Women’s College Dilemma

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You’re “scared sick” about the prospect of Mt. Holyoke? I don’t get it…

This also baffles me. I have met several superstar women from Holyoke over the years. Dedicated and well connected alums.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You’re “scared sick” about the prospect of Mt. Holyoke? I don’t get it…

This also baffles me. I have met several superstar women from Holyoke over the years. Dedicated and well connected alums.

T35 school just not elite enough. They seem to have extreme ideas of what "college is about."

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:MHC bills itself as a "gender inclusive, historically women's college." They also celebrate pronoun day and are extremely inclusive and accepting of whatever labels people choose for themselves.

Smith is the same, as is Bryn Mawr and Wellesley. (Don’t know about Agnes Scott) However, Wellesley is the only one of the Seven Sisters where you cannot ENROLL as a trans man—I believe—unless this recently changed. However, if you transition during your time there, you can stay. You should think of them all as historically women’s colleges. The only gender group you won’t find attending there are cis men (although at Bryn Mawr there are guys from Haverford who take some of their classes as Bryn Mawr). This was a positive for us, which is the only reason I mention it.

[Anonymous]

Can one of you explain to me why in 2025 you would want your daughter to go to a Women’s College when the vast majority of schools are already at least 60% women? And that number will continue to increase.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No one is talking about Barnard?

Why?

My daughter didn’t consider Barnard because she didn’t want to live in NYC. Too big. But of course it’s one of most prestigious women’s colleges.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can one of you explain to me why in 2025 you would want your daughter to go to a Women’s College when the vast majority of schools are already at least 60% women? And that number will continue to increase.

Well if you read op’s post, you’d see it’s a model that works well for her daughter. It simply requires opened eyes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MHC bills itself as a "gender inclusive, historically women's college." They also celebrate pronoun day and are extremely inclusive and accepting of whatever labels people choose for themselves.

Smith is the same, as is Bryn Mawr and Wellesley. (Don’t know about Agnes Scott) However, Wellesley is the only one of the Seven Sisters where you cannot ENROLL as a trans man—I believe—unless this recently changed. However, if you transition during your time there, you can stay. You should think of them all as historically women’s colleges. The only gender group you won’t find attending there are cis men (although at Bryn Mawr there are guys from Haverford who take some of their classes as Bryn Mawr). This was a positive for us, which is the only reason I mention it.

My Smithie is gender nonbinary and my understanding is that Smith would not enroll trans men or non-binary students if they transitioned/came out before enrollment because it is a “women’s” college. It could have changed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MHC bills itself as a "gender inclusive, historically women's college." They also celebrate pronoun day and are extremely inclusive and accepting of whatever labels people choose for themselves.

Is this supposed to be a negative?

NP. It’s a negative for our family.

[Anonymous]

Trumpluvrrr24129 wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MHC bills itself as a "gender inclusive, historically women's college." They also celebrate pronoun day and are extremely inclusive and accepting of whatever labels people choose for themselves.

Is this supposed to be a negative?

NP. It’s a negative for our family.

Your username checks out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MHC bills itself as a "gender inclusive, historically women's college." They also celebrate pronoun day and are extremely inclusive and accepting of whatever labels people choose for themselves.

Is this supposed to be a negative?

NP. It’s a negative for our family.

Good for you to know. Sounds like your daughter (or at least you) would not have been happy.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Can one of you explain to me why in 2025 you would want your daughter to go to a Women’s College when the vast majority of schools are already at least 60% women? And that number will continue to increase.

In our case, we didn’t set out to look at women’s colleges. We were looking for small colleges near big blue cities. And preferred to stay on east coast. We toured Bryn Mawr, Haverford, and Swarthmore all in one trip. Daughter loved Bryn Mawr and we were deciding whether she should ED so we also went and looked at MHC, Smith, and Wellesley since they are all relatively close. She did not want to consider Barnard because she didn’t want to live in NYC. (She just doesn’t like NYC.) We also wanted very LGBTQ+ friendly schools.

She was open to other schools. Brandeis was high on the list. Macalester (although felt it was far). Not that many SLACS are near big cities.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:MHC bills itself as a "gender inclusive, historically women's college." They also celebrate pronoun day and are extremely inclusive and accepting of whatever labels people choose for themselves.

Smith is the same, as is Bryn Mawr and Wellesley. (Don’t know about Agnes Scott) However, Wellesley is the only one of the Seven Sisters where you cannot ENROLL as a trans man—I believe—unless this recently changed. However, if you transition during your time there, you can stay. You should think of them all as historically women’s colleges. The only gender group you won’t find attending there are cis men (although at Bryn Mawr there are guys from Haverford who take some of their classes as Bryn Mawr). This was a positive for us, which is the only reason I mention it.

My Smithie is gender nonbinary and my understanding is that Smith would not enroll trans men or non-binary students if they transitioned/came out before enrollment because it is a “women’s” college. It could have changed.

Oh. You might be right about that. Sorry. I thought it was just Wellesley.

[Anonymous]

Agnes Scott is not in the same league as any of the other schools mentioned here

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Agnes Scott is not in the same league as any of the other schools mentioned here

Well yes, something acknowledged and written by op…

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I know nothing about Agnes Scott, but Mt. Holyoke is not significantly different from Smith or Wellesley in prestige.

Yes it is.

No, actually, it isn't.