Girls' school?

alooknac
Sat, 21 Dec 2013 18:26:21 +0000

My parents made me apply to a women’s college. I applied, to humor them, with no intention of ever enrolling, but ended up attending. I hated it, even though it is a highly respected school. I personally was against single sex education on philosophical grounds even way back then. However, fastforward many years, I would have let my kids go that route if they wanted to.

The point I’m trying to make is that if your D is philosophically opposed to even the concept of a girls school, I think you should let it go. Even trying to get her to go look may get in the way of your and her relationship during this all-consuming application process. You can always come up with another great, coed, school.

As for the benefits of all girls, later when I enrolled in a coed college, I took an advanced math class just to meet the general ed requirements. It was a small class, about 8 students and an older male professor. I was the only female and the only non-math-major. I aced the course and felt no discrimination, only respect, along with a little dismay from some of my classmates that they were outshone by a non-math-major.

For me personally, it was only after my education ended that I began to see prejudice against smart women.