Wellesley vs Northwestern

wellesley10
Thu, 28 Mar 2013 23:05:40 +0000

Great options – Congrats!! Northwestern has a liberal arts foundation which will let you explore much like Wellesley’s distribution requirements do. I’d say the biggest differences are school size, location, and culture. Have you visited both campuses or can you attend both admitted student weekends? Wellesley is a pretty small campus and as it’s a college, all the focus is on the undergraduate students. That means you don’t have to compete for faculty attention with graduate students ; faculty members are literally around all the time to answer questions or to chat about a recent news article. As I’ve said before, what I love about Wellesley is that everyone in the community is interested in so many different topics and really want to change the world now as cheesy as that sounds. That helps in figuring out what you want to do because everyone else has been or is still in your shoes and can offer advice for or against various directions.

You should also consider if you want to be near Chicago or Boston. Are you trying to explore a new city, stay close to home?

Again, great options and visit if you can – the visit will tell you a lot about the school and if you’ll be a fit there. Go somewhere where you feel comfortable, where you feel like yourself.