Smith College Campus Life

On admitted student's day, I was able to enjoy a delicious macaroni and cheese bar, which was followed by an array of dessert options. The food was very good, and I love that Smith students are allowed to eat at any dining hall of their choosing. However, it is slightly alarming to me that not every house on campus has a dining hall.

Not that great, it could be better.

People give it a lot of flak, but it's really not all that bad. There are lots of options, but each option is at a different dining hall. There are perks to the decentralized style of dining, like intimacy of spaces and guaranteed proximity to food, but the hours aren't great and the quality is not always top-notch. Overall, though, they take pretty good care of us here.

There are lots of small dining halls and pretty good selection (instead of the traditional one or two huge dining halls). They could use some more kale and fresh fruit but compared to other collages, Smith is pretty great. Make sure to check them all out, not just the convenient ones. Also, I'm vegan and have not had trouble finding food (even in the dining halls that aren't specifically veg).

We are so privileged that we have so many food options to choose from: 15 dining halls, some open later than others, and have a variety of foods. I really appreciate grab and go and Chapin!

Smith has a buffet style dining hall, and most of the ingredients are locally sourced. I did not have a single bad meal in the entirety of my two week stay. Every lunch and dinner has a salad bar, lunch offers soup, and two or three hot entrees are offered. There are options available for vegans, vegetarians, kosher, gluten-free, any sort of dietary restriction there is food available. As for off campus, I did not eat out very much, Bueno y Sano had pretty good food, and the food at Local Burger is divine. Herrells Ice Cream serves the best ice cream.

Pluses there are a bunch of dining halls in houses across campus so you never have to walk far for food (or at all if yours is one of the 18 houses with a dining hall located in it) drawbacks include limited variety at each location. Because there are so many small dining halls at any given meal each dining hall has a limited selection. Everyone is on an unlimited meal plan so you can always go dining hall hopping and eat at as many locations in one meal as you want. There is also a convenient dining hall app that you can download and all of the menus are posted online so you can look to see what is being offered at each location. The food itself is generally pretty good and there are accommodation for dietary restrictions (including an entire vegetarian/vegan dining hall which always has AWESOME foo

One thing that Smith dining does not have is repetition. Each house has a different menu for breakfast lunch and dinner, so even if you don't like what's being served at one dining hall, you can always go to another and get something else. The food here is pretty fantastic as college food goes; many ingredients are local and organic, and the dining halls do a good job providing food for students who eat gluten-free, vegetarian, and vegan, and for those observing different religious practices.

The food will be impressive at first and become boring within a month or two. It's good quality and the dining hall staff work really hard. But the menu gets pretty repetitive after awhile and the idea of seasoning usually seems to be something that nobody thought of. Lines get pretty long when there's something good on the menu but it's definitely worth the wait.

The food options are usually pretty vast, and there are always fresh fruit and veggies at mealtimes.

Smith is a big sorority!

Does not exist.

none! Smith is not sorority-like.

Smith doesn't have any sororities but the organization of the campus into smaller houses provides the perks of Greek life like a close knit social group. Houses host parties on the weekends which other smith students and sometimes students from the other 5 college schools attend.

None.

non-existent

None. If you're interested in that, though, some schools nearby offer a Greek life.

There are no sororities at Smith because it does not advocate nor support those types of groups.

None

None! But the housing is modeled after sororities and fraternities.