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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I wouldn't put them in the same league of selectivity. I would compare Williams to the Ivies ([b]HYP alum here[/b]). Wellesley has an amazing history but now that women can attend all the colleges they were shut out of before, the # who are interested in a women's college is much lower. If your DD is competitive for Williams, I'd assume she could get into Wellesley RD.[/quote]

I love how posters think that by identifying themselves as "HYP" that that somehow gives them added credibility and/or college admissions expertise.  It doesn't.  It just means you're still living off of what you think were your glory years.  I don't know when you went to "HYP" but I bet that when you did it was easier to get in any of them than it is Wellesley today.

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NP. Also a HYP alum and I'm going to say yes, I do have a perspective on getting into and attending an elite college. For example, I recall a college classmate telling me they didn't get into Williams. I don't recall hearing that about Wellesley or any of the women's colleges. But my first job, which was very snobby and only hired from certain schools, did hire from schools like both Williams and Wellesley.

I absolutely agree that rank is not everything and the women's colleges seem like they have a lot to offer.

Also, I freely admit that HYP would probably not let me in today. The stats are just nuts. [/quote]

No one said a "HYP" alum can't have a "perspective" on college admissions -- just that it doesn't give you any added credibility or expertise.  And that a classmate once told you they didn't get into Williams but you never heard that said about Wellesley actually means something to you?  Really?  That's really silly.[/quote]

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