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Breakdown of “Social Life” at CU By Gender  | | Male | B | | Female | B- |
| By Major | | Anthropology | A- | | Art & Design Department | B+ | | Biology | C- | | Business - Management and Administration | C+ | | Chemistry | C+ | | Computer Science | B+ | | Economics | C+ | | Education | B+ | | English | B | | Geography and Geosciences | A- | | History/Histories (art history/etc.) | B | | Journalism | D+ | | Language - French/Spanish/etc. | C+ | | Math | A | | Music - Composition/Theory | B+ | | Neuroscience/Cognitive Science | A- | | Philosophy | C+ | | Physics | A- | | Political Science | A- | | PreLaw and Legal | B+ | | PreMed and Medical | B+ | | Religion/Religious | A+ | | Sociology | A- | | Undecided | B- |
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Against similar schools Social Life compared with similar schools in class. | Quotes touching on Social Life | “... Many people find the greek centered social scene a blast, but almost as many people are excluded from that scene based on superficial reasons or...” |
| “... Colgate is a wonderful institution and has a lot to offer academically as well as socially ...” |
| “... Although the academics are great the social scene is a total bust ...” |
| “... " The social life at Colgate is very entertaining ...” |
| “... The procrastination that dominated the first two months of every semister led to a very enjoyable social scene ...” |
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Socially, Colgaters are definitely preppy, and definitely cliquey ...” |
| “... The administration desperately tries to foster a sense of unity among wildly disparate student groups (aka cliques/ social demographics) around th...” |
| “... Extending beyond my high school social circle may seem outlandish to those buzzards that cannot understand the complexity of my personality and ...” |
| “... We play a lot too; unfortunately, much of our down time revolves around drinking and fraternities, but what school's social life revolves around ...” |
| “... I expected rigorous academics with a vibrant social scene; despite the fact that there was very little in the area, I imagined that people would...” |
| “... Colgate is a solid mix of challenging classes with outstanding professors, a majestic campus that is one of the most beautiful I have ever seen,...” |
| “... The small town was not what I had expected, though the revitalization projects in downtown Hamilton are making the area more attractive and are ...” |
| “... It has a good mix of good classes and fun sports, and though the village is small and remote, the social scene is decent, but admittedly not gre...” |
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Socially, there isn't that much to do ...” |
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The social life is dull ...” |
| “... However, when it comes to social life and quality of life in general, the school is lacking ...” |
| “... If your goal in college is to perfect your social skills, don't come to Colgate ...” |
| “... Besides the Cruiser shuttle, one is pretty much forced to walk everywhere on campus- and being alone outside is a nice break from the stir-crazin...” |
| “... Socially I had a lot of fun, but also was forced into the East Coast prep scene which is difficult to escape ...” |
| “... We are a very social community, and we enjoy being here at Colgate ...” |
| “... There is enough of a variety of places to eat, to drink, and to be social, too ...” |
| “... There are many activites, even if there may not be the most outstanding social sccene, and the school encourages all students to join in ...” |
| “... After getting here I found friendly people and later found entertainment in the social life ...” |
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“... When, I was a student- felt there was lack of choices in my field of study- took 2 semesters abroad- to study anthropology and sociology-
Limited...” |
| “... Socially, these people probably have the most fun while getting the most out of Colgate ...” |
| “... as if that's not enough to convince you to look elsewhere for a quality education, the social scene here is either shady frats, unsightly little ...” |
| “... The downside of this is that there is a closet conservatism to the political/social side of student life which can tend to stifle debate and/or p...” |
| “... It was a perfect school to go to: it was isolated, so I was forced to concentrate on my academics; it was very rigorous, therefore I have found...” |
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It seems sometimes that the majority of students here are content to follow in the social life that has been laid out by their forebears, bu...” |
| “... as for social life, if binge drinking is your thing, this is the place for you ...” |
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The social scene completely revolves around drinking (and other substances) ...” |
| “... The second type is the totally devoted student who does not mind having a very limited social life for 4 years ...” |
| “... When they speak up its 'diversity' (78% white), how great the sciences are (the biggest majors are econ, english, history, and poly sci), and how...” |
| “... Greek life is an incredibly large aspect of the social scene, but the administration refuses to add a multicultural Greek house ...” |
| “... Greek life is an incredibly large aspect of the social scene, but the administration refuses to add a multicultural Greek house ...” |
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