<p>you can always transfer as well. </p>
<p>I would certainly consider Tufts if you got in off the waitlist as well. Great school.</p>
<p>Wellesley seems to be unique and special. Cornell seems to be the lowest common denominator of elite colleges. I think you made a great decision. You can always go to Cornell for grad school.</p>
<p>“Cornell seems to be the lowest common denominator of elite colleges”</p>
<p>huh???</p>
<p>I think TourGuide you are trivializing what is in fact a difficult decision.</p>
<p>Neither school is appreciably different in repute; their “denominator” would be about the same.</p>
<p>Some of the ways Wellesley is “unique and special” are not positives to many students contemplating this choice: specifically: i) campus is smaller, less diverse and has less going on; off-campus activities, though nearly boundless, take time & effort (suburb); ii) inferior course selection; iii) No males.</p>
<p>Moreover, the HDFS progam OP was contemplating is itself a “special” program.</p>
<p>However there are a lot worse things in the world than having this choice.</p>
<p>none of that matters if you’re an anti-Cornell ■■■■■, though</p>