Bryn mawr vs wellesley vs smith

passionflower8
Mon, 02 Oct 2006 11:27:40 +0000

i guess this is somewhat self explanatory.
i’ll start
open curriculum (smith) vs many (?) required courses
northampton vs wellesley, bryn mawr
lower sats v higher sats -don’t know what difference this makes, maybe just that smith people weren’t super college crazy in hs, or weren’t good at standardized tests, or didn’t take expensive prep courses, or even that bm and w student are empirically smarter (though I dont trust the sats). it could also be one indicator of how much harder it is to get into wellesly and bm also possibily better academics, reputation at wellesley, bm ??)

i know more about smith than bm and wellesley because the open curriculum and semeter in washington is a big draw for me, plus all the nice, enthusiastic, helpful people on the smith board- not to say w and bm aren’t active and nice, just that i have some more experience on the smith one. i don’t mean to sound biased in my comparisons or make bm and w seem identical

all seem very liberal, accepting of gays, and rank high in washington monthly forservice and being a place for upward mobility ie, lots of people get financial aid.