<p>I've been very interested in Wellesley for a while, and I'm really impressed by the academics, but I've heard a few comments about the competitive nature of the student body that make me worry. I've also heard that students leave with "sticks up their a**es."</p>
<p>The sources of these comments were prospective, not current, students, and so I certainly don't think that they are true offhand, but they still make me a little wary. Could anyone at Wellesley attest to the truthful or untruthful nature of these comments? What are the people at Wellesley like, aside from hardworking and motivated? I'd really appreciate it.</p>
<p>As someone who visited a friend at Wellesley (only for a weekend, though) I completely disagree.</p>
<p>While some girls seemed stuck-up, that was a great minority. The majority of the girls there were friendly and outgoing; if I was walking down the hall, even without my friend there, they said “hey”. At meals, we always found somewhere to sit and they all made an effort to include me in the conversation.</p>
<p>Whether that’s indicative of Wellesley or just the friends of my friend, I don’t know, but it was certainly encouraging for me.</p>
<p>Yeah, my friend goes there too. She compares Wellesley women to Hermione from the Harry Potter books, slightly obsessive but fun, loyal and intelligent. But everybody’s different.</p>
<p>Although I’m have not yet TRULY experienced the Wellesley community yet (I’m a 2015er) I can promise you that after MONTHS of getting to know my fellow classmates through our EXTREMELY active Facebook group (probably the most active group on FB, no joke), every single one of us are fun-loving, passionate, and super nice! You love us! ;)</p>
<p>I am 55 years old, and being able to say that you went to Wellesley is something truly powerful, which you will be able to use the rest of your life. And that’s coming from a republican. </p>
<p>In the end, you will make 3 or 4 good friends in college. You will kind of gravitate towards each other.</p>
<p>When I was 30, and was dating a girl that went to Wellesley, and my mother was truly impressed.</p>
<p>Plus, it is a great area to go to college.</p>
<p>I don’t really think you can go wrong by picking Wellesley.</p>
<p>Hey! Just offering some current-student perspective on this. I’m an upcoming sophomore, and I don’t feel that way at all. Well, students are DEFINITELY intense. if you are looking for a laid-back academic environment, that is just about as opposite of wellesley as it gets. But I’ve felt personally that it’s good, because it motivates you to do well. even my friends–who I would say are less of the geeky/nerdy-academic type-- all study really hard during the weekdays and we push each other to always be working. That said, it makes the weekends that much more fun! At least I feel that working so hard during the week makes us want to take a break on the weekends, so we’re always going into boston/cambridge and having fun. I’d really say wellesley girls are not that snooty; most of the girls i met my first year were so nice, warm, and welcoming. I can definitely think of a group of girls who aren’t very nice, but they stick together and mostly you don’t have to interact with them if you don’t want to. When I was applying to wellesley one of the things that amazed me most was how welcoming and kind the students were, and now having experienced the year I can say that standard holds true.</p>
<p>My daughter and I have been staying on campus in the Wellesley College guest house for the past three days. We have met innumerable students, and I can honestly say they were all, without exception, bubbly, friendly, kind and welcoming. I am no longer anxious about saying goodbye to my daughter when Orientation Week starts this coming Monday, because I know she will be enveloped in an atmosphere of caring attentiveness. What an amazing school community!</p>
<p>hmm… I would’t say Wellesley girls are any different than other colleges out there. We have our share of snobby and nice people, just as you’d see anywhere else, like Rutgers, NYU, Stanford, etc. Like everywhere, you’ll be able to find people you get along with, people you won’t do so well with. </p>
<p>however, I believe that 99% of us are extremely driven, but not against other people-- we compete against ourselves and our expectations… so we are a competitive environment, but not in the way that most people think (like hiding textbooks)… we won’t fight over who gets the highest score, best essay…</p>