HP and colleges

[Nora Renka]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "jcm0112003" 
<fancifulsovereign at h...> wrote:
> 
> Getting ready to apply to college in the next fews months makes me 
> a bit younger than most of the members of the HPfGU groups, but 
> I've always loved reading HP theories and opinions - especially 
> when they're well supported, which I've always found to 
> be the case here.  Anyhow, out of curiosity, I was wondering if 
> anyone knows of a college or university in the US that has a HP 
> feel to it?  For example, I've visited one recently that has put in 
> a house system very much like the one in the books.  I'm a huge fan 
> and it would be amazing to experience something like a "real world" 
> HP situation at the college or university I'll end up attending.  
> Any thoughts?

Well, I don't think you're going to get assigned to anywhere based on 
a magical personality survey at any college you go to, so scratch 
that part. :)  Many colleges have residential divisions, though, 
which often form tight groups that do activities together.  Chicago 
divides its dorms into houses, and the house dynamic is often very 
familial.  Yale, where I'm in residence now (graduate), has a set of 
residential colleges, where all students move into after a first year 
together; and the colleges compete against each other in sports, have 
a resident master (head of house :) and things like that.  Lots of 
quasi-neo-Gothic architecture, too.

If you like the idea of a house system, something that makes student 
living a little more organized and communal than just living in a 
dormitory, there are a number of places that do it--I can only speak 
for what I know.  I found it to be a real plus as an undergrad, to 
have experienced third- and fourth-years around to bug for help and 
all that.

Good luck with the application process--it's unpleasant, as I 
remember...

-Nora sleeps in on a lazy Sunday morning