<p>Are the living conditions very protected and strict? I'm considering Wellesley, but I don't want to go to a school where I will be "babied". Is it true you are not allowed to have overnight visitors in your dorms, even a sibling?</p>
<p>I never found the living conditions strict. I wonder where you heard that students are not allowed overnight visitors? You are definitely allowed to have overnight visitors. I believe visitors can stay a maximum of 3 consecutive days, but no one is watching. In general, students with a significant other tend to have them stay over the weekend, instead of weekdays. Two of my dearest friends each had their boyfriend stay overnight on weekends, throughout all four years. In fact, both couples are married now and still reminisce about weekend brunches at Wellesley over a decade ago, in the mid-90s!</p>
<p>I was on a tour yesterday and the tour guide (a sophomore) said something about visitors not being allowed to stay the night and that really made me skeptical because if that is really a rule i can’t imagine other rules there might be! She may have mentioned something about having your roommate give permission or something? I could not hear the last part of what she said.</p>
<p>Wellesley dorms allow overnight visitors. My Wellesley student’s older sister camped out in her room when she had to go to a meeting in Boston. Of course, I’m too old for camping on the floor, so I make a reservation at a nearby hotel when I visit :)</p>
<p>“She may have mentioned something about having your roommate give permission or something?”</p>
<p>Would you be happy with your roomie’s bf permanently moving in? Not everyone can be comfortable with a male stranger in their room. Asking your roomie is not “strict” conditions, it is just common courtesy.</p>
<p>I’ve been on two tours and am also considering Wellesley; I’ve heard from multiple sources that you can have visitors in your dorm up to three nights.</p>
<p>You can have visitors overnight for up to three consecutive nights (with permission of your roommate(s) if you have any).</p>
<p>What you heard was definitely garbled because nothing you posted is true!</p>
<p>Your roommate has to give permission. The guest policy as reported by everyone else is accurate as I remember it. Any recent changes toward what you thought you heard would result in riots and I would have heard about them! I graduated a couple of years ago and I still know about all JPham and Hercampus.</p>
<p>The guest policy is enforced through the honor code. There are no sign-ins. </p>
<p>Also, the three-day rule and alcohol/common space rules exist in MIT graduate housing, just in case anyone was curious.</p>
<p>thank you everyone! that’s all good news 
so for all those who replied and went to wellesley, do you recommend i go??? i’m choosing between wellesley, barnard, cornell, and johns hopkins… very tough decision!</p>
<p>Along the lines of this discussion, does Wellesley ‘wristband’ those below 21 at parties?</p>
<p>You have to show ID at 21+ parties anywhere in Boston. Campus parties at Wellesley are more strict. However, most parties I’ve been to are located in Tishman, which is adjacent to the pub. So if you’re 21+ you can go to the pub and get a drink (with appropriate ID), but if you’re not 21 then you can just go have fun. </p>
<p>I don’t think I’ve ever been wristbanded or otherwise marked to differentiate age at Wellesley. Though it does happen at off campus parties/clubs.</p>
<p>Yes.</p>
<p>I’ve seen Wellesley wristband the over-21 set at events like Marathon Monday. The wristband had removable three-pull tabs, each good for one drink. You also had to be over 21 to get into the free beer corral.</p>
<p>^ I’ll get to experience that this year then Yay for senior year!</p>