Academics: Smith vs. Mt. Holyoke vs. Wellesley?

Momwaitingfornew
Wed, 08 Apr 2009 08:46:10 +0000

I agree completely with Patc. If you don’t feel comfortable on a particular campus, she won’t excel.

You can never predict which college a student will click with. The weather and the individual tour guide, two aspects that you have no control over, will sometimes push the student toward one or the other, so I recommend that you also sit in on classes at each.

The one advantage my D found at Smith (besides loving the rigor of the classes themselves) was the size: as one of the larger LACs, Smith offers a wider selection of courses so that students don’t feel the need to take courses off campus, although they certainly can.