There is enough hilarious college slam content in the ether to start a blog devoted to candid student reviewery. But who has time?
Some of my favorites today, from Students Review, offer balance to the admissions polish.
Oberlin (Boy and I just visited and were wowed by the art museum—Monet, Hopper, Arbus and antiquities—and a phenomenal junior violin recital. And, the friendliest admissions rep in the world.)
This is a school for a small precentage of freaks and geeks. Firstly you will do fine here as a homosexual, a hipser, or a hippie. There are all kinds of drugs here from shady hippie dealers that preach against capitalism, but have high prices. Lots of homosexuals, which isnt bad in itself, but they seem to hate on heterosexuals as if they are evil. Everyone is either snobby because they came from an East coast prep school, or a dirty dirty hippie.
Hanover College (never been)
People are right this school is a waste… the professors dont speak english and the women look more like elephants… our teams are terrible… i think they should send murders here for punishment
Kenyon College (blew the boy and me away at junior visit day yesterday: campus more gorgeous than the website shows, killer bookstore, charming Amish presence, unreal town, like stepping into 1850 or Hogwarts, and also—Paul Newman and John Green)
No matter what people tell you, there is a very high possibility that you will feel isolated here. I go to Walmart for fun. I do not like Walmart when I am living at home. But here, it has become a great adventure.
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2 thoughts on “College Search Fun: Dirty Dirty Hippies, Elephant Girls and Walmart Oh My!”
Hilarious. Charles laughed at the elephant simile.
Beth Bates 
Hilarious. Charles laughed at the elephant simile.
The negative reviews are much more entertaining than the positive. Especially when read aloud.