<p>@Eieiaye </p>
<p>I do not think it will be any different from any other insurance like Aetna, BCBS or United etc. Wellesley doctors/nurses do not charge for initial evaluation visits. They will refer her to a hospital or other specialists, who will then take care of your D, under Tricare, as long as they participate in it. </p>
<p>So, no problemo…</p>
<p>Just to see where all our D’s are going to be staying…</p>
<p>My D will be in Claflin… !</p>
<p>How about your Ds?</p>
<p>wrong thread</p>
<p>Alright… end of a long road. The process of waiting to see the scores, road trips to see colleges, waiting for the admission letter is all a distant memory now. :)</p>
<p>All packed up [not yet, but getting there] and ready to hit the road to Wellesley at last. </p>
<p>Hope you all have a safe and enjoyable trip to Wellesley. </p>
<p>Hope the kids will enjoy the company of their new roommates… and have a great time at Wellesley.</p>
<p>Best Wishes.</p>
<p>Dorm rooms: So our girls are all there. Would this be the place to discuss dorms? My daughter and her roommate are crammed into what was certainly once a single. It’s kind of shocking. That was something we didn’t see on the tour. I am surprised it’s even allowed under fire code, but I will trust that it is. That being said, I have never seen a room this small for two people. Anyone else getting such reports? </p>
<p>Hmmmm. I decided to start a thread on this and now am trying to figure out how to remove the posting above so they don’t overlap. Hmmm. Any hints?</p>
<p>My daughter loves her classes and professors and the work she is doing. What she doesn’t love is the lack of social opportunities. She has gone into Boston a few times but she feels it takes so much time. The town seems to close up at 9 and she feels she is missing out on a "normal college experience. Anyone else having the same problems?</p>
<p>@Eieiaye
Wellesley is a unique college experience. Based on my assessment [not as a student, not as a parent, just as an adult] it is a very nice academic institution with a solid reputation and perhaps alumna connections. But it is not for every body. It is a small college so the place looks empty most of the time. It is academically intense and demands a lot of time from the students. Since it is away from a city or even an active town [Wellesley is a small rich suburb] there is nothing much to do in Wellesley it self.</p>
<p>Yes you can go to Boston for weekends, but “you have to go to Boston for the weekends”…:)</p>
<p>If one is looking for more activity/social life I think Wellesley will be lacking compared to other schools which are either coed or bigger or in a city.</p>
<p>So far no complaints from my D. She has been commuting to Boston most weekends with her friends and seems to be having a good time. </p>
<p>Wellesley is more for the laid back, quieter/shy academically oriented students. If one wants a balance between academics, reputation and social scene, I guess Wellesley does lack the social scene. It all depends on what one wants. </p>
<p>[I personally like a bigger city, more vibrant social scene etc… but I am not the one going to college…
]</p>
<p>And kids who go to Barnard and Columbia complain that there is no campus feel at those places because it’s an urban school with all of NYC to distract you.</p>
<p>And my daughter’s friends at Middlebury, Dartmouth, Oberlin, Carleton, and Cornell complain that they are SO out in the middle of nowhere without a hope of a glimpse of a great city like Boston. Wellesley gives them a great option of going to Boston when they want – either to take classes there, or explore the city. </p>
<p>@LMAlcott </p>
<p>…"Middlebury, Dartmouth, Oberlin, Carleton, and Cornell complain that they are SO out in the middle of nowhere "… that is why we ruled it out. </p>
<p>Until my D decided to go to a LAC, I was a University type of person. I could not understand why she will want to go to a LAC. Now, I do understand the value of a LAC. </p>
<p>Last weekend we went to GeorgeTown University for a visit. It was a beautiful campus, very vibrant and buzzing with activity [compared to W]. But after Wellesley, I felt it was too crowded and I felt unless the student is self motivated to push himself or herself, it may end up being a not so rewarding educational experience. It may be better socially but educationally it will have to come from the student, I am not sure how the faculty/student ratio will work out in these big places.</p>
<p>My S, who is now starting to look for colleges, met with his senior in GTU and I happened to talk to him as well. He enquired about my D [they are classmates] and I told him about her weekend visits to Boston etc. His comment was, “it is nice for her to get out of the bubble, and I have not yet managed to get out of the bubble”. This despite he being a very outgoing boy and GTU being in the heart of DC. It sounded as though he wished he would rather be in Boston [He did get in to Boston College as well].</p>
<p>So every college/University has the same issue in different aspects. Either the social scene is too much because of too many drunken parties, or it is too quiet or it is in the middle of no where, where the only entertainment is to drink and do drugs, other than studying [as in some great brand name LACs and Uni in the middle of nowhere].</p>
<p>Wellesley has a decent compromise, you can hide in the safety of the isolation of W, go out and party when you want to at your convenience in Boston or just go in to town for whatever you want to shop or visit places. It is not a perfect social scene but I guess it is not terrible either. </p>
<p>As long as the expectations are realistic and the student is willing to make the adjustment, Wellesley’s lack of social scene may be less of an issue.</p>
<p>Thanks for the responses! I think she misses the spontaneity. Since we live in a college town, albeit of a larger university, I think she assumed all college towns were like that. She is an alternative music type so I hope once she feels more at home and not travelling in a pack of girls it will get better. I urged her to get more involved in clubs etc, as having some free time is new to her! And honestly, she misses boys!!!</p>
<p>@Eieiaye, perhaps your daughter would be interested in the campus radio station, WZLY? My daughter is on the staff, and she has made a number of close friends through the radio station. </p>
<p>@yotommy, she just started working at the radio station and that is going well! She also managed to interview the bands this past weekend so things are looking up!</p>
<p>@Eieiaye, I’m very glad to hear she has made that connection!</p>