Questions for Current Mount Holyoke Students

nursemom54
Fri, 09 Feb 2018 15:08:52 +0000

MHC grad here and mom to one there now and another applying. Never did I or my daughter there now feel pressure to do anything you didn’t want to do. Does it exist? absolutely but it exists everywhere else too. I think there is a perception that to do to a womens college you must become lesbian. I find MHC to be more welcoming to students exploring different sides of themselves in a non-threatening environment. There will undoubtedly be people experimenting with their sexuality and their pronouns close by, possibly even a roommate, so if that is something that makes a person uncomfortable, the close environment of a women’s college may not be right. However, I will say again, my daughter there now has not felt pressure once, she has attended campus parties, Hampshire and Amherst parties and felt way more pressure off campus than on.