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ThiS paper presents a discussion and statistical da concerning the various sources of college impact on students. Student-administration, student-faculty, and student-student relationships are discussed and tables are presented that represent the attitudes of 372 college students from 2 liberal arts colleges toward these relationships. Also discussed is the studentfs relationship with the college environment as a whole. It was found that at the 2 colleges studied, students encounter more positive than negative experiences. Some of the frequently encountered positive experiences include: fair, sincere, courteous and interested treatment from administrative personnel; communicative, respectful, fair and noncapricious treatment from faculty members; friendly, nonhostile behavior under competition; and feelings of individual worth- Frequently encountered negative experiences include: no voice in policies or procedures; administrative run-around; vague course objectives; and worries about the relevance of college to future work. It was also found that the source of most frequent positive and least frequent negative experiences 1- the student peer group. (HS