<p>I am so confused. Can someone please help me decide/give me advice? Yes my considerations are very long. I hope it won't put you off.</p>
<p>Dartmouth has the Ivy name and many travel abroad opportunities (I was thinking China and France) and is pretty relaxed with choosing majors. I'm undecided but I'm considering an engineering major possibly. Dartmouth has Thayer but Wellesley has MIT. Dartmouth's campus is also very isolated and not as pretty as Wellesley's in my opinion. I also met a lot more preppy people at Dartmouth than at Wellesley (they were all very very nice though), but I'm worried that I'll be in a much less humorous atmosphere without guys for entertainment in the classroom. I'm not interested in romantic relationships so that's not an issue. I'm also rather introverted, which I'm afraid might isolate me at gregarious Dartmouth. The drinking scene frankly scares me a bit. I really want to be in a place with good food (Dartmouth). However, there is also the view that women grow more in places like Wellesley. I want to try taking martial arts and crew and other sports in college, and I don't know if being surrounded by athletic men might dissuade me from that.</p>
<p>you can take all of those at dartmouth anyway. And i'm sure for every athletic person at dartmouth, theres another one (like me) who's going to suck at every sport. Drinking: i've already met so many people worried about drinking, that i'm sure i'll hardly be the only one not doing it.</p>
<p>It sounds to me like you really like Dartmouth for a myriad of reasons, but are searching for reasons to prefer Wellesley. In the end, either is a good choice, but you need to do what is right for you (I know, youve only heard that a hundred times). On that note, most of your noted concerns about Dartmouth arent really an issue (i.e., drinking, isolation, etc). Of course, I am biased toward Dartmouth, just because I love it so much here, but I'm sure you'll do what's right for you. Good luck!!</p>
<p>dartmouth, period. Why'd you go to an all girl school?</p>
<p>"However, there is also the view that women grow more in places like Wellesley. I want to try taking martial arts and crew and other sports in college, and I don't know if being surrounded by athletic men might dissuade me from that."
This is completely not true. There are women teams and men teams for most sports, so why would athletic men dissuade you from doing that when you are a girl?</p>
<p>Also, even though you can take MIT classes at Wellesley, the two schools are so far away (at least 30 minutes - 1 hour of traveling, I believe) that it will be hard to fit into your schedule. You take classes at MIT, but it's still a Wellesley degree. On ther other hand, Thayer is right there for you on campus.</p>
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<p>The karate class I'm in consists mostly of women. There's like 3 guys total. Men and women have seperate teams for most sports, so you won't be dissuaded by men on your team.</p>
<p>Another issue: when I went to Dimensions, the whole time I was thinking "why am i here?". When I got off the bus, and walked around campus, I had this sense of bewilderment. My host said it was because I didn't know anybody yet, and my friend says I'll get used to the environment. Did anyone else ever have this feeling? Will it go away or is it a sign?</p>