<p>so now the question is: MIT or Wellesley? Has another one else who got in Wellesley (ED or EE) also applied and got into MIT? Which do you like better? As far as I think, the academics at Wellesley does not fall behind MIT, unless you want to major in engineering.....but it seems like the social life is much more exciting at MIT than Wellesley. Any other major differences (in addition to one being all female) between the campuses/lifestyle/classes? Which is a better prep for graduate school, especially law school?
Thanks!</p>
<p>I think it all depends on your major. For science/math/engineering/pre-med go to MIT. For the humanities, go to Wellesley.</p>
<p>For law school, I'd go to Wellesley.</p>
<p>Yeah, I agree w/ wolfstarslasher on the law school thing. I'm also thinking of going to law school and all that I ever hear is that law schools don't care what you major in, but they want you to have a strong background in the liberal arts. Wellesley would definitely offer you a great education in the liberal arts.</p>
<p>Speaking of law school, I just thought that it was interesting how in Mona Lisa Smile, Julia Stile's character says that Yale Law School unofficial reserves a spot for a Wellesley girl, haha... :-)</p>
<p>my wellesley alumni interviewer (who was btw the most awesome woman i've ever met) was a graduate of USF med school, which is apparently really good (my cousin who got into stanford med got rejected from USF) and said that if you succeed at wellesley you will get into every graduate school you apply to</p>
<p>wellesley girls can also cross-register with MIT, so if you like MIT for a specific class or something, don't rule Wellesley out.</p>
<p>(for example, I was interested in trying to get into an MIT ling. class with Choms)</p>
<p>Oh yeah, I should mention my interviewer as well. She's a big-time lawyer who used to work in NY and now lives in Ohio, but she flies to DC every other weekend or so.</p>
<p>She also told me that her friends from Wellesley became mostly judges, lawyers and doctors.</p>
<p>Wellesley women are amazing! Oh, and ellafunt, you are right about USF having a really good medical school. Back when I was thinking of possibly wanting to become a doctor, I remember seeing USF right up there with all of the other top schools.</p>
<p>Speaking of interviews, how many of you interviewed and how much does interviewing factor into an acceptance decision?</p>
<p>I didn't interview- guess it can't factor too much.</p>
<p>I think that if I get in, my interview will have been the deciding factor. However, after all of the interviews I did for my schools, Wellesley is the only one I can say it really counted for.</p>
<p>I got along really well with my interviewer, and I somehow impressed her (I'm not exactly sure how/why, but I think it's because she'd never heard of some of the ECs I do and thought they were cool). She even invited me to a couple of functions with the Wellesley alumnae club in our area.</p>
<p>Anyway, we just had some sort of weird connection, and if I get in, it's all her doing :). If you didn't interview, it's no big deal. My stats are not as strong as some other people's, which is why I felt my interview helped me so much. But as Elizabeth has shown, not having an interview is fine too.</p>
<p>Yeah, I didn't interview either, but I kind of wished I had just so that I would have been able to talk to someone who went to Wellesley and knows what its all about. Honestly, I never really thought I'd choose Wellesley, but ever since I applied and really started looking into the school, I can't help but realize how awesome it would be to go to Wellesley. It keeps growing on me. :-)</p>
<p>it sucks that interviews are not THAT important in admission decisions......if they were more influential then I would be so much more confident about every school I applied to</p>
<p>Supposedly they're only important if the college is unsure about whether to admit you. So if you're borderline, a good interview could push you over the edge! :)</p>