<p>What's it like there!? I'm anxious about visiting an all-girls school, because I can't really picture college life without guys, silly as it sounds. Can anyone explain what the social/dating scene is like?</p>
<p>There are several previous posts here and in the Smith forum on this topic. Not hard to find. Good luck.</p>
<p>It's not a silly question! Few incoming students have any real experience in predominantly single-sex environments. From my own perspective, college life without guys was clean, free of prank fire alarms, and uncluttered by competitions to attract male attention. I didn't at all miss having men (students) living on campus. Because of cross-registration, some of your classes would probably have male students, and there are off-campus opportunities for socialization if you want to go that route. </p>
<p>It takes more effort to meet men your age if you go to a women's college, but it's certainly not an insurmountable obstacle. Wellesley women are some of the most amazing people out there, and I really didn't miss having men around all the time.</p>
<p>Don't call it an "all girls school". Call it a women's college. No one will take you seriously if you call it a girls school.</p>
<p>Going to a women's college has been the best choice I've made as far as college goes. Its quiet, clean, and nice. This is not to say that you can't find loud social situations, though. It does mean that you can have a loud party and go home to a quiet, clean dorm. Women are also less likely to hold back in class without men. When we do have men in class, they are more aware of the fact that they are with all these smart women and they don't expect the dynamic to be like it was in high school because of this. I wouldn't trade it for anything!</p>
<p>Concerning the student body at Wellesley, I've heard from several friends that Wellesley women are a bit more snooty than the women at the other Sister colleges. Any truth to this?</p>
<p>I didn't spend enough time at the sister schools to make a comparison, but I didn't think Wellesley women were snooty. I never felt shunned by my classmates or looked down upon for any reason, but (according to the stereotypes I hear so often) I should have felt inferior to my classmates every day. On the contrary, one of the things I miss most about the community is the full acceptance of people as they are.</p>
<p>Wellesley students are, perhaps, more reserved than the students at the sister colleges, but I wouldn't equate that with snootiness. And, compared to most of the women I know from other institutions, Wellesley women are positively uninhibited in their confidence and acceptance of themselves as intelligent women ... so take the comparisons with rather large grains of salt.</p>
<p>My daughter is a rising sophomore at Wellesley,and loves the school. She has a variety of women friends, and they often go out to dinner or shopping, but also go to parties at other colleges. She has been to co-ed parties at MIT, Harvard, Babson, B.U. and Brown. She isn't dating anyone steadily; it may take longer to form a relationship with a man when one does not see them every day. That might be a good thing. Her dorm R.A. helped guide the new girls in the reputations of various fraternities at different schools, and which parties to attend and which might be best to avoid. (Her opinion of course, but so far its been sound.) I think they have had lots of fun.</p>
<p>My daughter finds the dorm a comfortable place and loves the beauty of the campus and the excellence of the professors.</p>