Top Women's Colleges in America?

runawaywithme
Tue, 26 Apr 2005 17:04:23 +0000

I happen to be very knowledgable about colleges, including all womens colleges. My mother was a faculty member at Mount Holyoke College and has ties with both Smith and Wellesley. I stated that Mount Holyoke was lukewarm simply because I feel as if the quality of the students at MH could be better. MH is not need blind, they are very laxed with their policies, and they don’t feed well into graduate schools. Smith feeds wonderfully to graduate schools and they are strong in all of their fields. Wellesley makes strong women, the rates for grad school matriculation, especially law school, are great, and the women getting top paying jobs are massive. Plus, they have ties with MIT, Brandies and Babson. Smith, Wellesley and Barnard are women’s schools that I admire because the resources are great and they prepare well for further education. Barnard, of course, has Columbia right at their fingertips which I believe is a great asset. I believe all of the female liberal arts colleges have their own vibe, therefore one cannot say which is better or worse. US news can rank all they want, but you can’t judge a college by someone elses rank. I have respect for each and every one of the women’s institutions but I do feel as if some are stronger than others. I’m homeschooled and will be attending boarding school in the fall, therefore, although I am young and only 14, I’m extremely involved with my education and I educate myself on a broad spectrum of colleges. Yes, I have heard all the colleges mentioned and I understand they are all very fine liberal arts schools, I was just trying to convey my own personal opinion. No disregards to the other all female colleges I didn’t mention, I just wanted to give what I personally felt were the " top women’s colleges".