(Providence) I sincerely regret choosing to come to Providence College

Educational Quality	B-	Faculty Accessibility	A
Useful Schoolwork	A-	Excess Competition	A-
Academic Success	A	Creativity/ Innovation	C+
Individual Value	C-	University Resource Use	C+
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Campus Maintenance	C+	Social Life	F
Surrounding City	B+	Extra Curriculars	D+
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Social Life	F

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She cares more about Social Life than the average student.

Date: Apr 28 2004
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I sincerely regret choosing to come to Providence College. I thought it was the perfect college for me after visiting it a few times. The tours do completely downplay religion. I had no real Catholic background and upon coming here found that you are supposed to know pretty much everything about it in every class not just the theology classes. The tourguides told me that religion was not a significant thing to worry about here. Everyone is Catholic and knows pretty much everything about it and it's really difficult to get used to this environment coming from a public school. All of the students are from Catholic private schools except for a few who feel alienated because of it. Everyone is rich and preppy. There are about five people on campus who don't everyday put on their Abercrombie and Fitch jeans, popped collar polo shirt, and Vera bradley bag (which happens to be the craze at the moment)... the rest of us are looked at like we don't fit in. This is a school where they should blast Dave Matthews Band over the intercom all day because that is all anyone listens to. You'll find about two indie rock lovers here and the rest are obsessed with party music and the like. Everyone here drinks. If you don't drink or party... you might as as well not exist becasue no one will want to befriend you after they find out you are straight edge or something of the sort. All there is to do every night is drink or party or go to bars and that is all anyone on campus talks about. The usual conversation I hear everywhere I go is "Hey did you go out last night?", "Ya, I got wasted, I don't even remember it".... and it's disappointing because some of these kids are in the honors program. The students are intelligent but closeminded conservatives. If you are liberal your ideas will be smashed and you will be looked at weird and you will find no friends. Everyone is obsessed with going to house parties which are really boring for non-drinkers. The classes are decent. The teachers are really good most of the time. The Development of Western Civilization is a worthwhile class but again all classes require knowledge of Catholicism. Providence the city is pretty fun if you can actually find someone to go out and explore it with you. Good luck. There' s a lot to do in the city though, but you are a lot farther away from downtown than you might think. And the twenty minute bus rides watching all the PC kids get off at the mall and then you turn around and see all of the more unfortunate people who take the bus because they actually NEED to, are quite depressing. Overall, do not come to this school if you are looking for something diversse. There is no diversity. And not just racially but also in types of personalities. The only types of people you will find here are preppy rich kids from upperclass families. You will not be respected for not drinking or not having as much money as them. I am transferring next year along with about 10 other people that I know of. I warn you to stay away from Providence College. I never cried so much in my life.

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