My Dtr is enrolled at Smith. There are many wonderful qualities of Smith College. The small dorm…read moresizes and the smaller community feel was the reason she chose this college. She has had some incredible professors and is grateful for the opportunity to study here. The biggest suggestion for the college is to hire full time academic advisors. They are professors and advisors and do not have enough time to be really valuable to these students needing advice and guidance.

Graduation Day for our Niece. She's been here four years. This will be a outdoor event, 650 Grads…read more Weather in the 70's, a nice Weather day for her Special Event. 7 of us came Across Country to be a Witness. Smith is a all Woman's College and lodging is more big homes on a city campus than dorms that might look like apartments. More Victorian and Federalist styles. Quite nice, but that makes parking a special effort. Parking enforcement is strict.

Great business school and continuing to grow! They have been improving the classrooms and dining…read morefacilities

Went there for commencement exercises. It was well organized, easy to navigate, well put…read moretogether. Great local college.

I am now a senior and looking back at my experience at FPU it has been a wonderful time. Freshman…read moreyear I was nervous but everyone here is so supportive and helpful. You are able to make connections easily and keep them while making more throughout the years. This is a very affordable private school to get a good education. I am a health Sciences major and this has been a very good program for me with lots of help along the way. Great school with great people

My Franklin Pierce experience was tremendous. I made life-long friends and received a rounded…read moreeducation which opened many doors. FPU is a very special place; now many years later, it has become abundantly clear each and every one of my classmates has achieved remarkable success. Many have become billionaires, respected members of society and offered innovative aspects to life and society. Franklin Pierce offered many of us a atmosphere and learning venue previously never felt in public education forums. I am very proud all my classmates have excelled; the vehicle and training ground and common denominator for success was Franklin Pierce University.

Send your normal kid to MH and you will get back a monster in 4 years…read more plus we have a $150,000 bill.

Mt Holyoke College - oldest womens college in the US. Fabulous campus. In the same area as Smith,…read moreAmherst, Hampshire College, U Mass Amherst. They have a terrific exchange program so you can take classes at any of them. It's a small school, perhaps 500 per class. Many go abroad for Junior year. It has a diverse student body, both across the US and the world.

My alma mater is one of the other 4 colleges in the area but I did take a class her as part of the…read more5 college consortium. My oldest followed 2 generations and went to that school as well but my middle son marches to the beat of a different drum. So I was not too surprised when he applied to Hampshire College. My son was very carrot and stick orientated so very focused on grades and he was accepted to 9 of the 10 schools he applied for ... RPI being one of his top two choices with Hampshire being the other. I was intrigued how he would deal with a evaluation based classes. He has adjusted pretty well. So far I am thrilled with his experience and he seems to be fitting right in.

I attended Hampshire from Fall 94-98. Bridging the years where Hampshire went from the grads who…read moretook 10 years to get a diploma (LOTS of "student sabbaticals" which weren't allowed after some school changes) and the "new kids" who fell under stricter guidelines. Pre-2000, a lot of Hampshire students were left with a "sink or swim" style of education. The faculty were amazing (Marion was excellent with Tai Chi and other classes and the outdoor programs were excellent, David Kerr and others were supportive and definitely helped me stay on track. Being one of a small number of financial aid students, the feeling at the beginning of each year was incredibly stressful (if you couldn't prove you had the funds, sometimes making the difference up in cash before matriculation, you couldn't start the school year). Financial stresses aside, it was one of the best times of my life. Hampshire College gave me insights into the way I work and strengthened my belief in self worth and my ability to achieve whatever I set myself up to do. Hampshire is a direct reason why I was able to take more risks after college, pay off a tremendous amount of debt in just a few years (yeah business consulting!) and achieve a lot of the successes I have now. I learned the undergrad education wasn't so much about what I studied, but how I set goals, researched, learned, and achieved whatever I set out to do. Those lessons have given me more than any piece of lambskin was worth. Yes - there were Hipsters at Hamp before Hipsters were a "thing" and there will continue to be the trust-fund babies who opt to float through four years of f-ing around and not really doing anything but spend money and get high. There are more, way more, motivated students who are pushing themselves to be more than what most colleges and universities expect. I'd argue there are more alumni from Hampshire (graduates or drop outs) who've succeeded because they were real examples of what a Hampshire student is - motivated, dedicated, self-assertive, risk-taking, and willing to fail several times to achieve success at whatever they're doing than there are from other more "normal" schools. I loved Hampshire and while it still definitely needs to improve its alumni relations, it's a constant work in progress and it's great to see awesome kids coming and going from there still...

Awesome campus! Easy to get around, not overwhelming at all. Easy drive into Springfield and it's…read moreout of the city. Great classrooms, small class sizes. Division 3 sports. Everything seems updated and clean, dorms look comfortable, several activities planned for students. Great engineering facilities.