| I, too, attended an all girls college, Douglass, just before Rutgers College went co-ed. I don't really understand what RU has done with Douglass these days, so I really cannot advocate for it anymore. But I thought an all women college was a great experience. I had been in a co-ed high school, had lots of guy friends, but was very insecure as a student, wouldn't speak in class, etc. I just bloomed in college. I no longer felt intimidated by guys in class, and the few Rutgers guys who ventured into our classes generally got blown away because the women were very serious students. I don't think I would have ended up where I am had I followed my brothers off to Penn State. Like Scripps and some of the others with close proximity to coed or guys schools, we were never lacking for guys in the library, the student center and at social events. But it was really the classroom experience that made it great for me. |