Because it is where the kids of the wealthy and famous network, not because it provides a superior education to a public university.
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See above- my personal memories at Mount Holyoke include being awed by the excellence of classes, and I know from observation that Wellesley demanded excellence, and that the students were both able and happy to comply
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Oh, I am sure they were. Like Donnie Trump at Penn. I would like to match SAT scores with him. Look, you may have had a nice time, and there may have been smart people there, but the importance was in networking.
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To some, the importance is in education. “Nice time” is a tad dismissive.
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Well La, di da.
I had to take a bus to go to college, could not afford room and board. Ended up with BA and MA degrees, served as an army officer in Vietnam, and am the author, co-author or editor of 21 books. My old man did not quite make it though 8th grade. -
Hey male who didn’t go to Wellesley & yet has an opinion about those who actually did: W alum here, wasn’t rich & neither were my classmates. Most took out loans & had part-time jobs & W was generous w/grants. So alums give back generously to pay it forward & attract the best.
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But you clearly have an opinion about me. I must be striking close to home.

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It’s not an opinion that you clearly don’t know anything about what you didn’t experience. It’s a fact that you’re simply incorrect about Wellesley being filled with little rich girls; it’s not the 1950s anymore.
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Let's see the 7 Sisters get down to the basics...at least 50 % diversity within 5 years. Persons accepted on merit before acceptance on being able to PAY.
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I have personal experience of latter for my daughter: thank you Wellesley! I am beneficiary of same from Mount Holyoke College: thank you Mount Holyoke!
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My daughter is a rising senior at MHC (once she finishes all her junior year papers this week). She’s so happy there. Amazing education and huge diversity of students-not all rich or white.
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@WSJ I think there are many Smithies out there who would disagree.
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A Mount Holyoke grad convinced me to give women’s colleges a chance. They are class acts all the way.
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We all know how difficult it is to get those rich white kids through college...
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I think over 60% are on scholarship.
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Good promoted tweet
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I told the Wall Street Journal I wouldn’t follow them unless they tweeted this
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Wow I’m glad our outcomes didn’t bring down the average
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7 sisters? there's only smith & mt holyoke remaining, and i guess wellesley, but i was sure it had been admitted men for years. and one of the original 7 doesn't even exist anymore (radcliffe).
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Wellesley is a women's college. The school accepts cisgender women, transgender women, non-binary people assigned female at birth, and transgender men (although the school affirms its commitment to women's education).
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