Wellesley College
- Diversity

Attempts at Diversity, Extremely Welcoming Atmosphere

While Wellesley clearly lacks male students, which can be a bit of a downer diversity-wise, it certainly does attempt to make up for that by being very welcoming to all races, cultures, sexualities, and religions. Politically, the campus as a whole runs a hard left line and can be a bit hostile toward less liberal-minded people.

Very Diverse

There are many students from every background. It is very racially diverse, including a large number of international students. There is a large range in economic backgrounds. The student body leans towards liberal political beliefs. Religion is not very visible but there are many chances to get involved, regardless of faith. There is perhaps a greater percentage of homosexual/bisexual/transsexual students on campus than in society at large.

Very Diverse Campus

One of the first things I noticed when I visited Wellesley for the first time was the extreme variance of nationalities and ethnicities on campus. Having attended here for a semester so far, I now know that that diversity extends into sexual orientation and economic background as well. Political affiliation tends to be very liberal but there are Republicans on campus...just not very many. There are also a lot of really rich prep school girls but that is balanced by average, middle class and even lower class-affiliated students.