<p>I had an impression that sciences are very much stressed at Wellesley, but what about studio art and psych? How are facilities/professors at those departments? Are they big? </p>
<p>Also, are there strict distribution requirments at Wellesley? (I am not so found of math, so I am hoping to avoid math or take statistics)</p>
<p>I wouldn’t say that sciences are stressed at Wellesley- the most popular majors are economics, English, political science…</p>
<p>I can say as a psychology major that the department is good, but the selection of courses at the upper level are not always the best</p>
<p>as far as distributions, they are not that difficult to complete. you could do your math requirement with astronomy.</p>
<p>I would not say that sciences are stressed at Wellesley either. Yes, there are lots of pre-med students and other students in the sciences in general, but many students are in the social sciences and humanities as well. </p>
<p>Psychology is definitely one of the larger departments and most majors I know absolutely love it. Same with Studio Art though there are fewer students within the studio art department, compared to the psych dept. </p>
<p>I know intro psych courses are about 20-30 people and I would imagine they decrease in size as you progress through the major (so about 15?). I can’t say for sure since I am not majoring in psych. </p>
<p>Faculty members are pretty much always available - holding office hours, etc. Most of my professors have given me their cell phone numbers, home numbers, sometimes even home addresses. Dinner invitations have happened as well!! Overall, no matter what department you’re in, the faculty at Wellesley go above and beyond your expectations. They really have a student’s success in mind and they try to help you out in any way they can.</p>
<p>THere are distribution requirements at Wellesley. However, while the list might seem daunting at first, you will actually fulfill most of them without even thinking about it. Depending on your major, they may be one or two areas where you specifically have to schedule a class in that area to fulfill it – for example, you want to be psych or studio art so you may never “voluntarily” take a math course but you still need to take one. Even if you don’t want to take intro math, you can take astronomy or computer science or geology or horticulture to fulfill that requirement. The requirements are actually quite flexible. You do NOT need to take a math course to necessarily fulfill the “math” requirement. Likewise with the other distributions.</p>
<p>I’m a psych major, and I love my classes. I am taking my first 200 level class this semester. Keep in mind that it is also possible to take psychology classes at other schools (such as MIT), so if you want more options then those are available. </p>
<p>As for strict requirements, not really. You can take astronomy as your science or math requirement, which I heard is pretty interesting. I am currently taking computer science (web programming) as my math requirement.</p>
<p>What is your concentration (developmental, clinical psychology)? Is there a concentration that is particularly strong? Are you planning on any internships connected with psychology?
And, who are the best teachers - just for future reference 
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<p>Thanks so much fr answering my endless questions :)</p>
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<p>I don’t quite know my concentration yet, since this is my first year of taking Psychology at Wellesley. I am currently part of a research position at MIT, and am thinking of doing another one over the summer, if everything works out. I’m not sure about strong concentrations, since I’m not sure it’s organized that way. Most psych majors take a diverse type of Psychology classes, ranging from Biological to Developmental etc.</p>
<p>As for good professors, you can usually find out who to take classes with and who to not take classes with by talking to upper classwomen and reading the Wellesley conferences. That’s what I did, and it worked out splendidly. :)</p>