It's Like I Can't Breathe
First, I'd like to introduce myself. My name is Maria and, I, like post_hummus am on the ever-so time consuming quest for the right college. Around the winter of my junior year, I discovered women's colleges, and now that applications are almost due I need some commentary/help.
I'm applying (as of now) to 4 women's schools: Mount Holyoke, Barnard, Bryn Mawr, and Wellesley. I'm also considering several co-ed liberal arts colleges: Vassar, Sarah Lawrence, and Swarthmore, to name a few. I know, I know; I can't apply to all of them... that's why I'm trying to condense my list. :) I know about other schools in the Northeast (Mid-atlantic/New England) that are single-sex, but I don't know much about them. The only reason I know about MHC, BC, BMC, and WC is because they're seven sisters, and well, who doesn't know about the 7 sisters? My old college advisor attented Mount Holyoke and she said it would be a perfect school for me, but I'm not sure.
I currently attend a high school in NYC that has a senior class of 131 students. I know everybody in my graduating class, and I like it that way. The school is small, and the curriculum is intensive humanitites. My school has a 3:2 female to male ration (there are only 3 students in my English class who are male, and 3 in my French class as well.. there are 25 of us in English and 22 in French) I really like the smallness and even though the lack of males sucks sometime, I feel that I work better that way. I am looking for a single-sex college in the northeast that is similar to my current high school.
I've already had my Bryn Mawr interview and my interviewer (an '05 graduate) made me fall in love with that school. She mentioned that there were a 300something students in her graduating class, and talked about the openness of the curriculum (she majored in art and minored in Afrikana studies). Even though I'm currently in love with the school doesn't mean it's my favorite. I'm still looking for more colleges with the same rigor, curriculum, and freedom as the four that I'm currently considering.
If it helps at all, I'm thinking of majoring in Criminal Psychology and minoring in either Foreign Language Education or English Literature Education.
Being that you all know about women's colleges (and a fair amount at that), I thought you could be of some assistance to me. Thanks!!
Any and ALL help is appreciated
I'm applying (as of now) to 4 women's schools: Mount Holyoke, Barnard, Bryn Mawr, and Wellesley. I'm also considering several co-ed liberal arts colleges: Vassar, Sarah Lawrence, and Swarthmore, to name a few. I know, I know; I can't apply to all of them... that's why I'm trying to condense my list. :) I know about other schools in the Northeast (Mid-atlantic/New England) that are single-sex, but I don't know much about them. The only reason I know about MHC, BC, BMC, and WC is because they're seven sisters, and well, who doesn't know about the 7 sisters? My old college advisor attented Mount Holyoke and she said it would be a perfect school for me, but I'm not sure.
I currently attend a high school in NYC that has a senior class of 131 students. I know everybody in my graduating class, and I like it that way. The school is small, and the curriculum is intensive humanitites. My school has a 3:2 female to male ration (there are only 3 students in my English class who are male, and 3 in my French class as well.. there are 25 of us in English and 22 in French) I really like the smallness and even though the lack of males sucks sometime, I feel that I work better that way. I am looking for a single-sex college in the northeast that is similar to my current high school.
I've already had my Bryn Mawr interview and my interviewer (an '05 graduate) made me fall in love with that school. She mentioned that there were a 300something students in her graduating class, and talked about the openness of the curriculum (she majored in art and minored in Afrikana studies). Even though I'm currently in love with the school doesn't mean it's my favorite. I'm still looking for more colleges with the same rigor, curriculum, and freedom as the four that I'm currently considering.
If it helps at all, I'm thinking of majoring in Criminal Psychology and minoring in either Foreign Language Education or English Literature Education.
Being that you all know about women's colleges (and a fair amount at that), I thought you could be of some assistance to me. Thanks!!
Any and ALL help is appreciated