Wellesley or Northwestern?

purplepoppy07
Tue, 12 Apr 2011 06:46:35 +0000

Definitely Wellesley. I agree that NU has a better reputation, at least for the general public. However, Wellesley will offer you a much better education than can be gotten at a huge university. Class sizes are small and after sitting in on a class, I can say for certain that the professors make the effort to engage his/her students and to from relationships with them.

There is a benefit of being in a college town close to Harvard and MIT. You can mingle with them as well as make connections, take courses over there and make friends from different schools. I hear that Harvard students throw amazing if not exclusive parties. Finals clubs anyone? Even though the actual campus is quite empty on the weekends, Boston isn’t very far away, you have all your girlfriends with you so go party it up somewhere else.

Wellesley is number one for number of women getting a PHD in economics as well as the yielding the greatest number of Fortune 500 CEO’s. I remember reading that somewhere, I’ll try to find the source later.

In other words, if you’re a woman and want to rise above, go for Wellesley. NU is good but won’t give you as many opportunities as Wellesley.