<p>Guys, this is ultra New England....I actually have a friend whose family runs a "sugar shack" and she goes tapping the trees in town every March and then they make their own syrup. I didn't really think about how quaint and old-fashioned that was until just now. So, I can bring the syrup, too!</p>
<p>Toffee, are you flying into Boston from Philadelphia on the 24th? You said you had a connecting flight in PA. </p>
<p>If anyone is flying in from Philadelphia on the 24th, I would love to know someone on the plane before I arrive!</p>
<p>Anyway, Wellesley was one of my first choice schools (I didn't want to set my hopes on just one school) and, luckily, they gave me the most money. I'm probably about 95% sure I'm going there, I just want to take one last look at the campus next week and finally decide.</p>
<p>Accepted: Wellesley, Colby, George Washington, Muhlenberg, College of New Jersey
Waitlisted: UPenn, Haverford, BC, Dickinson
Rejected: Cornell, Princeton, Georgetown</p>
<p>And I am all for picking up some Harvard/MIT boys!</p>
<p>ooo
Harvard/MIT boys
Vermont Syrup
Pancakes</p>
<p>with NEW COLLEGE FRIENDS!</p>
<p>I am ubeeer excited.</p>
<p>So, I have narrowed down my college picks to three universities: University of Chicago, Cornell University, or Johns Hopkins University. Although I am leaning towards majoringin biomedical engineering with a career in medicine, I am not quite so sure that I want to go to Johns hOpkins because the school is so competitive in this field. i kind of want to go to a school that is more well rounded... but then again... I'm not quite so sure that i want to pursue a career in medicine because I've always been interested in finance, so maybe i should study economics? I'm just not so sure I can handle all those years of hell of med school. Also, everyone freakin' azn person I know is studying medicine, so now I'm like: great... can I even get into med school?? <em>sigh</em> </p>
<p>so here's the dilemma... 1. what do you guys think about majors? Which major would everyone recommend?
2. which college would you guys recommend?
I would greatly appreciate all the help. thanks!</p>
<p>LisaG, I'm actually from NorCal, but I'm visiting Swat in Philly before Wellesley.</p>
<p>eh, Caixia1964...maybe there's something I don't know, but it seems strange that you would ask for advice on a Wellesley forum when you're not even considering Wellesley as a college. Maybe it would be more appropriate/helpful for you if you would post on a more general forum?</p>
<p>I've managed to narrow down my college list to UPenn or Wellesley. I'm really torn between the two. I've visited Penn and loved it, and im going to visit Wellesley for SOC. </p>
<p>Any advice?</p>
<p>Wait until after SOC? I don't know but people have told me once you visit colleges, you really get to see whether you like it or not.</p>
<p>I'm a transfer too, and I want to go boy shopping with you! In Boston!</p>
<p>Does anyone know if Wellesley students can actually take classes at Harvard? I know we can at MIT and elsewhere, but I haven't read anything about Harvard until now...</p>
<p>rabid! yay! how excited were you when you clicked on the link that says you got in?! haha totally up for boy shopping in btown, and you know, if we run out of harvard/mit boys, perhaps it's time to move on to slightly older boston men? i'm going up to visit this weekend, i'll let you know how it goes! have you been to campus before? did you apply anywhere else?</p>
<p>No, there's no cross-registration program between Wellesley and Harvard.</p>
<p>Shaganov, I went to campus... on April 12 (and we got that e-mail that said we'd find out on April 13... talk about stressful). It is SO pretty. And I had never been to Boston, and it was amazing too. We didn't see very many students, which seemed sort of strange, considering it was a weekday afternoon and there was great weather. The students we did see were mostly wearing bikinis and and doing their reading outside of the dorms (which, by the way, have lounges that look like the Gryffindor Common Room!). I liked it; my parents are not at all into the all girl thing, but that might be because for some reason my mom really wants me to get a boyfriend! Ha!</p>
<p>Accepted: Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Dartmouth, Williams, Wellesley, and Mt Holyoke.</p>
<p>Rejected: None</p>
<p>Visited Yale and Princeton last week. Today I will be at Harvard, tomorrow at Wellesley, and Tuesday at Mt. Holyoke. I'm planning to major in Spanish and Pre-Med. Where do you think I should go?</p>
<p>Well, I've got to say Wellesley, of course : ) I would nix Mt. Holyoke becuase it's a very dull place with people that I didn't find were very academically engaged. I would be cautious about Williams because it is awfully small and rather sheltered and way the hell out in the middle of nowhere, though I've heard it's fantastic for some people. Harvard, Princeton and Yale are for you to decide; I don't know much about them. Wellesley's a very good school that has the advantage of being a little out of the way of Boston so that you can study during the week but goof off and do whatever on the weekends. The one thing I have noticed about Wellesley is that, while the girls there are really happy about the education they're receiving and the opportunities they've been given, I don't think I've met a single person who has said that they <em>love</em> Wellesley--they like it as an educational institution, but they don't seem to have the big college love found on some other campuses. One of the very very good things about Wellesley is that it has a lot of money--this means good facilities and good speakers/guest lecturers, something I was impressed with.</p>
<p>I'll keep in mind your insights when I visit the school tomorrow. I'll ask students about their feelings for the school.</p>
<p>I loved Wellesley! Even with it's quirks and flaws and failings, I loved it. (So now you've heard one student say it ;) )</p>
<p>Quirks, flaws, and failings? Care to elaborate, ringer? :p</p>
<p>No institution is perfect. If anything could be addressed more thoroughly, I think it would be mental health. I don't think Wellesley (the institution) is any less aware of mental health issues than other schools, but that doesn't mean there isn't room for improvement. The students have been working very hard to bring more awareness to the community about mental health and resources for help.</p>
<p>An overabundance of [often self-imposed] stress is a flaw. Weird issues with entitlement, among the students, are quirks. On the whole, however, Wellesley was an incredible place; I met my best friends, there, and I learned what it really means to be a woman who will make a difference in the world. It felt more like home than anywhere else I've lived.</p>