Please Help Me Decide

Colleges and Universities A-Z Wellesley College
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<p>Just like the thread below this one, I have no idea which college to choose! I have narrowed it down to three, Wellesley, Boston College, and Oberlin College. I have visited all three and got a "good feeling" from each one of them! I thought my visits would help, but they just made my decision harder. I go to an all girl's highschool, so it's really hard for me to imagine being away from boys for another four years. But Wellesley is such an amazing school, it has an amazing reputation. Part of me says to get over the "no boys" issue. I'm drawn to BC because it's closer to Boston, and it's co-ed. But I'm not a very social person, and I know there's a lot of drinking there. BC is a great school and more rounded socially and academically. I don't want to spend too much time studying, and I know this could be possible at BC. Oberlin is completely different from BC, and appeals to my slightly "granola" side. Unfortunately the town is incredibly small and doesn't really offer everything I need. I have also found that most Oberlin students spend an incredible amount of time studying/working. </p>

<p>Basically, I don't want to be isolated geographically, I want new social opportunities, I don't want to study too much, but I stll want to attend a good academic school. I know these sound like really ridiculous qualifications, but I just can't make up my mind! Which one of these schools would you say best fits what I'm looking for?</p>

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<p>You people know I have homework at Wellesley, right?</p>

<p>You can get to Boston from BC via the T. That makes it about 4883492x more accesible than Wellesley. Public transportation goes out to Wellesley, but it's the commuter rail, not the the T. Wellesley's transportation is available every hour (during sane hours) and the trip is about 40 minutes each way.</p>

<p>I'm going to say that Wellesley students probably spend as much time as Oberlin students studying/working and that the town of Wellesley itself doesn't cater to the 2300+ students who live there (everything closes at 7). On the upshot, the area Wellesley is in is extremely safe and secure.</p>

<p>How much time people spend on their work is both a function of the workload and the personality of the person who does it. If you are the type of person who will spend a million hours on work, then you will do so anywhere unless the school is too easy for you.</p>

<p>You are isolated from boys somewhat at Wellesley, but college is not a nunnery, and weirdly enough Wellesley's policies toward guests are more lax than at other schools (no sign in garbage, but you do have to escort your guest places).</p>