Mount Holyoke College Top Questions

No, of course not. With Mt Holyoke, we aren't ALL anything. In terms of personality, style, "type," etc. Mt holyoke is really diverse. No matter what kind of person you are, I guarentee there will be other people like you at mt holyoke. Sorority-types to D&D geeks and anything in between... not that I necessarily believe in categorization... Another VERY wrong stereotype is that we are girls who needed to be away from boys in order to feel comfortable speaking in class, etc. It could not be more the opposite.

Not really. There are a few people who earn these stereotypes for themselves, but they are not representative of the community at large.

Not as such. The school is a very welcoming community to people of any sexual orientation, and people interested in dating seem to be very able to meet potential partners, regardless of gender, at the many on and off campus events. There are a large number of gay/queer students, but that is by no means the overwhelming majority.

The first is definitely not true, the second is, to a degree.

These are not true. Though the lesbian population may be higher and more obvious, there are heterosexual and bisexual women here too. Mount Holyoke students do focus on school but are able to have fun and do extracurricular activities as well.

Some of them can be. There are a lot of girls who experiment with their sexuality, but I think people do that at almost every college. Here we just happen to only have women as students, so the chances are that your experimenting might get you labelled as a lesbian.

Nope, yes we do have lesbians, so do Wellesley, smith, Barnard, and the other all girls school. Hell, even co-ed schools have lesbians. The difference is our lesbians are awesome. Personally, I'm straight and have alot of friends who are straight also and alot who aren't. The bottom line is all these girls are really smart, come from different countries with totally different backgrounds. Also we are not some conservative school; you can't get as liberal as moho is. The whole boys issue is also disconcerning. I'm a junior and I bet my boyfriend in college, and no he doesn't go to amherst. Boys do come to campus, our largest party Vegas night brings tons of boys to campus. Usually girls here don't tend to worry about men, if we want them we know how to get them. Its the opportunities this school provides that gets brings us here.

No. Just like in the real world most of the people here are straight. The difference is, though, that the group of LGBT students is very vocal, well represented, and accepted in the community. And it is a good place to experiment if you are questioning your sexuality. I don't think the students here can be placed into any one type. We are extremely diverse, not only in terms of things like race and religion, but also in personality. You can find every type of person here. One thing I have noticed though is that the students here tend to be extremely friendly, helpful, and bright. We have a very strong sense of community. One of the reasons I decided to come here is that when I was visiting the campus students kept coming up to me, introducing themselves, and asking if I needed help with directions or anything. I didn't find that anywhere else.

Well some of us, but some of us aren't, and we get stuck with these names.

No. Not everyone is a lesbian, but it is a very open community. I am not a huge feminist, but I do not like the negative connotations associated with the term either. Most women at Mount Holyoke believe in equal rights, just because they are willing to fight for them does not make them crazy.