Wellesley

Often thought of as the best women’s college in the country, Wellesley can not only hold their own with any small liberal arts college, it can hold its own in any crowd.  When talking about what makes Wellesley special, the first thing people note is that it is an all women’s institution but what does that mean other than the gender of your classmates.  At Wellesley it means having an institution whose priorities and purpose center on the success of its women.  Certainly not a surprising concept but an important one when one considers that women continue to be paid less than men and hold fewer positions of leadership than men,  Wellesley talks about these imbalances and how you can overcome them. An important weapon in this fight is the Wellesley alumni network.  Not only is it filled with many impressive and successful women including Hillary Rodham Clinton, Madeline Albright, Diane Ravitch, Diane Sawyer, Linda Werthheimer, Nora Ephron and more but the alumni network is one of the most active of any college or university in helping current students get opportunities, jobs, internships... and succeed.

Wellesley is also powerful because of the education it provides to its students.  Best known for their Economics, Political Science, Psychology, English, International Relations and Neuroscience Programs, Wellesley makes sure their students have access to a broad array of academic opportunities.  They accomplish this by expanding their already strong course offerings with cross registration at MIT (architecture), Olin (entrepreneurial engineering), Babson (business) and Brandeis (expanded liberal arts options).  The success of Wellesley students can also be seen in the high acceptance rates to graduate school ( 70% medical school, 80% law school, more than 20% above the national average.  

All this and Wellesley is still a small liberal arts college of approximately 2,250 women, a nurturing environment where people know and look out for you.  Although all women, Wellesley is diverse in ethnicity, age, geography and socio-economic status.  What Wellesley women have in common is that they are smart, accomplished, passionate and hardworking.