<p>Logic_girl, I am sorry you feel this way. I do not want to repeat what Advantagious said, because I could not have said it better myself.
I think that it is hard to let go not only of Wellesley, but any school when you obsess and think about it so much. As you said, you have ideolized Wellesley more than what it is really worth and therefore you have set yourself up to be disappointed.
You should rejoice in the fact that you are going to attend a very good school, a college that many women dream about but a few can attend (THE FEW, THE PROUD, THE MOHOs), a school that is just as good as Wellesley, where you are going to receive a superb education, have friendships for the rest of your life and be very close to your professors as well. Like you, I would have loved to attend Wellesley (and was rejected), but Wellesley was the first women college that I read about. After I was accepted at Mt Holyoke, I did my research, and everyday I fall more and more in love with it, and Mt.Ho surprises me more & more that I really know that I am going to be happy there. You are responsible of the education that you will receive (the world is full of books, if you want to be smarter, then read); Wellesley is not magically going to give you an education if you do not do the work and nor will Mount Holyoke.
You are going to attend a private, liberal arts, women’s college, the oldest institution of higher education for women, the first of the Seven Sister, and these are going to give you amazing opportunities in life. If the name of the school is Mt Ho, Smith, Wellesley etc, little does it matter, it is just a name, because they are all wonderful schools.
If all these do not make you feel lucky, then please let me tell you sth: today I found out that a childhood friend of mine back in my home country, was sold by her fiance as a sex slave. She had the same dreams as you and me. God knows what is happening to her right now; we on the other hand, are going to be everything we are capable of becoming.
Rejoice and be proud of your school. It is really wonderful.</p>