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Ok, this is where I'll be bluntly honest. I love this school, but it gets really claustrophobic after a few years. You'll party with the same people over and over again, take classes in the same rooms over and over again, and eat pizza more times than you ever thought you could. The weather here blows, unless you've never seen snow before, in which case you'll act like a kid in a candy store. If you drink, be prepared to drink heavily - two to three nights per week. In four years, you will destroy your liver. If you don't drink, bring Risk- easily the most fun board game you'll ever play in a group. Oh, and bring lots of movies. Finally, don't come to this campus looking for romance. It's entirely a hookup scene, unless you're one of the 10-12 couples on campus who end up staying together forever.

Colgate is the perfect school for you if you are rich, preppy, and white. Otherwise, you might have some trouble fitting in. It's not impossible to if you are not, but it'll be harder.

Everyday I wake up excited that I'm here. I love Colgate. The atmosphere, the BEAUTIFUL campus and the people are great. I have a great routine that is fun, exciting and keeps me on my toes. Two things about Colgate that will never change is its love for the number 13 and ice cream. After your tour you get an ice cream sandwich. During April Visit Days there is a required ice cream social. Your very first and very last days at Colgate will involve an ice cream social. Oh and we have a frozen yogurt machine and well stocked ice cream buckets in the dining hall.

Obviously I am not the rule but I am also not the exception...I would never go anywhere else now that I know how amazing this place is.

There's nothing quite like the first days of sun and warmth every spring. After 4 months of brutal winter (yes, its really that bad), not a soul is inside for the last couple of weeks of school. The education is wonderful, and I'm definitely proud to be a student here. There is the occasional big fib that the administration spreads around to attract prospective students, though; those ice cream socials don't really happen after you get in. The administration tends to talk a big game about things, so you have to be careful about their propaganda sometimes.

Meh.

I would do it all over again. Differently.

Everyone who comes to Colgate basically falls in love with it. There's a reason we have rabid alumni support here; it's a great place to be. It has its downsides, like the weather, the small town, and the gigantic hill, but overall it is fantastic. You can get anything you want out of Colgate. The campus is gorgeous, and so are the people. I'm not joking; everyone here is good-looking. I've visited some of my other friends at college, and other student bodies are just not as attractive as ours.

It is very popular to go abroad at Colgate which I think is an amazing part of the college experience. Students are encouraged to go out of the country junior year which is beneficial on many different levels. The obvious is that you get a whole new experience and learn to grow in a different culture and experience things you could never find anywhere near Hamilton New York. However another aspect of this that I think is important is that it makes it so you never get sick of the "same old." It shakes things up a little and makes it so you never get sick of going to the Jug three times a week. By the time it was time to go abroad, I had been doing basically the same thing with the same people every night for over 2 years and I needed a change. When I returned, I was a senior and was excited to go back to my original routine that I loved so much.

Need more fans at sporting events. Weather isn't an excuse.