1. Intellectual quality

2. The curiously long lines for fried dough at festivals

3. Financial aid

4. Trick or treating and hayrides

5. The view from Memorial Hill

6. Book and Plow Farm

7. The physics jacket

8. Student publications

9. The devotion of our alumni

10. Faculty engagement with students

11. Students who come to my office hours

12. The feats of our student athletes

13. Student clubs and performers (Gad's)

14. Orchestra, jazz, a capella, choral, dance and thesis performances

15. The diversity in our student body

16. Dedication of the staff

17. History of great writers

18. Student initiative and activism