<p>so where else have you guys (GIRLS!) been accepted and are thinking of going?? any major dilemmas with other schools? or is wellesley everyone's first choice?</p>
<p>I don't know yet- I've yet to hear from the rest. Wellesley definitely ranks among the top for me, but, like I said, I'm still having reservations about the all-girls environment because almost 50% of my friends are guys... out of my three best friends, two are guys. So, I really <em>need</em> to be around guys, and not just from a dating perspective, but for the friendship and companionship. Because, girls <em>can</em> get a bit nasty sometimes, and whenever that has happened to me, I've always had my guy friends to hang out with. Just the thought of not having that 24/7... it's something to think about.</p>
<p>Wellesley is my first choice, with Oberlin conservatory a close second.</p>
<p>If I am rejected/wl from both, then I'll probably end up at either Mt. Holyoke or UBC, depending on the $$ I'm offered.</p>
<p>Alisa, fwiw, the "book" on womens colleges is that the girls are a lot less nasty without the guys around and, based on anecdotal evidence, it seems to be true. No guy-centered social backstabbing, nobody gives a flying duck about clothes or make-up beyond what they feel like doing that morning, etc. My D has a lot of guy friends but is doing okay in their absence. IM and Facebook keep some connections alive and she's too busy to be bored and not feeling deprived in any event. At least at Smith, it's not as if there aren't some guys on campus from other schools...I don't know how it is at Wellesley via MIT.</p>
<p>In the beginning, I had been dubious about my D attending a womens college. I became a convert and the other day my D said she wouldn't trade Smith for Harvard, if that's any indication of how happy she is at a womens college.</p>
<p>aliasaholic, I spoke with a professor at a prominent university who had just the problem you describe. She did her first two years at Wellesley, and now says Wellesley had the best educational environment she has ever encountered (before or since). She also had no problem finding boyfriends at Wellesley. But she transfered because of the lack of guys. She had always had guy friends in high school.
BTW my younger daughter is an aliasaholic as well. I guess she'll have to come up with a new screenname when she joins CC.</p>
<p>Thanks for the input, everyone, I appreciate it. I'll just have to wait and see what the other schools say first. mardad, Alias is a good show ;) I'm obsessed with it... although lately it's been less than stellar. Your daughter can still do something like aliasaddiction or the like!</p>
<p>wellesley is definitely my first choice. umm, so far i've gotten into ucla, boston college, and syracuse - newhouse's magazine program. and right now i'm still waiting on amherst, uc berkeley and (of course) wellesley.</p>
<p>but even though i really know that i want to go to wellesley, lately i've been having thinking more and more about such a ccommitment. and it has nothing to do with not having guys around either. its that i've been getting accepted to such stellar schools that i wonder if i really should go to wellesley. i almost feel guilty at getting accepted... if that even makes sense.</p>
<p>Don't feel guilty if accepted. If you decide to go there then you'll be happy. If not, you'll give your spot to a girl on the waitlist who really wants go.</p>