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Hometown: Orinda California
Major: Business
Wrote review as: Junior
Extracurriculars: -International Affairs Minor, -Baseball, -Honors Forum
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Gender: Male
Race: White
Political Leaning: Left
High School: Miramonte H.S.
What other colleges did you apply to?: Wheaton College, Muhlenberg College, Clark University, San Diego State University
Were you a transfer student?: No
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What are some stereotypes about Skidmore students?

Pot smoking hippies; very gay tolerant; all-around artsy.

Are the stereotypes accurate?

Yes. What people forget, however, is that a school of 2600 students that has teams in all the major sports (except football) actually has 300-400 athletes. In otherwords, about 15-20% of the male student body plays a sport. So it isn't all clove-smoking tree-huggers.

Skidmore Student Activities + Social Life

Very cliquey--even cliquer than high school. The hockey players hang out with the other hockey players, the dancers with the other dancers, and so on. The way Skidmore works doesn't limit your network of friends, but it's very typical for people not to range outside of their own clique when it comes to their closest friends. At parties, however, everyone is welcome. Although the party scene sometimes tends to revolve around the sports teams, there's little segregation on Thursday-Saturday night when it comes to drinking.

In Closing ...

What's the worst thing about Skidmore?
Sports enthusiasm sucks.

What's the best thing about Skidmore?
The dining hall.

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