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<p>If you would take off your “Smith is all things to all people” goggles for a moment you might note that the phrase you plucked out was not used in reference to Smith. I neither said nor implied that the hypothetical pierced artist–a student whom I humorously created simply as the diametric opposite of Pizzagirl’s “mainstream” D-- would want to go to Smith. (As a matter of fact, I think the student would probably prefer Bard or Sarah Lawrence to ANY of the four schools Pizzagirl’s D is considering!)</p>
<p>I spoke specifically about the kind of student that Wellesley attracts in large numbers. It is my observation and the observation of many other people. This has nothing to do with Smith. Everything is not about Smith.</p>
<p>Frankly, I was NOT one of those students strongly aimed towards conventional success at Wellesley, and that is the aspect of the school that I personally am least in synch with. What I AM in synch with is the community and strong tradition of strong, intelligent, interesting women of all types.</p>