(MHC) In the mid 1990s, I transferred to Mount Holyoke

How this student rated the school

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

Describes the student body as: Afraid, Closeminded Describes the faculty as:

Female

Bright

Lowest Rating Individual Value	F

Highest Rating Safety	A+

She cares more about Individual Value than the average student.

Date: Apr 23 2015
Major: Religion/Religious (This Major's Salary over time)
In the mid 1990s, I transferred to Mount Holyoke College from Bates College because I was concerned about loosing my financial aid package at Bates, and Mount Holyoke had a reputation for offering strong financial assistance to students. In hindsight, my decision to transfer to MHC was without a doubt one of the worst educational decision I've ever made. Although my experience is from several decades ago, I unfortunately believe my experience of MHC is still valid. Below is an overview:

Pros: the campus is utterly stunning - perhaps the most beautiful campus I've seen. Regarding safety, it's an extremely safe environment. There's also the 5 College opportunity, which allows you to take classes free of charge at Smith, U Mass, Amherst, and Hampshire.

Cons: just about everything else. Most essentially, the school has no true vision for why it's a women's college; the claim that it empowers women is a fraud, as the reality is that strong-natured women, or individualistic women who are creative, curious, and think outside the box, are viewed as a genuine threat to the rest of the community. Thus, MHC is best suited and marketed for young women who have had little experience outside of suburban communities (most likely gated at that), and who are emotionally younger than their physical age. The school encourages these young women to follow rules, keep quiet, and make decent grades. Because of this, not much in the MHC environment challenges students to grow intellectually or emotionally. When I was a student at MHC, weekends were a virtual wasteland: no concerts, lectures, or events of any significance. The majority of students would spend their free time taking videos out of the library and watching them; I doubt much has changed other than the fact they're now watching on computers.

I could go on about the lack of academic integrity and the condescending way the administration treats its students, but other comments have addressed this. In short, this is a fraud of an academic institution and should be avoided.

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