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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I strongly recommend you visit and go with the school environment that your daughter feels is the right fit for her.

FWIW, I majored in Economics at Wellesley back in the day.  It was and is a great department, and there are many opportunities for majors to work with professors. I went on to get my Master’s and Ph.D.in Economics at an Ivy, and my best friend there had done her undergrad work in Economics at Chicago.  She loved being at a big university, but her experience was consistent with the “where fun goes to die” reputation. It was intense.

Congratulations to your daughter and good luck![/quote]

Thanks! Was your undergrad experience roughly in the last decade or so or prior to that?[/quote]

I graduated from Wellesley this century but not in the last ten years.  I do have a niece who has attended in the last decade, and we shared a fairly similar college experience at the heart of it all, despite the almost 20 year difference.

I loved the place, and it was the right place for me to land at 18. My niece would say the same.  There is a real community at Wellesley, and I enjoyed majoring in Economics (not my intention when I arrived — was planning on majoring in Physics, but that is another story) while at the same time being able to take a variety of other classes. I took and Art history class that changed the way I look at art, learned a third language, and did research with a science professor.  That is the beauty of a liberal arts college.  In addition, my professors at Wellesley were excellent teachers.  I appreciate their talents all the more now that I am a college professor myself.  My niece majored in biology and music.  She is in med school now and has told me how much she appreciated being able to take a wide variety of courses while still being prepared for med school.

Like I said, my grad school friend liked her U Chicago days, although she would be the first to tell you that they were intense.  Wellesley and U Chicago are pretty different places.  I imagine that a visit to each will move the dial in a direction for your daughter.  It’s a great choice to have![/quote]

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