Honest thoughts on all women’s colleges?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I wish people would give up the tired cliche that women in single sex environments don't interact with men and therefore lack some kind of social skill. Even if you managed to make it to college without interacting with men (never happened) you have male professors, you encounter men while going about your life, and many of these schools invite men on campus. It's silly to imagine them as cloistered environments.

The difference isn't that there are no men, it's that it isn't specifically for men.

Odd how much progressives know about men & women when they want to. Somebody notify Justice Jackson.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
The difference isn't that there are no men, it's that it isn't specifically for men.

Yes, this! We are looking at women’s colleges for my senior. They’ve been really appealing to her. It just seems different—in a positive way—to be in a female dominated environment when so much of American society is male dominated.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Here results from a student survey at Wellesley. Folks can debate on its accuracy and implications, but it's data.

https://thewellesleynews.com/21330/news-investigation/a-closer-look-at-the-class-of-2025/

Wow. Only a ~30% response rate for this survey (roughly 150 out of 500 for the Class of 2025), but eye opening nonetheless. A full 70% - 70%!- said they are LGBTQ. Almost none reported regularly attending parties off campus (and hence, socializing with someone with a Y chromosome). Political views break down between ultra progressive, very progressive, and progressive. Not a single person can apparently be found on the Wellesley campus to express even lukewarm support for Donald Trump. And then the most hilarious question: "What protests have you attended?". Your choices are trans rights, pro-Palestine, climate change, and other assorted left wing bullshit.

I'd say that based on this survey, the Wellesley/ women's college stereotype checks out: angry, anti-social, radically leftist lesbian feminists who'd rather stay home with the girlfriend and the cats than have a drink with normal people.

The only conclusion one can draw from this, if you have a college bound daughter, is to tell her to run- RUN!- from these places.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Here results from a student survey at Wellesley. Folks can debate on its accuracy and implications, but it's data.

https://thewellesleynews.com/21330/news-investigation/a-closer-look-at-the-class-of-2025/

Wow. Only a ~30% response rate for this survey (roughly 150 out of 500 for the Class of 2025), but eye opening nonetheless. A full 70% - 70%!- said they are LGBTQ. Almost none reported regularly attending parties off campus (and hence, socializing with someone with a Y chromosome). Political views break down between ultra progressive, very progressive, and progressive. Not a single person can apparently be found on the Wellesley campus to express even lukewarm support for Donald Trump. And then the most hilarious question: "What protests have you attended?". Your choices are trans rights, pro-Palestine, climate change, and other assorted left wing bullshit.

I'd say that based on this survey, the Wellesley/ women's college stereotype checks out: angry, anti-social, radically leftist lesbian feminists who'd rather stay home with the girlfriend and the cats than have a drink with normal people.

The only conclusion one can draw from this, if you have a college bound daughter, is to tell her to run- RUN!- from these places.

Research sexual assaults before matriculating.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I wish people would give up the tired cliche that women in single sex environments don't interact with men and therefore lack some kind of social skill. Even if you managed to make it to college without interacting with men (never happened) you have male professors, you encounter men while going about your life, and many of these schools invite men on campus. It's silly to imagine them as cloistered environments.

The difference isn't that there are no men, it's that it isn't specifically for men.

Odd how much progressives know about men & women when they want to. Somebody notify Justice Jackson.

Bunch of biologists.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
The difference isn't that there are no men, it's that it isn't specifically for men.

Yes, this! We are looking at women’s colleges for my senior. They’ve been really appealing to her. It just seems different—in a positive way—to be in a female dominated environment when so much of American society is male dominated.

Ignore the hate! If it is right for her, she will know. My DD loved it and is now grad school at a majority male STEM school and doing great. She credits her success to the ability to pursue STEM in a woman positive place. BTW, she is liberal but not a lesbian.

[Anonymous]

mine just started at Barnard. reports there are boys in her classes and they go over to Columbia to eat and party etc. So it is like "women's college, lite" I suppose

[Anonymous]

They just seem to be incredibly boring. I like men AND women - having both on campus makes everything more interesting and fun.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I’m interested in hearing how the majority of people feel about this route because it was very uncommon in my circle growing up. I think it may be a good option financially for my daughter but I also want to look beyond that aspect and see how it’s viewed by the actual real world.

Cool with all-girl high schools.

Prefer co-ed colleges.

[Anonymous]

I went to Smith and had a wonderful time there. I did take a bunch of classes at Amherst and UMass. My best friends were classmates at Smith. The Smith network is amazing.

My DD is not considering it seriously for college, mostly because she has been in an all-girl school since elementary school.

My sister started at Wellesley but didn’t enjoy it and transferred to another top school.

[Anonymous]

Wellesley will eventually merge with Babson and Olin and become co-ed university.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wellesley will eventually merge with Babson and Olin and become co-ed university.

Wellesley has a $3 billion endowment.

[Anonymous]

With respect to alumnae support, Smith was included in a 2023 Town & Country article, "The 15 Colleges with the Best Alumni Networks":

For context, this is the entire list, which appeared alphabetically and waa not ranked:

Bucknell
Claremont McKenna
Dartmouth
Fordham
Hamilton
Ohio State
Penn State
Princeton
Smith College
Texas A&M
U Alabama
Notre Dame
Richmond
Villanova
Virginia Tech

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So I was really intrigued by the idea of a Women's college for my daughter. It's easy to generalize, but many comments here are accurate. From our visits/observations: The lesbian, non binary and trans populations are substantial at the schools we visited. Lots of social activism. Plus, you also have the girls from religious or conservative backgrounds who I assume have families that don't want coed living. Interesting mix of students that stay in separate silos. My smart, social, and straight daughter didn't see herself as a fit. I think the female empowerment and network messaging sounds good, but not sure it's accurate or helpful in todays world. (We looked at barnard, wellesley and a few other e coast schools.)

This is spot on. If your daughter is straight, social, and not heavily interested in social justice/feminism, she isn’t going to like it. It’s is that “all the girls are lesbians” but a lot are- more than a co-ed school and there is some level of pressure to experiment with that. Maybe your daughter wouldn’t care. They are great academic institutions and alum networks are very strong. But it has to socially be the right fit

[Anonymous]

Large percentage of lesbians.