<p>Mount Holyoke is not diverse in the way that this student wants. Gender.
She is happy with Capital, and her mother is happy that she will be able to get a ride to and from home on holidays with her older brother. </p>
<p>I have a serious question for all of you CCers - is there an unwritten rule that everyone will get all excited when someone posts about a woman student who is interested in STEM and immediately suggest one of the seven sisters? </p>
<p>My daughter hates anything STEM related and is almost as against a women’s college as is her friend.</p>
<p>People have tried to entice me into forcing her to attend MHC because it’s STEMY (she will be a political science major) and “sporty”. When my daughter is interested in politics, literature and domestic public policy. She isn’t interested in fantasy or sci-fi. She prefers Falkner, O’Connor, and Capote. My daughter has not played an organized sport since 4th grade. </p>
<p>She also has ethical problems with the pasts of some of these formerly elite women’s colleges. Her definition of “feminism” is more inclusive.</p>
<p>The fact is, that these schools are much easier to get into than their co-ed counterparts. </p>
<p>The students there seem to be a certain type. None of it is bad, not all young women are overly “sportsy”, interested in STEM (particularly engineering), enjoy milk and cookie parties and hoop rolling in an entirely female environment. </p>
<p>As to the assertion that 30% of prominent women attended women’s colleges, I doubt that stat will hold true for long. Even in my generation, women’s colleges were shutting down or going co-ed. </p>
<p>The last group to choose women’s colleges en mass would be the first generation baby boomers - 1945 -51.
Case in point - Hillary Clinton. Her daughter Chelsea chose Stanford. I don’t think little Charlotte with be seen at Wellesley. </p>
<p>It would be as helpful as suggesting that Hampshire, Bard, Evergreeen, Marlboro were for everyone. They are a good fit for our son. But many young men might prefer Ohio State.
He did go to Northampton last week for a jazz concert. He and his friends observed that many of the women at Smith did not seem to be terribly interested in men.</p>
<p>Any way, thanks for all who constituted helpful advice. This student is happy with her choice, </p>