<p>I am incredibly interested in Wellesley. I love the idea of a truly comfortable college education, where girls aren't timid and afraid to express their thoughts because they want to impress boys. However, like many others before me and after me, I am also hesitant to attend because of the lack of boys! I went to an all-girl school from grades 5 to 9, but wanted to experience co-ed education again and switched to a co-ed school for 10th grade. I have made lovely guy friends (straight and gay) and absolutely want guy friends in my college experience. I also want to possibly get a boyfriend without it being clear that I am on a mission to get a boyfriend. To put it simply, I want an active social life with a great education. Can someone who's been to Wellesley describe your social experience while there?</p>
<p>Bump!! I’m feeling the same as you and this is my parents’ ONLY concern since I’m applying to Wellesley for ED. SOMEONE HELP</p>
<p>Also wondering how often Wellesley students take classes and join clubs at MIT and if that becomes a or the route to coed interaction?</p>
<p>HSG</p>
<p>Both of the Wellesley students we know date or have dated MIT guys whom they met through MIT classes & EC’s. Admittedly not a statistically significant sample, but there are so many college students in the area, it shouldn’t be too hard to have a social life ;)</p>
<p>Both girls have had tremendous opportunities for internships and study abroad that would have been unlikely anywhere else. Both attended co-ed HS’s with guy friends.</p>
<p>Thank you Yaupon! But the thing is, I’m an international student. So I’m uncertain if I’ll have a ring of US friends to introduce me to their friends from other schools.</p>
<p>^Same problem here. I am also an international student and I currently attend a US boarding school (co-ed). Girls here can be b*tchy sometimes (excuse my language)… I don’t really have any girl friend that is from the US. I transfered to this school my sophomore year and everyone already has her friend group, which might be a reason… Meh. I’m hoping girls at a women’s college can be nicer.</p>
<p>My D’s experience has been exactly like yaupon’s.</p>
<p>I would guess the majority of students at Wellesley don’t know anyone else before attending. My D didn’t know anyone at Wellesley or in Boston. She made more friends at Wellesley than she ever did in HS, I think because she had more interests in common.</p>
<p>If you want to have a social life, you can have one. It may not fall into your lap and it may require some effort. D had a large group of friends at Wellesley, and met many other students (both male and female) at other area colleges and universities that became part of her social group.</p>
<p>My daughter hasn’t even started at Wellesley yet, but she has already met a few guys (and women) from the Christian fellowships at Tufts and MIT during outreach activities this summer. Apparently they sometimes have group activities with the women in the Wellesley fellowship. If this is the case, it won’t be difficult for her to meet guys at all.</p>
<p>Even if you don’t participate in religious activities, there are probably other interest groups or clubs that join similar groups at Olin, MIT, Tufts, etc. for joint outings. And I do know that guys come to parties on the Wellesley campus.</p>
<p>Even back in the dark ages, when I went to Mount Holyoke, we had no problem meeting guys and MHC is a fairly rural campus compared to Wellesley.</p>
<p>The bus leaves every hour for Cambridge.</p>
<p>^^, glido… “The bus leaves every hour for Cambridge.” Too funny!</p>
<p>Also, the bus costs $4.00, which is a steal, even if it takes 30-50 minutes.</p>
<p>When my sister went way back in the day, the bus to MIT was called the f*** truck ;)</p>
<p>It is still called that, according to my daughter.</p>
<p>In my day it was the Meat Wagon but today its alternate name is the Cuddle Shuttle. Whatever. It gets you into Boston, whatever your reasons may be.</p>
<p>It even has a Twitter account:
twitter.com/WellesleyPeterP</p>
<p>My cousin goes to Wesley and she had a boy friend while attending the college. She had no problem meeting the boy.</p>