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Wellesley CollegeLocal Atmosphere Facts & Statistics

Location
Wellesley, MA
Undergrads
2,186
Tuition
$39,420
Admission Difficulty
Hard
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Facts & Statistics

Fun Local Trivia
  1. Boston built the nation's first public park (The Boston Common in 1640), the first public library (1653), and the first subway (1897).
  2. Boston has the highest percentage of pedestrian commuters out of the major American cities.
  3. The famous "Citgo" sign in Kenmore Square contains five miles of neon tubing.
  4. In 1958, a group of MIT fraternity brothers used their shortest pledge, Oliver Smoot, as a unit of measurement for the Massachusetts Avenue Bridge by having him repeatedly lay down on the bridge. Today, the bridge has painted markings that indicate its length as 364.4 "Smoots."
  5. There are 250,000 college students in the Boston area.
Notable Natives
  • Samuel Adams - American Revolution patriot
  • Aerosmith - rock band
  • Ben Affleck - actor
  • Louisa May Alcott - 19th-century author
  • Alexander Graham Bell - inventor of the telephone
  • Elizabeth Bishop - 20th-century poet
  • E.E. Cummings - 20th-century poet
  • Jane Curtin - actress and comedienne, original SNL cast member
  • Matt Damon - actor
  • Emily Dickinson - 19th-century poet
  • Ralph Waldo Emerson - 19th-century poet and essayist
  • Benjamin Franklin - inventor, diplomat, American Founding Father
  • Robert Frost - 20th-century poet
  • Winslow Homer - 19th-century painter
  • Jack Kerouac - Beat poet and writer
  • Denis Leary - actor and comedian
  • Jack Lemmon - actor
  • Robert Lowell - 20th-century poet
  • Samuel Morse - inventor of electric telegraph and Morse code
  • New Kids on the Block - boy band popular in the early-'90s
  • Conan O'Brien - late-night talk show host
  • Paul Revere - American Revolution patriot
  • James Taylor - folk singer
  • Mark Wahlberg - actor
  • Barbara Walters - journalist and TV news anchor
Local Slang
  • Barrel: Trash can
  • Bubbler: A water fountain (pronounced "bubblah")
  • Carriage: Shopping cart
  • Going yard: Hitting a home run (only used for the Red Sox)
  • Jimmies: sprinkles, colored ice cream topping
  • Wicked : very
  • Wicked pissa: very good or very bad
Points of Interest
  • Boston Common
  • Boston Harbor
  • Central Square
  • The Charles Riverfront
  • Chinatown
  • Downtown Crossing
  • Faneuil Hall
  • The Fleet Center
  • The Freedom Trail
  • Gardner Museum
  • Harvard Square
  • Isabella Stewart
  • The Museum of Fine Arts
  • Museum of Science
  • New England Aquarium
  • Newbury Street
  • The North End
  • Quincy Market
Shopping Centers
  • Atrium Mall
  • Natick Mall
  • Newbury Street
Movie Theaters
AMC Chestnut Hill 5
27 Boylston St.
Chestnut Hill
(888) 262-4386
Movie Theaters
AMC Framingham 16
22 Flutie Pass
Framingham
(508) 628-4422
Movie Theaters
The Embassy Cinema
18 Pine St.
Waltham
(617) 499-1995
Movie Theaters
IMAX at Jordan's Furniture
1 Underprice Way
Natick
(866) 856-7326
Movie Theaters
West Newton Cinema
1296 Washington St.
West Newton
(617) 964-8074
Major Sports Teams
  • Boston Bruins: NHL
  • Boston Celtics: NBA
  • Boston Red Sox: MLB
  • New England Patriots: NFL
  • New England Revolution: Soccer
Distances to Nearest Major Cities
  • Boston: : 20 minutes
  • New York City: : 3 hours, 20 minutes

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