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From: sholler@h-sc1.UUCP (dan sholler)
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Subject: Re: A Mother asks advice--this time not housing
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Date: Sat, 23-Nov-85 17:00:22 EST
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ronic overachievers or have liveds
their entire lives in the same type of neighborhood and have spent all their
 time hanging around with the same type of people, and they aren't 
able to deal with people who are different.  It is learning to handle a huge
number of differnt ideas, individuals and situations that is the most important
thing one can get out of college.  Living in a dorm provides a fairly 
comfortable situation in which one can be exposed to these things.  
2)
Living in a "frat" or single-sex dorm generally does not!!!
being at Harvard, where there are no single sex dorms or frats, my opinions on
this subject are all second hand observations, but here goes.
The gentleman from MIT was correct in his observation that single sex dorms 
promote immaturity.  The traditional frat or all male dorm image seems to be
that of "a bunch of guys lookin' for a good time or to get laid" since this
image is imprinted on the minds of most high school students, they seem to 
try and live up to it once they get to college.  Several ofmy friends who
o to other schools and live in frats have encountered (or become part of ) 
this phenomena. The last frat party I ever went to (and the last one I 
ever will go to) had 25 kegs for 120 people (you do the arithmetic) and it
wasn't any more excessive than most others. The people I have met from 
this type of college living situation tend to be immature, closed-minded, and 
seemed to all be trying to live up to the macho/party-boy image.
(although this is a catagorical statement, it is not intended to be, what I mean
is that in most frats you tend to find more of these people than in the typical
co-ed living situation.)    
3)
after all I said about how great living on campus is, there is no reason to 
continue doing so after you feel comfortable with the college scene. It has
been a great help to me to get away from a dorm and crowded space, and 
to be able to regulate my own life a little more. (I highly recommend on-campus
co-op living) Its also nice to be able to make stir fryed veggies at 3 am.

More than happy to spit out more of this stuff, but this article is too long
already

thanks for listening
Dan Sholler
h-sc4!sholler
sholler@h-sc4%harvard.harvard.EDU (ARPA)

(p.s. Harvard University takes no responsibility for my grammar and mastery of
the English language.)