<p>Maybe the parents will have the answer.</p>
<p>Since the college admissions season is almost done and overwith, I’ve had a bit of extra time on my hands. Looking over USNWR, I see that Smith, Wellsley, and a few other all women’s colleges have … well, men! 10 guys approximately, a bit more, a bit less.</p>
<p>I’m wondering – how do guys get into these colleges?</p>
<p>It’s a silly question, but it’s truly puzzling.</p>
<p>gender issues?</p>
<p>Smith has guys in their graduate Social Work progam. One of our best friends has his Ph.D. from there. On-campus classes meet in the summer.</p>
<p>Well, still, that doesn’t account for the… * undergraduate * males…</p>
<p>For instance:</p>
<p>There are 27 undergraduate males at Wellesley.
There are 25 undergraduate males at Bryn Mawr.</p>
<p>There are no reported male figures for Smith, however.</p>
<p>I’m still curious. :P</p>
<p>Exchange students?</p>
<p>Gender identification different from chromosomes?</p>
<p>Adult extension people who work on campus?</p>
<p>Good question!</p>
<p>My guess without any data? A staff or employee perk of some kind that needs as a practicality to be across the board. Hence, no public offering of classes to other males.</p>
<p>My guess? (without checking the college websites or google)
They applied and were accepted!</p>
<p>They could be gay too. Or in a completely opposite direction, have girlfriends that go there. I think that’s hilarious that there are guys at an all-women’s college but when women go to all guy schools . . . they werent taken to well.</p>
<p>Well, of course NJres, but … that would break the spirit of the one-gender college… Hrmm… :P</p>
<p>I have no clue. Why don’t you e-mail admissions and ask what’s going on?</p>
<p>They’re from the 12 College Exchange probably…they stay for one year…usually junior…from Bowdoin, Middlebury, Amherst, etc.</p>
<p>The men reported in Wellesley’s stats come from several sources: 12 college exchange, MIT cross-registration program, and during their summer program, they do accept men. I can vouch, with all certainty, that Wellesley is still all-women, i.e., degrees to women only. When I was an undergrad, the faculty, staff, alumnae, and students were polled, and the response was a resounding yes in favor of remaining single-sex.</p>
<p>Now that’s a one year college exchange my 13-year-old son could get into! 27 guys and a couple thousand girls - just his speed, they would all think he’s so cute!</p>
<p>After visiting the campuses of the women’s colleges I too was disappointed to learn that the men admitted were only in special programs and not geezers in their fifties admitted to help with age and gender diversity.</p>
<p>cangel:</p>
<p>For a guy, being cute is the kiss of death, LOL!</p>
<p>Interesting. Olin has males that attend Wellesley classes through cross registration and I’ve learned that they’re not factored into the total #s. Do the MIT students attend full-time?</p>
<p>kissy,
No, there’s a bus that goes between the two schools. I had forgotten about Olin since that’s a relatively recent development. Maybe the College forgot, too?</p>
<p>well, women’s colleges say they don’t discriminate on a basis of sex, therefore, if a guy applies and is qualified etc, don’t they have some obligation to accept him? or not?</p>
<p>From the Wellesley viewbook: </p>
<p>The Board of Admission considers each application on its
merits and does not discriminate on the basis of race,
religion, color, creed, national origin, or sexual orientation.</p>
<p>Gender is noticeably absent…</p>