Wellesley College

Date: Dec 09 2015
Major: Economics (This Major's Salary over time)
If you value your sanity, do not come to this school. If you want to avoid four years of depression and anxiety, do not come to this school. "Wellesley Women Who Will…" WHAT A JOKE. Here is the truth: not everyone is going to be successful. Maybe one in five of us will become doctors, lawyers, investment bankers, or professors, but most of us will be stuck in a deadend desk job with only lukewarm coffee from Dunkin Donuts to comfort us. We will not follow our dreams. We will not have it all. And we most certainly will not the change the world. The problem with Wellesley is that the faculty, administration, and student body pretend as if everyone is a special snowflake and will achieve their dreams. They completely ignore the fact that the school accepts around 25% of its applicants—not competitive by any means—and that most students here are of average or slightly above average intelligence who will struggle to make ends meet. Students here are cliquish and unfriendly. Even worse is the student activism on campus. People here love to play politics. For example, the administration decided this week that we would have Meatless Monday, where all dining halls would serve no meat to support sustainability or whatever. Cue outrage from activist groups all over campus. "What about people with eating disorders? Why do you care so much about meat, but not about POC/LGBTQ/transpeople/faeries?" The education is decent, but unless you are supremely intelligent, it will prove worthless in the long run. The grade deflation isn't as bad as most people think, but prepare yourself for a steady stream of Bs and Cs and stingy, unhelpful professors who won't even glance at you unless you pull an A in class. The Wellesley name also doesn't hold much merit in the real world, so good luck finding jobs or getting into grad school. If you like talking about the gender binary with a bunch of Ivy rejects and hooking up with sleazy MIT frat guys, then congratulations. You've found your dream school. Otherwise, go elsewhere.