<p>“My mom thinks that introvert + women’s college = doomed to be single.”</p>
<p>ok, well not permanently, but as far as your campus experience, they are just looking at the numbers and computing the odds.</p>
<p>It is not unusual for parents to be very concerned about the social well-being of their kids.</p>
<p>IMO you be should be doing a similar computation for yourself, not reflexively dismissing their input.</p>
<p>There are relative strong points and weak points to be weighed in every college matriculation decision. I think the likely prospective social situation at each school is a factor that should legitimately be considered, and usually is. Of course it is not the only factor, and after a weighing of pluses and minuses many people still decide to pick a situation that may appear to have some relative minuses, because the pluses so far outweigh them. while others may prioritize differently.</p>
<p>But IMO it would be unwise to be confident that these ratios will have no implication for you. Whether that alone should drive your decision is another matter, about which reasonable people may differ, depending on how important they feel this particular aspect is for them. Where your parents stand on it is evident.</p>