<p>Hello CC,
1st off please don't think I'm a hateful ignorant person, I'm not, however this situation had happened before and it was uncomfortable.In middle and high school people were pressured to be gay, one of my friends was forcibly kissed. I am a bit worried about being forced into something, and excessive PDA. I don't like PDA(all orientations). I go to a (small charter) school with about 10-15% Gay (my counting b/c many ppl probably aren't out). They have GSA, signs that say "safe space". a gay day etc. at my school.
Anyway I'm interested in Wellesley's alumnae network, proximity, sharing with MIT (I want to be an engineer), lack of immature guys, really smart ppl to surround me, gorgeous campus, admire thier sustainability, caring/qualified professors& job placement/internships.
Questions:
A) Percent who go to MIT & it worth it?
B) Percent Gay? Will people be aggressive about it?</p>
<p>People are either born gay or they aren’t. I think what you’re talking about is people at your high school feeling pressure to experiment with same sex relationships, the way they might feel pressure to engage in other behaviors. By college, most people have a better sense of who they are, one hopes, and won’t be as susceptible to pressures of this kind as they might have been in high school. Eventually, the people who are gay will realize it. Those who aren’t will do the same. All the pressure in the world can’t turn a straight person gay or vice versa. </p>
<p>My daughter is a rising sophomore at Wellesley. She has some gay friends, but I don’t know how many women on campus are LGBT. Like most colleges, it is a left-leaning place, but because of the high intellectual caliber of the students, people are open to different perspectives. D, for example, is an evangelical Christian, and also a pretty outspoken feminist. She feels very comfortable at Wellesley and has never felt pressured by anyone to date another woman.</p>
<p>People who take courses at MIT tend to take the ones that aren’t available at Wellesley, such as architecture, because by all accounts, it’s a hassle to get there. </p>