Tell me about Wellesley

[Anonymous]

Yeah cause gay people never want to talk with the opposite sex, right?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Since at least 5% of girls graduating from high school are gay, we shouldn't assume that the absence of male students is a negative factor or even a concern for all those considering Wellesley.

Why because they will marry well and never have to work with men?

Maybe they are pursuit something other than a MRS degree. College is not exactly the ideal place for learning to "work with men" unless you are planning on a career as an exotic dancer.

Well then they better learn to deal with men.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yeah cause gay people never want to talk with the opposite sex, right?

If that's what you pulled from this thread, Wellesley is way beyond your intellectual ability.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Since at least 5% of girls graduating from high school are gay, we shouldn't assume that the absence of male students is a negative factor or even a concern for all those considering Wellesley.

Why because they will marry well and never have to work with men?

Maybe they are pursuit something other than a MRS degree. College is not exactly the ideal place for learning to "work with men" unless you are planning on a career as an exotic dancer.

Well then they better learn to deal with men.

And college is "the place" to learn to deal with men? Maybe a girl who grew up with four brothers and went to a coed high school wants to be away from men during the four years of college. Lesbians don't hate men, but they might be put off by the male-female social interaction prevalent at coed colleges.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have the same thoughts for my D. I think the academics, location, and less of a party living environment would be great for my D. On the other hand I think not having guys around on a daily basis so they could form friendships and work together on projects for school would be a big negative. Always having to go off campus to seek guys out in a party scene would not be for my D. It would be the perfect LAC if it were coed. Such a beautiful location!

I'm a Wellesley alumna and love the school, but I have to agree with this -- which is, unfortunately, my own DD's view. (In fact, even my sons said this.)

[Anonymous]

OP - it's very liberal - are you currently in Catholic School? Have you thought about her awkwardness and politics?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Since at least 5% of girls graduating from high school are gay, we shouldn't assume that the absence of male students is a negative factor or even a concern for all those considering Wellesley.

Why because they will marry well and never have to work with men?

Maybe they are pursuit something other than a MRS degree. College is not exactly the ideal place for learning to "work with men" unless you are planning on a career as an exotic dancer.

LOL! Good one!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Since at least 5% of girls graduating from high school are gay, we shouldn't assume that the absence of male students is a negative factor or even a concern for all those considering Wellesley.

Love to see a reliable source for such a statistic. Did Access Hollywood or a morning show give you this info?

This is an old Gallup poll, but funny. A majority of those polled thought 20-25% of US was gay. There is no real answer, studies range from .5 to 20% of the population.

http://www.gallup.com/poll/6961/what-percentage-population-gay.aspx

[Anonymous]

Mount Holyoke alum here...loved it there and the absence of men really didn't matter to me (ftr, I married a man). I'm the eldest of four girls and tons of mostly female cousins. Anyway, still friends with my classmates (and others). I was not very interested in dating in college though with all the other coed schools around it would have been easy to. I went on to grad school here in DC where I had loads of fun, and fell in love and where my male classmates kept telling me that I probably wouldn't have wanted to date them a few years earlier because of how much maturing they'd done since.

[Anonymous]

I know two women who went to Wellesley. One is a very accomplished career woman in a media field. Incidentally, she is gay. Another is a graduate student who was one of my brightest and most thoughtful students recently. Both have demeanor and a list of accomplishments that are something to be proud of. I'm not aware if they're awkward around men or not.

[Anonymous]

I know some great 30-something women who went to Wellesley. That said, I was really turned off by their talking about the F*** Truck which took them to Harvard, etc., for weekend parties. I went to a coed school and I found that idea kind of offensive, although I guess it's an affectionate nickname for them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Mount Holyoke alum here...loved it there and the absence of men really didn't matter to me (ftr, I married a man). I'm the eldest of four girls and tons of mostly female cousins. Anyway, still friends with my classmates (and others). I was not very interested in dating in college though with all the other coed schools around it would have been easy to. I went on to grad school here in DC where I had loads of fun, and fell in love and where my male classmates kept telling me that I probably wouldn't have wanted to date them a few years earlier because of how much maturing they'd done since.

Yes. It is sad that so many college men are not mature enough to date. They are binge drinking and hooking up. Many years ago men grew up faster. Now there are many Peter Pans running around into their 20's and 30's.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I know some great 30-something women who went to Wellesley. That said, I was really turned off by their talking about the F*** Truck which took them to Harvard, etc., for weekend parties. I went to a coed school and I found that idea kind of offensive, although I guess it's an affectionate nickname for them.

Oh, boloney. I'm a Wellesley alum and I've never heard any Wellesley student or alumna talk about the "Fuck Truck". That came out of some lame Rolling Stone article. And, please don't tell me that your experience at a coed school was so sheltered that this phrase offended you. One thing about Wellesley women is that we can see through that kind of phoniness a mile away.

[Anonymous]

OP,

Not following a few things. If this merits a thread here, doesn't it merit a visit? I know you said you can't visit all, but why the thread? Why don't you think it's a good fit? Not clear. One of my best friends went to Wellesley, she sent her daughter to Wellesley, Hillary Clinton went to Wellesley, my MIL went to Wellesley ... Each of these women are very different but they all loves Wellesley! Wellesley woman meet and date and sometimes marry Harvard and MIT students, BTW.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have the same thoughts for my D. I think the academics, location, and less of a party living environment would be great for my D. On the other hand I think not having guys around on a daily basis so they could form friendships and work together on projects for school would be a big negative. Always having to go off campus to seek guys out in a party scene would not be for my D. It would be the perfect LAC if it were coed. Such a beautiful location!

I'm a Wellesley alumna and love the school, but I have to agree with this -- which is, unfortunately, my own DD's view. (In fact, even my sons said this.)

A Smith alumna here -- I think it's just a matter of time before Smith and Wellesley go co-ed.