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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We looked at it pretty closely, it was on my kid's list. My kid liked it, but ultimately ended up at Smith, which she liked more. Her take: MHC ends up getting a lot of students who did not get into Smith or one of the other higher ranked women's colleges or LACs. She said her impression is that it's a less intense version of Smith, so it may attract some students who are looking for that vibe specifically and are not as into as academic of a school as Smith. That said, MHC is still a strong school with serious students. The area in general with the 5 now 4 colleges is great, but the immediate area around MHC is pretty meh. There is a small shopping area right across the street and that's it. [/quote]

Students at Smith and Wellesley have been saying this about MHC for decades. It's the standard line about MHC women -- oh, they couldn't get into another Seven Sister so they had to go to MHC. This is, of course, somewhat self-serving coming from a student at another SS school.

It might be true in some specific cases -- I do think many girls apply to both MHC and Smith and take whichever school accepts them and gives them more aid. But my impression is that MHC attracts a specific sort of girl. I think of the type as "noncompetitive nerd" -- the like school and want to study and go to class and be serious students, but they aren't grade grubbers and don't want to duke it out with peers for internships, professor access, or prestigious awards or jobs. MHC girls are looking for a sanctuary during college, and are more likely to wind up in a low key research position or getting a masters in creative writing after college, than attending law school or going into consulting. I do not see much overlap with Wellesley, Williams, or Amherst (whereas I think many Smith students applied to those schools), but rather with schools like Bard, Colby, and University of Vermont.[/quote]

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