<p>I was just accepted to the Adelia Cheever learning community for all girls. In the beginning it seemed like a good idea, but now I'm starting to have some doubts. Will it constrict my social life in any way? Are the requirements too much of a hassle? </p>
<p>Any advice or comments would be greatly appreciated.</p>
<p>I go to church with a couple of girls in Adelia Cheever and they seem to like it and be close to the people in the program. I haven't heard them complain about any requirements or anything like that. From what I can tell, it's a cross between a program like WISE (Women in Science and Engineering) and Martha Cook. It has an academic goal/career goal/support group in women in leadership/community, but isn't as specific about goals as, say, Science and Engineering. At the same time, it's like Martha Cook in the sense that some say "you have to be a certain type of girl to want to live there."
I think if you're into having a support group of women with career aspirations and so on, then Adelia Cheever will be a positive effect on your social life because you'll be with a lot of people similar to you. If you're entirely against that or living with people like that, then it might constrict your social life a bit. However, in either case, it's not like you'll be in a bubble, unable to meet other people in the University, at all. You pick your friends.</p>
<p>Personal spew: I'm personally not a big fan of communities for women in areas women are underrepresented, but I can't judge anyone who decides to be in one, because maybe there are benefits (and if there are, I definitely have been missing out like my entire life). I will say that it was hard to meet girls who had same interests as me when I went to college, but I think that's largely because 1.) theoretical math has no women to create a support group for and 2.) Republican women or female Karl Rove wannabes are also very sparse. Thus, in the end, there were only a few girls in my math and polsci classes and activities, but that doesn't bother me at all because I think I can plan out my career goals without worrying about having women to support me in an academic manner. You might want to ask yourself if you do feel like you need a female support group, or, if you're a resume-builder, if Adelia Cheever looks good on your resume (I'm not sure).</p>
<p>When have you ever had an interest in theoretical math?</p>
<p>At the beginning of college...kind of...hush you!</p>
<p>Which brings us to another point. So I, um, don't have the same career goals as when I first started college WHICH HAS A LOT MORE TO DO WITH A CHANGE OF HEART than the fact that would have ultimately killed me...um, math is hard and you're supposed to put some kind of effort into it.
I guess those communities foster you to almost take a certain path, as in, not "copping out" and becoming a housewife (I hate when people say "copping out" as if if you're smart and decide not to major in a "hard science" that's "copping out" rather than deciding to do what you really want to do, which might be making sandwiches and raising babies.). This might be good if you're determined to achieve a certain goal, but bad if you don't.</p>
<p>okay thanks for your help! i hope i end up liking it there...</p>