<p>I have been offered admission at both, I have got free ride at W&L, but Wellesley is close to my home and also provides me with very good financial aid (Ill need to pay about $12K for the first year). </p>
<p>If I chose Economics major, which school is stronger? Your suggestion/advice is highly appreciated.</p>
<p>It really depends on what you want to do with an economics degree. If you're interested in business, I-banking, that kind of fun stuff - you won't find an LAC better than W&L. As the only top LAC with an accredited business school, professors at W&L know what they're doing and have a lot of resources to access, and the alumni support is unbelievable in finding jobs. Moreover, Career Services has a decidedly C-school focus, unfortunately sometimes to the detriment of other majors, and thus you're going to end up with an amazing job as a C-school grad.</p>
<p>That said, if you're into more of the theories of economics and want to go on to an econ grad school and perhaps go the route of becoming a professor . . . W&L is not so strong in that regard.</p>
<p>W&L's econ department is very strong. Though most econ majors go onto wall street jobs, there are some who do go onto grad school.</p>
<p>what type of person are you?
are you more comfortable with wellesley and its social scene or are you more interested in a very greek scene? small town or major city? all girls or coed? it's very important. probably more important to your happiness than your major.
both schools are great institutions. what a great choice to have to make.</p>
<p>i've visited wellesley and stayed overnight at w&l. i loved W&l, the greek scene didn't bother me at all, in fact, i'll probably join a sorority. but i also loved wellesley, since it's close to home and close to boston. i don't know how big of an issue the all-girls thing will be, and i really won't know until i've actually experienced it for more than a month. it's a hard choice to make. </p>
<p>do a lot of people at w&l study abroad? that's definitely something i want to do, especially since i'm thinking about going into international business...</p>
<p>50% of W&L students study abroad - the majority of that doing one of the spring term courses, which are amazing</p>
<p>I did both spring term and regular study abroad. The best part of doing the regular study abroad (I did a Fall in Prague) was that my scholarship carried over, so it was essentially free. No one else on my program had that deal, they were taking out some big loans to pay for it.</p>
<p>As someone who's now 1,000 miles away from her hometown, I will say that there's something very liberating about being away from home. I feel like you're much more on your own if you don't have the option of going home every weekend. A lot of people here live within a few hours of their house, but I've always felt that because I can only go home on the long breaks (Thanksgiving, Winter, Feb, Spring) I appreciate it a lot more. And if you're only in Massachussetts (Sorry, I've never been able to spell it) your parents can still come down for Parent's Weekend and things like that. I will always advocate going to college away from home, because I feel like it's such a great experience, and helps prepare you for real life, when you can't fall back on your parents all the time, while you still hhave all the resources and structure of college. I hope this helps.</p>