Wellesley College Top Questions

That we're lesbians, that all we do is work, that we're catty

I think the major one is that we are all either wealthy, lesbian or socially inept. While that does describe many Wellesley students some are not. Wellesley it self is also known as a place where fun goes to die and you lose your social skills and to a large extent this is true. But you get used to the work, and with a lot of effort you can have fun.

Sadly, deprived and easy. OR Uptight and conservative.

Oh dear, there are quite a few stereotypes about what kinds of girls go to Wellesley... There's the flaming gay, the uptight career girl, the militant feminist, the ardent Hillary supporter, the studious daydreamer who's completely divorced from reality, the virgin, the sexually frustrated girl who spends every weekend at MIT...

there are stereotypes about wellesley students-from wide ranges depending on who u talk to. we have been known for being both desperate for men(since we have none), and very smart, independent women. we are stereotyped for being lesbians, or at least experimenting. However regardless of these stereotypes, wellesley women can usually get into any harvard or mit party by simply saying you are from wellesley. We are definantly percieved as dating material.

A common stereotype is that Wellesley women are all desperate for men and go out stealing MIT men from the MIT ladies in particular. Another stereotype is that we're all lesbians.

Some people think that just becuase we go to a women's college, everyone is gay. This is obviously not true. Wellesley women work very hard and are very determined.

The only stereotypes that I had heard prior to ever coming to Wellesley College were that because it was a private school, the majority of the students came from wealthy families. Another was that all Wellesley students were pretty much independent and head strong, competitive, well rounded,etc.

Everyone is gay/bi, the girls are cutthroat and backstabbing, everyone studies all the time, the girls date/marry Harvard/MIT guys

Wellesley Girls are stuck-up and overly ambitious.