why does not one talk about wellesley college?

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Anonymous wrote:It is intense but Wellesley women love to exaggerate about how hard Wellesley is.
Yes, it is hard but no tougher than dozens of other schools. My best friend was an academic star at Wellesley. Went from Wellesley to MIT for a PhD and almost flunked out because the rigor was so much higher. I was at Wellesley and went to grad school at U Chicago. Grad school kicked my butt. Yes, I survived but kids coming from ivy schools and big state universities like Berkeley were better prepared than I was. I enjoyed Wellesley but it is an isolated cocoon if that’s your thing

You have posted this anecdote previously in other threads. And while I don't doubt your experience or your friend's--which may owe themselves to the fact that Chicago is the original school where "fun goes to die" and that MIT is no less academically intense--they are at odds with the grad school experiences of other Wellesley women, including my own.

[Anonymous]

My daughter is not focused on dating but she has ruled out women’s colleges because she thinks it’s strange to live and educate by single gender. Great school. But the trends are weighing even more heavily against defining and separating people by gender.

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Anonymous wrote:People are talking about this school. Applications are up, acceptance rate is down and it’s as rigorous as ever. It’s been a top LAC for a very long time and it’s a wonderful college for a largely self-selecting group of students. My kid is there now and seems very happy.

Be honest- is your DD gay or bi?

Nope, had serious boyfriends during HS.

So that proves they’re not? Can still come out in college.

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Anonymous wrote:People are talking about this school. Applications are up, acceptance rate is down and it’s as rigorous as ever. It’s been a top LAC for a very long time and it’s a wonderful college for a largely self-selecting group of students. My kid is there now and seems very happy.

Be honest- is your DD gay or bi?

Nope, had serious boyfriends during HS.

So that proves they’re not? Can still come out in college.

Ok, so don’t have your DD apply there. Already crazy competitive to get in.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Wellesley consistently ranks in the top 5 among the US News LAC rankings but I hear about it for less than the others.

It seems like a great school- urban location, access to MIT/Olin/Babson, tons of opportunites, great alumnae network. I understand that being a women's college means less interest but it still receives roughly 75% of the applications of similarly ranked coed school.

You have your answer right there. Less interest and no male applicants = reduced chatter.

To judge by some of the posts on this site, including ones in this very thread, as well as media beyond this site, I'd argue that a certain misogyny also partially accounts for the comparative lack of attention that Wellesley receives.

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Anonymous wrote:People are talking about this school. Applications are up, acceptance rate is down and it’s as rigorous as ever. It’s been a top LAC for a very long time and it’s a wonderful college for a largely self-selecting group of students. My kid is there now and seems very happy.

Be honest- is your DD gay or bi?

Nope, had serious boyfriends during HS.

So that proves they’re not? Can still come out in college.

This reminds me of an expression from boarding school “ He who smelt it dealt it.”

[Anonymous]

https://jaydixit.com/the-highly-charged-erotic-life-of-the-wellesley-girl/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:https://jaydixit.com/the-highly-charged-erotic-life-of-the-wellesley-girl/

Hahaha total BS. I was in the same dorm as Ross Franklin that year. He was pathetically trying to talk to every girl in the dorm, going door to door asking to borrow a pen, a spoon, a stapler and thinking he was going to be the man. Nobody was interested in him. We all avoided him and he sat alone most of the time. My MIT boyfriend thought he was creepy.

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Anonymous wrote:We are fed pro-diversity views & images 24/7. Maybe some people actually believe all this diversity hype, & think you need all kinds of people around you to have a well-rounded education?

This was an interesting article.
https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/19/magazine/when-women-become-men-at-wellesley-college.html

So, your problem with this is that Wellesley does not accept women who are planning to become men? Why should they?

What do you think the word "interesting" means?

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Anonymous wrote:https://jaydixit.com/the-highly-charged-erotic-life-of-the-wellesley-girl/

Hahaha total BS. I was in the same dorm as Ross Franklin that year. He was pathetically trying to talk to every girl in the dorm, going door to door asking to borrow a pen, a spoon, a stapler and thinking he was going to be the man. Nobody was interested in him. We all avoided him and he sat alone most of the time. My MIT boyfriend thought he was creepy.

Ross is obviously an oblivious self-absorbed proto-incel, but what about what the women said?

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Anonymous wrote:https://jaydixit.com/the-highly-charged-erotic-life-of-the-wellesley-girl/

Hahaha total BS. I was in the same dorm as Ross Franklin that year. He was pathetically trying to talk to every girl in the dorm, going door to door asking to borrow a pen, a spoon, a stapler and thinking he was going to be the man. Nobody was interested in him. We all avoided him and he sat alone most of the time. My MIT boyfriend thought he was creepy.

Ross is obviously an oblivious self-absorbed proto-incel, but what about what the women said?

I don’t know any of the others listed but then it says their names were changed. Maybe they were better at multi tasking than me and my friends lol! Seems like that would take up a lot of time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Many women would never consider or attend a school from age 18-22 with no men. Prime dating years. It is just a fact. My daughters attended an all girls secondary school and would never even consider or discuss the option of attending a women’s college.

Same for my daughter and same for me. Just an absolute non-starter to be single sex in college. Also, i have a hard time accepting its as competitive just given the smaller applicant pool.

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Anonymous wrote:It is intense but Wellesley women love to exaggerate about how hard Wellesley is.
Yes, it is hard but no tougher than dozens of other schools. My best friend was an academic star at Wellesley. Went from Wellesley to MIT for a PhD and almost flunked out because the rigor was so much higher. I was at Wellesley and went to grad school at U Chicago. Grad school kicked my butt. Yes, I survived but kids coming from ivy schools and big state universities like Berkeley were better prepared than I was. I enjoyed Wellesley but it is an isolated cocoon if that’s your thing

You have posted this anecdote previously in other threads. And while I don't doubt your experience or your friend's--which may owe themselves to the fact that Chicago is the original school where "fun goes to die" and that MIT is no less academically intense--they are at odds with the grad school experiences of other Wellesley women, including my own.

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s radically left and woke. The town is boring. It’s an extremely non traditional college experience.

Cool. Enjoy your "education" at Liberty. LOL.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I will be blunt. My girls are not gay and want to be around guys so they will not look at AWC.

You are gross.