<p>A girl from DD's school reported that she had a hard time adjusting the first year. Everyone was so very serious and competitive and there was not much fun. Word has it she's enjoying 2nd year, though.</p>
<p>Wells has announced that it is going co-ed because of financial considerations...There is a law suit to post pone the decision until after this freshman class graduates.</p>
<p>Wellesley doesn't appear to have financial problems so the pressure is off for this school.</p>
<p>Bettina, that's an interesting cross-reference with my D's feeling that W was more tightly wound, S more down to earth. Both are appealing, depending upon taste.</p>
<p>veteranmom -- I have a question: you say that Wellesley has a "ridiculously high endowment"... does this mean they give out pretty good financial aid packages, at least for their students that come from a disadvantaged background? I've heard that many of the girls who go to Wellesley come from wealthy families, but for those who aren't from wealthy families, are they pretty well taken care of, financially? Thanks</p>
<p>Not VeteranMom but that's my understanding. The poster Mini did some research on this but is not on-line right now, being off to India working on disaster relief. His data showed that W's student body was pretty wealthy on a comparative basis. </p>
<p>Hmm...just checked in PR's BEST 351 before I hit "Post" and the Finanical Aid rating for Wellesley is only an 80, only one point better than Smith's 79...and Smith isn't noted for being exceedingly generous, though my D wound up okay. But "okay" is what it was.</p>