<p>Mt. Holyoke is a really great school that really goes out of its way to welcome international students. The campus is gorgeous and the Five College consortium means that Mt. Holyoke students have the benefits at being at a strong LAC college in a country-like setting (for instance, the horse trails around the pond), with the benefits of access to courses taught by professors at UMass, Hampshire, Amherst, Smith. The alumnae network is also superb. AA is right: don’t spoil your first year of college obsessing over getting into another school. There are tremendous resources available to you at Mt. Holyoke. And congrats for getting accepted there: Mt. Holyoke does a number of things to specifically commit to its international students, so they must have really wanted you to come!</p>