Dartmouth College, established in 1769, has gone both appreciated and highly un-appreciated since its creation. The two memoirs, Babes in Boyland (2005), by Gina Barreca, and Confessions of an Ivy League Frat Boy (2014), by Andrew Lohse, show us the two polar opposite sides to what life could be like at Dartmouth. For a young man like Andrew Lohse, Dartmouth college nurtures his lifestyle, and a career path to work on wall street. Fraternities, drugs, and money seem to right up Lohse’s alley, but does he lose focus on what really matters? On the other hand, Gina experiences a slightly different four years at Dartmouth. Being one of the first women to be accepted into Dartmouth after it had gone co-ed, her aspirations and hopes for her college career were spit on almost immediately, and one would say Dartmouth was not the most caring, and well mannered of places for women at the time. There are many reasons that can explain these polar opposite differences, the main ones being gender, and time in history. The real question is, did they under or over appreciate what they had? With Lohse…show more content… Even though women were treated harshly, they seemed as though they appreciated Dartmouth the most and vice versa for males. Men ruled the school at the time, and only complained about insignificant changes. A minority of the current males squander their time using drugs, and losing focus on their academics, and the opportunity to thrive in the working world, when that's all women ever wanted. While times, feelings, and Dartmouth College itself have all changed through the passage of time from 1769 to now, women seem to appreciate Dartmouth more than man, and it may because they had to fight for their right for proper education, and a chance to prove themselves at Dartmouth, and later in the working
