<p>If anything, “mainstream” is most often used as a pejorative, as in “mainstream media.”</p>
<p>In any case, it is clear what you mean.</p>
<p>I think that your instincts regarding the social mix are probably on target, but I’m also sure that your D would be able to find her tribe at all four.</p>
<p>Wellesley has for a long time strongly appealed to energetic and serious-minded high achievers who aim at what one might call “conventional” success: doctors, lawyers, business executives, PhDs, Secretaries of State :). Nevertheless, there is some of everything and the community is definitely diverse.</p>
<p>I would personally consider W a better fit for a kid like your D than for a kid with multiple piercings who wanted to hang out in her art studio.</p>