Sophia Smith. Sophia Smith, an heiress, left her fortune to establish Smith College, which was founded in 1871 and opened in 1875. Who is William Smith College named after? nurseryman William SmithWilliam Smith College was founded in 1908 by Geneva philanthropist and nurseryman William Smith at the suggestion of numerous […]
Interiors of Lorelai’s house and inn, and all scenes at Yale and the Gilmore mansion, were filmed on a sound stage. Very occasionally, the show was filmed on location. The exterior shots of Rory’s preparatory school, Chilton, were filmed at Greystone Mansion in Beverly Hills, California. Where was the Gilmore […]
According to the Women’s College Coalition, students at all-women’s colleges: Achieve higher career levels and earn larger salaries. Develop measurably higher levels of self-esteem. Are more likely to choose and succeed in male-dominated fields such as medicine, engineering and law. What is the point of a women’s college? A women’s […]
From the end of Reconstruction and into the New South era, more than one thousand white southern women attended one of the Seven Sister colleges: Vassar, Wellesley, Smith, Mount Holyoke, Bryn Mawr, Radcliffe, and Barnard. Why are they called the Seven Sisters colleges? They were created to provide women with […]
General Requirements (See Degree Restrictions.) Cumulative grade point average of 2.0 for all institutional work (including Smith Programs Abroad and Five College Interchange). Completion of a major. Satisfactory (C– or better) completion of a writing-intensive course during the first year of enrollment. How many credits do you need to graduate […]
The Hobart Statesmen men’s lacrosse team represents the Hobart and William Smith Colleges in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I college lacrosse. Is Hobart University d1? Proud members of the Liberty League, our 11 men’s and 12 women’s varsity teams compete in the NCAA’s Division III — with the […]
Although male students will begin being admitted for Fall of 2020, they will be admitted only as commuter students as the school continues to prepare to support male students in residential or athletic programs. Is Columbia an all male school? Twenty-five years ago, the first Columbia College class that included […]
Radcliffe College was a women’s liberal arts college in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and functioned as the female coordinate institution for the all-male Harvard College.Radcliffe College. Type Private liberal arts college Women’s college Website radcliffe.edu When did Radcliffe become coed? In 1946, Harvard’s classes became co-ed, though Harvard faculty members were responsible […]
In some countries, certain universities have a tradition of pairing their residential colleges or houses with one another. Colleges that are paired are referred to as sister colleges, and have a ceremonial and symbolic relationship to one another. What do you mean by sister school? A sister school is usually […]
Students are eligible for transfer admission to Wellesley if they have a minimum of 6-8 transferable Wellesley-equivalent units, but no more than 16 transferable units. In order to receive a Wellesley College degree as a transfer student, you must complete at least two years (16 units) of coursework at the […]
The cliffs are known as the Seven Sisters due to the seven hilltops that make up the silhouette of the cliffs. The bright white colour of the stone is due to the amount of chalk that makes up most the front of the cliffs. What does the Seven Sisters mean? […]
They are very assertive and driven women, but they can also put themselves out there a lot. One is that everyone is a lesbian. This is not true although Wellesley is a very liberal campus and so we are maybe more open about our acceptance of anyone, wherever they are […]
In Western astrology they represent coping with sorrow and were considered a single one of the medieval fixed stars. As such, they are associated with quartz and fennel. In esoteric astrology the seven solar systems revolve around Pleiades. What is so special about the Pleiades? The Pleiades are an example […]
As highly visible heliacal stars, the Pleiades were among the most important celestial body, after the moon, and used for a first astronomic conception. The Pleiades heliacal rising was widely recognised in Austral regions, as the beginning of the new-year and then of agricultural season. What do the Pleiades represent? […]
In Greek mythology, the Pleiades were the seven daughters of the Titan Atlas. He was forced to hold up the sky for eternity, and was therefore unable to protect his daughters. To save the sisters from being raped by the hunter Orion, Zeus transformed them into stars. What is the […]