<p>Visit both, spend an overnight. I went to Wellesley, found the atmosphere suffocating. Sure, I had a room overlooking the lake. More time was spent discussing weekend dates etc than worldly affairs. Boston was an hour away. The weekly Friday and Sat night buses to Cambridge felt like the meat market trolley. Transferred to Penn as a soph, found my niche (was both premed bio and music), loved it. Having grad students and potential grad class interaction was a big ++.</p>