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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So I was really intrigued by the idea of a Women's college for my daughter. It's easy to generalize, but many comments here are accurate. From our visits/observations: The lesbian, non binary and trans populations are substantial at the schools we visited. Lots of social activism. Plus, you also have the girls from religious or conservative backgrounds who I assume have families that don't want coed living. Interesting mix of students that stay in separate silos. My smart, social, and straight daughter didn't see herself as a fit. I think the female empowerment and network messaging sounds good, but not sure it's accurate or helpful in todays world. (We looked at barnard, wellesley and a few other e coast schools.)[/quote]

This is spot on.  If your daughter is straight, social, and not heavily interested in social justice/feminism, she isn’t going to like it.  It’s is that “all the girls are lesbians” but a lot are- more than a co-ed school and there is some level of pressure to experiment with that.  Maybe your daughter wouldn’t care.  They are great academic institutions and alum networks are very strong.  But it has to socially be the right fit[/quote]

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