<p>Give me your opinions on everything! The campuses, the locations, academics, clubs, teachers, internships, the overall feel etc. Anything would help! :)</p>
<p>Read the description of each college in the Fiske guide. Their locations are totally different. Barnard is an urban school associated with Columbia. Wellesley has a self-contained bucolic campus in a suburb.</p>
<p>Thanks for your response! I already know a lot about the schools. I just want other opinions.</p>
<p>I think the only opinions that matter are yours because this is your college experience and not anyone else’s, not even your classmates at whichever college you end up going to. personally, i think barnard’s location is more exciting because of the plethora of activities to do in NYC whereas wellesley’s location is more scenic but there’s less to do and it takes 45-60 minutes to get to boston so it’s not as close to a city as you may think. plus the workload is pretty immense for the students so it’s not like you would have much time to go to boston every weekend or something like that. i must say though that smith college’s location is really great because it’s not a huge city but it’s not in the middle of nowhere - there are a bunch of shops, street performers, etc. you should really look into it!</p>
<p>Thank you for your response. Is there anyone else out there that would like to share their opinion/experience?</p>
<p>I think the city vs “campus” setting is the real question for you. I attended a small school set off on a rather isolated campus and did my JYA at a big urban university. There is a truly different kind of student life at these schools, and every student will find one or the other a better fit. I enjoyed my time in London, but in the end was glad that I had the experience of a very intimate, “removed” college community. I also had friends who couldn’t believe I had fun at a school where everything happened on campus, and students rarely left even to visit bars or restaurants in town. If you can, visit both schools and get a feel for them. If you can’t, sit back and really imagine what day to day life would be like as a student in each setting. Would you be bored or stifled on a campus? Would you feel less part of a defined college experience when a vibrant city surrounds your school? </p>
<p>Both schools are excellent academically and have produced many successful and happy alumnae, so I can’t imagine a criticism of either on those counts!</p>
<p>I visited both campuses with my daughters. They both picked Barnard over Wellesley although I preferred Wellesley. They made their decisions based on feel.</p>