<p>I've heard Wellesley is actually a school full of snobs. Anyone want to disprove me?</p>
<p>Difficult to disprove an attitudinal stance.</p>
<p>There are status conscious girls at Wellesley who went to Miss Porter's, take their pick of cashmere sweaters for the day, and take their local vacations on the Cape when they're not going skiing in Switzerland...and there are girls who do the same without making any deal of it at all and then there are girls for whom all of the foregoing would be totally Not Them.</p>
<p>Are people here snobs?</p>
<p>Well, there are people here. There are people everywhere. But here, there are poor people, rich people, black people, white people, asian people, brown people, Jewish people, old people, male (!) people, Muslim people, native people, Christain people, hippie people, ultra conservative people, boarding school people, people from the next town over, and some people who have lived all over the world. I can say I know (and am friends with) people in all these categories at Wellesley. (when you write people that many times the word sure looks strange). I would daresay there are a few snobs here, and I could name names. I would however, be unable to fill one hand.</p>
<p>Some people feel normal interactions in New England are snobbish by nature (especially the interactions between strangers)-but I'm from the area and don't notice a thing.</p>
<p>People here have had quite a few discussions on money, class and snobbery (in the town of Wellesley), and what has come out has been fascinating. I have spent too much time here typing this to go into details, but just because someone says nothing to you doesn't necessarily mean they are thinking nasty things about you.</p>
<p>But this isn't Mean Girls. Or High School. Or a school of snobs. Snobs hate people like me, and I'm happy here.</p>
<p>Snobs, certainly, as there are in Harvard, Yale, and Godhelpme, Princeton. When you've reached the upper-tier schools, there are going to be people there who've got there on name and money, or at least are used to old money. </p>
<p>I've lived in NE all my life, and sometimes what some people not from the region perceive as snobbery and coldness are actually reserve and natural inclination to be insular. It comes with the weather, I guess. The snow and rain's enough to put a stick up anyone's arse, sadly.</p>
<p>Well, what do you mean by "snobs"? People who think they have the most refined tastes? People who think they're smarter than everyone else? People who are wealthy and only surround themselves with extremely expensive material things? All of the above?</p>
<p>Like someone else said, it's pretty much impossible to prove/disprove snobbery. You'd have to see for yourself. All that anyone here can offer is anecdotal evidence. Subjectively, for the most part. </p>
<p>I found the vast majority of women at Wellesley to be fairly down-to-earth and friendly. There were a few stand-out snobs (the types who pretty much were all of those things I listed in the first paragraph), but there certainly was not a huge presence of those types. Again, I'm not sure I know what kind of "snobs" you're concerned about, so it's hard for me to elaborate any further.</p>
<p>I'd say you'd be hard pressed to find a school anywhere where you get along with everyone.
That being said, no. I have not found Wellesley to be a school of snobs at all. I think some people confuse opinionated women with snobs (not to rip off of Theresa Heinz Kerry).
There are going to be snobs everywhere. I have yet to meet anyone here who I don't get along with.</p>