<p>There are some lesser known ones that sound great to me. Hollins. Sweet Briar. (Maybe Meredith?) </p>
<p>But I read some threads on here where people were basically saying that going to those kind of WC’s is like wasting your money. And that only going to Smith, Wellesley, Bryn Mawr, or Barnard was worth it. As if these other schools are no good. </p>
<p>Hollins and SBC have a reputation for extremely low faculty to student ratio, strong departments, and (if I recall right) SBC had an academic rating on par with Ivy Leagues (98 I think?)</p>
<p>So. I don’t understand where CCers are coming from, but it kinda scares me to read people saying those schools are “crappy” and “there will always be fools to waste their money on them”.</p>
<p>That is like saying that it is only worth going to the very top co-ed colleges in the country. Now, Sweet Briar is not academically on par with an Ivy. But it is perfectly fine academically, I think. Most schools are not on par with ivies. Both of my D’s applied to Mount Holyoke. Mills is another women’s college with a good academic reputation.</p>
<p>There are only 280 colleges in the country that qualified for membership in the prestigious Phi Beta Kappa society. Hollins, Sweet Briar and Mills are three of them. Impressive.</p>
<p>Some people on here are ridiculously pretentious about their college choices. The fact of the matter is, you’re the one who’s getting the education. If those schools seem like a great fit for you, it’s worth it.</p>
<p>Well. What I meant was on the Princeton Review, SBC has an academic rating of 93 (sorry, I thought it was 98, but it’s 93), which isn’t the same but also isn’t at all far off what the Ivies or other top schools have.</p>
<p>In terms of which colleges are “worth” going to, the same rules apply to women’s colleges as do co-eds. Many people will tell you that only the best colleges are “worth” going to, but the truth is, a bachelors degree is a bachelors degree, and you should go to school wherever you will be happy. I go to Bryn Mawr, and I love it, and it is worth it to me only because it is a good fit for me. If you do not like the school, you will not excel to your full potential, and THEN it will not be worth it.</p>
<p>Yeah, I agree with that, I’m just worried…I might be able to get into a more prestigious college and I’m scared of going to a college I love but then winding up regretting it if the degree isn’t “worth it”/not many have heard of it/et cetera. :-/</p>
<p>Pick a college that offers you the education and the environment you want at an affordable price to your family. Most people on the street have never heard of any colleges except for Harvard, big sports powerhouses on TV, and their own state U. Liberal arts colleges (such as women’s colleges) are totally off the radar for most people. Please don’t pick a college on the basis of whether people you know have heard of it.</p>
<p>Wellesley, Barnard and and Bryn Mawr are all great places, but another place that impressed us a lot was Agnes Scott. It’s got a great location, a beautiful campus and academic facilities, and cross-registration opportunities with Georgia Tech and Emory.</p>
<p>Seven Sisters schools are pretty much as prestigious as it gets with Women’s Colleges since they are suppose to be the Women’s College equivalent to the Ivies. Any of them are a great choice. But I definitely suggest visiting these colleges because they are not all the same.</p>