<p>I'm going to apply to several women's colleges, but Wellesley is my first choice. </p>
<p>I know how competitive admissions is, and I did post this on the "Chances" forum, but wanted to see if you girls (well, women) could give me your best guess about my chances. Thanks.</p>
<p>3.75uw/4.8w extremely competitive public high in Northeast; regular degree, not IB. (yes, I've received a few "B's" but nothing lower than that)</p>
<p>Will graduate with 9 APs; unknown rank, probably top10% or better</p>
<p>31 ACT 12/12 essay; will be retaking this fall</p>
<p>I have won national awards for writing and for community service (1800+ hours)
Significant leadership at state level
Yearbook editor-in-chief
Girl Scout Gold Award
By-lined column for large metropolitan newspaper</p>
<p>I may submit supplemental recs from my Editor and the President of the state agency I volunteer with. Have the recs, which are fabulous; I just don't want to overload the office.</p>
<p>Actually, I'm starting to wonder if a women's college won't feel too confining. I loved Wellesley when I visited, but it may be more isolated than I like. </p>
<p>Also, a few girls from my school attend W and they say the students there are very competitive with each other. I hate that. I'll overnight and see for myself.</p>
<p>Let me just start out by saying that I really love several of the women's colleges (and W is at the top of the list). But you know how you kind of second-guess things, well, I was thinking about the fact that I don't NEED boyfriends, but a lot of my friends ARE boys. </p>
<p>I'm not (that) intimidated in my classes with them and I enjoy the daily friendships. I just wonder how that changes at W where there aren't any! Do you think all-girls can be limiting sometimes? And really annoying! (hahaha) And yes, I know and totally agree with all the great aspects of not having the jerks around!</p>
<p>Actually, I'm more concerned with the competitiveness aspect at W. I come from a high school that is beyond cut-throat and I don't want to deal with that at college.</p>
<p>have any of you all visited barnard? How does it compare to Wellesley? And does anyone know what the atmosphere is like between the students at Barnard and Columbia?</p>
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<p>I've visited Barnard, and my roommate has a bunch of close friends at both Barnard and Columbia. My impression is that Barnard is too limited in its own resources. Mostly everything was "well, we don't have these facilities but Columbia does. You can go there." I was dissappointed at how much Barnard seemed to rely on Columbia to lure students in. But some girls like that about Barnard- that there is a big research university next door (and guys). Wellesley has a billion dollar endowment and can fund things themselves (such as renovations to buildings as well as the new student center). That's what I like about W.</p>