As I was quickly reminded as I showed a prospective students around Grounds last weekend, the idea of the "typical college experience" is a prominent fantasy in the minds of high school students. As we walked the Lawn amongst sunning students, it struck me that this was probably her exact idea of what the academic experience at college was like: sunbathing with Shakespeare, sipping lattes in Alderman Caf
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