Smith College
Breakdown of “Social Life” at Smith
By Gender
| Males | C |
| Females | B |
By Major
| Anthropology | B |
| Architecture & Urban Planning Department | B |
| Art & Design Department | C |
| Biology | A- |
| Chemistry | F |
| Computer Science | C+ |
| Economics | B+ |
| Engineering Department | B- |
| English | C- |
| Fine Arts - Painting/Sculpture/Photography/etc | A+ |
| History/Histories (art history/etc.) | B+ |
| Language - French/Spanish/etc. | A- |
| Linguistics | C |
| Math | B |
| Music - Composition/Theory | B- |
| Neuroscience/Cognitive Science | C+ |
| Other | B+ |
| Perfomance Arts | C+ |
| Physics | B+ |
| Political Science | B+ |
| Psychology | A- |
| Undecided | C+ |
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Social Life
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Socially, all of the houses hosted parties throughout the year, so there was always a party to attend on the weekend ...Read full comment
“... The social justice scene is definitely intense and is one of the things I didn't enjoy ...Read full comment
“... The social life definitely does not come easy, campus events are pretty homogenous and you must make a real effort to meet people outside of the...Read full comment
“... for social status ...Read full comment
“... First-years should try to get off-campus sometimes to have a balanced social life ...Read full comment
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Socially, I think that Smith could be better ...Read full comment
“... The only thing that have going are their humanities and very little of the social sciences ...Read full comment
“... And possibly Smith is not the place for you-- it is certainly not the traditional college experience; no hopping social life for sure, no men .....Read full comment
“... If you are not studying or advocating for social change at all times then you are ridiculed ...Read full comment
“... for social status ...Read full comment
“... The Smith collegiate social life is definitely not what it's portrayed to be in movies ...Read full comment
“... The major downside to the school for me is the lack of social life ...Read full comment
“... Smith is a great place where everyone is socially accepted ...Read full comment
“... The social justice scene is definitely intense and is one of the things I didn't enjoy ...Read full comment
“... Smith was difficult both academically (as it should be) and socially ...Read full comment
“... If your social life revolves around parties, you will be in the minority here ...Read full comment
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But it's also a very unique social environment ...Read full comment
“... for social status ...Read full comment
“... I would not recommend it to anyone who felt she would miss having both genders in her daily activities or anyone who felt she strongly appreciate...Read full comment
“... My experience at Smith shaped who I am today -- it was the best choice I could have made, both academically and socially ...Read full comment
“... The campus is, to a fault, very social justice oriented, which can be a lot to handle sometimes ...Read full comment
“... The social justice scene is definitely intense and is one of the things I didn't enjoy ...Read full comment
- #1 Top School Ranking in Massachusetts
- #2 Top School Ranking in the East
- #2 Top Economics School Ranking in Massachusetts
- #3 Top School Ranking in the New England
- #4 Top Biology School Ranking in Massachusetts
- #4 Top Math School Ranking in Massachusetts
- #4 Top English School Ranking in Massachusetts
- #5 Top Math School Ranking in New England
- #6 Top Economics School Ranking in New England
- #6 Top Anthropology School Ranking in Massachusetts
- #8 Top Political Science School Ranking in Massachusetts
- #9 Top Psychology School Ranking in Massachusetts
- #10 Top English School Ranking in New England
- #12 Top Biology School Ranking in New England
- #13 Top Biology School Ranking in the Northeast
- #15 Top Anthropology School Ranking in New England
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