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Wellesley College - http://www.wellesley.edu
Wellesley College is an independent, residential liberal arts college for women with an enrollment of 2,300 students. Situated on a 500-acre campus 12 miles west of Boston, Wellesley is a college for the serious student with high expectations for her personal and professional life. Students at the College come from across the U.S., from around the world, and from many different cultures and backgrounds. They have prepared for Wellesley at hundreds of different secondary schools.
Most students live in residence halls on campus--each hall is its own community within the larger Wellesley community. Residents may gather for informal talks over dinner. Residences also sponsor social events, gues lecturers, dinners with faculty members, and guests-in-residence.
Wellesley's Sports Center includes and eight-lane, 25-meter/25yard swimming pool and separate diving well; a volleyball arena; badminton, squash, and racquetball courts; fencing/dance/exercise studios; weight machine and free-weights rooms; and an athletic training area. The field house has a basketball arena, indoor tennis courts, a 200-meter track, and a cardiovascular machine area. Outdoor sports facilities include a boathouse for canoes, sailboats, and crew shells and a swimming beach, both located on the campus's Lake Waban. Wellesley also maintains a nine-hole-golf cours, and twelve tennis courts.
Location: The College is located in the town of Wellesley, a suburban community of more than 27,000 people, with many shops, restaurants, and bookstores. Its proximity to Boston allows students to take advantage of the vast array of opportunities there, which include volunteer work and internships in government or social agencies; performances given by the Boston Ballet or the Boston Symphony; sports events, such as Boston Celtics, Bruins, and Red Sox games; and visits to the Museum of Fine Arts, the Museum of Science, or the many historic sites. Within metropolitan Boston, there are approximately 250,000 college and university students and many major educational institutions. The campus is only a short distance from New England winter sports areas as well as from the Atlantic coast and Cape Cod beaches.
Majors and Degrees: Wellesley College grants the B.A. and offers majors in humanities; art history; Chinese, English, French, German, Greek, Italian studies, Japanese, Korean, Latin, music, Russian, Spanish, and studio art; in social sciences; Africana studies, anthropology, economics, history, philosophy, political science, psychology, religion, sociology, and women's studies; and in science and mathematics: astronomy, biological sciences, chemistry, computer science, geo-sciences, mathematics and physics.
Academic Programs: Each candidate is required to complete 32 credits of academic work with a C average or better. Nine credits must be taken in the following general areas: language and literature; visual arts, music, video, film and theater; social and behavioral anlysis,; epistemology and cognition; ethics, religion and moral philosophy; historical studies; natural and physical science; and mathmatical modeling and problem solving in the natural sceinces, mathmatics and computer science. Proficiency in one foreign language is required, as are courses in writing and quantitative reasoning. Students must also complete a one-course multicultural requirement designed to allow the student to see a people, culture or society through its own eyes. Wellesley offers a thorough background for students preparing to attend medical school or law school. The medical school acceptance rate is generally more than 70 percent; acceptance to law school is approximately 80 percent. Between 25 and 30 percent of Wellesley's graduates continue directly on to graduate school.
Costs: For 2005-06 costs were $30,696 for tuition and $9682 for room and board. The student activity fee and the facilities fee were $652. Wellesley estimates that an additional $2000 per year is adequate for books, laundry and other essentials, exclusive of travel to and from home.
Financial Aid: Approximately 57 percent of WEllesley students recieve financial aid through the College. The decision to admit a student is made independently or her financial need. Full need, as determined by Wellesley's standards and policies, is met through the financial aid package. Usually aid consists of a combination of grants and loans, as well as student employment during the academic year. In addition, other students receive outside scholarships and grants, and many work on or off campus through the Student Employment Office.
Student Government: Students, through election to the College Government Senate and through voting representation on College committees, share responsibility in the decision-making processes of the College. Students serve on committees of the Board of Trustees, on the Board of Admission, and on important departmental committees. Students regulate their lives in the residence hall through House Council and manage student activity funds used to support more than 160 student organizations. The honor system is a strong tradition at Wellesley, permitting self-scheduled examination, take-home tests and a lack of stringent social regulations.
Application and Information: For more information about Wellesley College, students should contact:
Dean of Admission
106 Central Street
Wellesley, MA 02481
Phone: 781-283-2270
Fax: 781-283-3678
WWW: http://www.wellesley.edu/Admission/ |
