College Overview: Wellesley

Wellesley: A Rigid, Robot-Making Machine
When applying to college, I thought that a small college environment where I would get maximum attention from professors, and an optimal level of class discussion, would be perfect for me. I also wanted to go to a competitive school. Much of this IS true about Wellesley. We do have relatively small classes, and definitely a very intense and competitive atmosphere. However, only come here if you're the kind of girl who hones her resume to perfection and grinds down to perfect As. Perfectionists w...

Wellesley: Why Am I Here Again?
When I was applying to college, I had no idea what I was looking for so I just applied to schools whose names I have heard of before, Wellesley, Columbia, NYU, etc. Everyone I knew was pushing me to go to Wellesley because of it's excellent reputation and amazing graduates. I was distracted by the name and other's opinions so I decided to go to Wellesley. However, within the first 2 weeks of arriving at Wellesley I wanted to leave. The campus, although beautiful, is a suffocating bubble that I n...

Wellesley: A World in a Bubble
Wellesley is an amazing place, but it isn't for everyone. Its most frequently-cited faults are that it is located in a small town outside of Boston and has an all-female student body, but critics often neglect to realize that these two facts are its greatest assets as well. Because Wellesley isn't in the middle of the crowded Boston center, the campus is spread-out and beautiful, with neo-Gothic style architecture and even its own lake. For students looking for a campus where they can...

Wellesley: Wellesley is...
THINK CAREFULLY!!! consider being around women all the time and having to work harder to create a satisfactory social life involving men. I chose Wellesley because my financial package was excellent and even now my loans to pay back are less than $10,000. but if you are a student who really likes basketball games, football games, and want a more "public school" experience, this isn't the school for you. The women at Wellesley can be very political, opinionated, feminists and the like.......

Wellesley: Hellesley
The campus is beautiful and this is often highlighted in the brochures, however, I advise EVERYONE to visit the campus. Unfortunately, being so far away, I neglected to do so and in the end I was very disappointed. Many of us enter the college admissions process with a distorted view of what we really want from a college and had I taken the time to visit the campus - I would have decided against applying to the school. In spite of this, I chose the school out of necessity and a lack of other ...