Franklin & Marshall College, Pennsylvania (Off the Record) Book

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Franklin & Marshall College Students
Tell It Like It Is

Don't be offended if someone calls you a Dip when you go to Franklin & Marshall...it's what F&M students call themselves! The College Prowler guidebook to F&M offers insights like this one that allow you to imagine what life at the school will really be like.

The most common F&M experience follows a pattern: as you come to know the school, you get to know people, and your initial high hopes are met with reality. After a brief stint of disillusionment and dissatisfaction (this bit is optional), you'll come to recognize the wonders of F&M and meet the people whom you will hopefully stay close with, and you'll close out your experience having grown both academically and socially.

This will happen at just about any college. Make sure that this is the right place for you to have these experiences. And while we're at it here are some pointers for help along the way at F&M:
* Grades don't matter no, really. All that matters is what you learn (as long as you pass). Nobody really cares what your GPA was.
* Participate in Orientation. It's your last chance for the really, really dumb questions.
* Get a support system: join a club, a church group, or Greek organization.
* The professors really want you to succeed. They'll bend over backwards for you if you show a little initiative.
* This is a fairly preppy school, so Polo shirts and khakis for both sexes when you're dressing up for work.
* The girls complain that the guys are self-involved twits, and the guys complain that the girls are self-absorbed airheads, but theycontinue to go after each other.
However much they may complain, Fummers love it here. Once they've found their niche, they're the happiest little bunch of workaholics you'll ever meet.

Learn where to find your niche, so you can be a part of this little bunch.

Find out if Franklin & Marshall truly has something for you, straight from the students' mouths.

Visiting campus isn't enough.

Read our Franklin & Marshall College insider's guide and discover what it feels like to be on campus for 4 years.

Discover if F&M is Right For You.

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