<p>I don't know how many girls are on this thread, I've always been under the impression that it was mostly boys, but for the girls out there, are you seriously considering any women's colleges or have you applied/chosen to attend a women's college this fall?</p>
<p>No. Like as in, not even considering it. If Earth was what I was considering, Pluto is where women’s colleges fall on my list. I have a lot of guy friends, and don’t think I’d do well at an all woman’s or mainly women’s school. It’s hard to explain. It’s not even “Oh, I’d never find a boyfriend then!”, it’s simply that I wouldn’t do well surrounded by all women and little/no guys.</p>
<p>@CE527M - Yeah, I have a similar fear that being around all girls won’t be conducive to my … happiness. I don’t know, I’m caught between 1) the fact that I’m friends with a lot of guys, and its a facet of my social life and 2) Hillary Clinton went to a women’s college and Hillary Clinton is my spirit animal.</p>
<p>I’m not even considering it. I like hanging out with a mix of guys and girls and a women’ college would make that a lot harder.</p>
<p>Probably not, because liberal arts colleges all want essays about why you want to go there, and I don’t think I can write a good essay of that kind for any college but Reed. (I want to apply early decision there, and I’ll go to Ohio State if I don’t get in or they don’t give me enough money.)</p>
<p>I don’t have a problem with the idea of going to college with only women students, though. Guys never pay any attention to me (as a friend or otherwise) even when they are around, and I relate to other girls a lot better than guys, so it makes no difference to me.</p>
<p>Parent chiming in here. I’d suggest you visit a women’s college if you haven’t. Many of them are located fairly near co-ed schools, so you can still have a decent social life with males if you want to (thinking Scripps in the middle of the Claremont campuses, Bryn Mawr near Haverford & Swat, Smith/Mt. Holyoke in the 5 college consortium in MA, Wellesley near Boston with zillion other schools). The quality of education is quite high, and in some cases the bar for admissions is a bit lower than similar schools due to fewer students applying (only about half of possible students CAN apply, of course). Both of my Ds ended up applying to and being accepted at Mt. Holyoke. One swore she would not attend a women’s college, decided at the last minute to visit, and applied after all. Both made other choices for attendance (one for cost reasons – better merit aid elsewhere, otherwise MH would have been her first choice). The other decided on a STEM school. But my impression is that (1) the academics are often more serious, (2) the party scene is there but calmer - no drunk freshman boys throwing footballs in the hall at 3 am or puking outside your door. As my D1 said when she decided to apply to MH, “I"m going to college for an education, not to find a husband.”</p>
<p>I am looking at a lot of them, my favorite being Barnard. I like the small LAC aspect and most of them have excellent Neuroscience programs, which is what I want to major in. I also really like Smith, Wellesley and Bryn Mawr.</p>
<p>@intparent - Thank you for your response. I’ve heard that Seven Sisters colleges offer educational experiences comparable to top tier coed institutions but are much easier to get into and that the rate of putting students into elite graduate schools (Law, Medical, etc) is impressive among women’s colleges.</p>
<p>I had planned on applying to Wellesley, Barnard, and Mount Holyoke. I visited Wellesley and really connected with the campus, so much so that I probably would’ve gone there, had I not got into Harvard (and also applied/got into Wellesley.) The atmosphere is very liberating, and there are still guys around if you need them.</p>
<p>As a guy, I’m seriously considering many women (colleges).</p>
<p>I’ve considered it before but I’ve decided not too. The college I plan on attending used to be a private girls’ college though. The number of girls attending is still much higher than males.</p>
<p>Never. I’m at an all girls’ school now, and am finally moving at the end of the year. It’s just such an unnatural environment, and you don’t learn how to deal with guys at all.</p>
<p>No. No. No. No. No. No.</p>
<p>Absolutely not. The world isn’t separated by gender. We need to know how to interact with men.</p>
<p>Yes, I will be applying to three women’s colleges for sure if I don’t get into my ED school (Bryn Mawr, Chatham, and Smith) and possibly a few others. At first I was opposed to the idea, but after visiting some, I realized I actually like women’s colleges.</p>
<p>@TheKongo
Sign me up too, will ya?</p>
<p>Parent … my daughter was not interested in either all women’s colleges or LACs … she wanted a research U in an urban area. When we went visiting schools we toured Columbia one morning and since we were there toured Barnard in the afternoon … and she ended applying to Barnard ED after LOVING the place on her tour (and I knew half way through the tour she would move it to #1). She has the best of both worlds both on the LAC/Research U front and the all women’s college but men are about 200 yards away across the street front.</p>
<p>My number 1 suggestion would be if the all women’s colleges hold any interest visit a couple and see if visiting solidifies a preference either way about them.</p>
<p>I considered women’s colleges when I was looking for colleges. I actually preferred them, but there aren’t many around. I like the sort of sisterhood feel of single sex education 
I’ve been in an all girls school before and I really liked it. It feels sort of like a family in a way. Plus I’m just more of a traditional type of girl.</p>
<p>Yes, I am. I never thought that I’d seriously want to go to a women’s college until I started researching Barnard. Barnard is an all women’s college but it’s really different than many others. Because of the fact that you can take classes at Columbia and you can still have many classes and activities with guys, I don’t really mind. I love having guy friends but I don’t think that going to an all women’s college would be as ridiculous as a lot of people make it seem.</p>
<p>Never seriously considered one because they were private, too expensive, and too small.</p>
<p>But the school I’m headed to is 69% female…</p>