probably because there are so many small liberal arts colleges in the US. And saying it's prestigious makes it clear that they're intelligent? I don't know XD

Oh...

Submitted by FlowerGirl on Sun, 10/07/2012 - 5:35pm.

I hope they're hypothetical. It probably happens there, but I don't get the idea that it happens there more than any other place (other than that they are always mentioned in my textbooks).
... what exactly do small (and perhaps prestigious) liberal arts colleges teach, except for magic? :)

Tricky question!

Submitted by Clare K. R. Miller on Mon, 10/08/2012 - 12:39pm.

I mean, it's more what don't they teach, I guess... They focus on the arts and humanities--English, foreign languages, history, sociology, philosophy, visual arts, theater, that kind of thing. My college also had departments for the hard sciences (like biology and physics) but liberal arts colleges are less likely to have things like engineering and business. A large university might have a school (or college) of engineering, a school of business, a school for liberal arts, and a nursing school. There would probably be others that I can't think of now.