Acceptance Rate & Super Diverse Student Body

2400 women

need blind $55,000 a year 56% get fin aid

31% accepted 41% attend

3 low combo 1950 M 640-750; CR 650-740; W 660-750

Has ED 45%

Super diverse 23% pacific asian/islander 23% hispanic

96% retention rate/85%

Amherst, Barnard, Brown, University of Chicago, MIT, Princeton, Stanford, Yale

Social sciences, area and ethnic studies, biology. Econ super popular. 30% students in 2009 went to work in biz. Science not as popular.

Has distribution requirements but no core curriculum other than writing 125. 30 English classes: sci fi, germs, psychology Can double major Super focused on academics: writing, quant reasoning and foreign language plus classes in 8 of 9 distribution areas. Students say so many courses and variety so not hard to fulfill requirements.

Can cross register with MIT and Olin Shuttle bus to Babson and Olin; take classes at Brandeis Special bus to MIT.

Mythology is largest class capped at 50. Science has 35-40 students Intro to psychology and econ has 25-30 students

Green Hall is career services. WNetwork is the alumni networks Honor code: can take finals any time, any where Library has Guttenberg Bible Entire campus is wifi

International Studies: Provence program, Berlin, 12 college exchange

Uses Dana Hall equestrian club Fall Fling almost 160 students groups set up tables. Easy to start own club. Wellesley has societies that serve as social and academic clubs

Class colors Big sister/Little sister Hoola Hoop Rolling Step Sing Dyke Ball

Lulu (the Lu) campus center is super modern Anderson is a good place to study. Has a fire place. Cafe in the Lu. Lu has snack place and pub that are student run. Science building with birds The Diana Chapman Walsh Alumnae Hall, which houses the Theatre Studies Department, a 1,300-seat auditorium, a black box theater, and a ballroom. 22 acre botanical garden and arboretum. The Davis Museum and Cultural Center houses 11 galleries, a cinema, and a café.

Fiske said that dorms are great and \"immaculate\". I thought they seemed dingy and depressing. All have grand pianos. First years and upper class women are mixed on floors, APT advisors are peer tutor living in residences. All dorms have a piano, RD lives in every complex with her own family. 21 residence houses Sustainability Coop, Feminist Coop, Immersion houses RA on every floor house council

MIT frat parties On campus social life seems lacking—too quiet

Four dining halls in dorms. Sundae Sundays. Also have 4 different flavors ice cream in dining halls every day. Food good. Can eat in any dining hall at any time. Dining halls supposed to have themes but it's hard to tell.

First year mentor is an upper classman who is assigned 10 freshmen. Helps them with registration, eat together and go see a movie

Apparently, not much in town for students because so small and expensive but babysitting for locals is lucrative.

Cape Cod, Providence, and the Vermont and New Hampshire ski slopes are close by car.

US News Summary #7 National Liberal Arts Wellesley College is a private institution that was founded in 1870. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 2,481, its setting is suburban, and the campus size is 500 acres. It utilizes a semester-based academic calendar. Wellesley College's ranking in the 2014 edition of Best Colleges is National Liberal Arts Colleges, 7. Its tuition and fees are $43,554 (2013-14). Wellesley College, located 12 west miles outside of Boston in Wellesley, Mass., has a scenic campus encompassing a lake, woodlands, an arboretum and open meadows. It is a liberal arts college for women and is one of the original Seven Sisters Colleges, which includes Mount Holyoke, Vassar, Smith, Radcliffe (now part ofHarvard), Bryn Mawr and Barnard. Students can choose from more than 150 student organizations on campus. The school has 14 varsity athletic teams that are part of NCAA Division III East College Athletic Conference. Instead of sororities, Wellesley has societies that serve as social and academic clubs. Housing is guaranteed for incoming freshmen, and the majority of students live in Wellesley's 21 residence halls throughout their four years. Wellesley has a cross-registration program with MIT, offering students a greater range of courses. Also, students can spend a semester in another college in the Northeast as part of the Twelve College Exchange Program. The college has a strong science program, including the nation's second oldest physics lab. Wellesley has a program called the Davis Degree Program, which allows women older than 24 to attend college. The school also has many traditions, including an annual hoop-rolling race between the seniors, and stepsinging, when the academic classes try to out-sing each other. Notable alumni include former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton; former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright; and ABC news anchor Diane Sawyer.

Ethos Fashion Show and after-party, cultural shows, and the Boston Marathon.

Lulu Wang Campus Center, Cafe Hoop, and societies (not sororities). Off-campus, students frequent MIT fraternities.