Wellesley is a friendly suburban college town that also happens to be just 14 miles from Boston. And Boston has a lot going on! M.I.T., Harvard, Northeastern, Simmons, Boston University - more than 250,000 college students live in the Boston area making it one of the world's largest and most exciting college towns.
There's so much to do in Boston, you won't get it all done in four years – Red Sox, Celtics, Bruins games, Van Gogh's portraits at the Museum of Fine Arts, IMAX movies at the Museum of Science, rowing (or watching it), on the Charles River, shopping the upscale boutiques on Newbury Street, concerts at the TD Banknorth Garden, an evening at The Boston Pops, eating Italian in the North End, eating Dim Sum in Chinatown, theater at the American Repertory, the local band scene on Lansdowne Street, free concerts at the Esplanade, the list goes on and on. You have to see it for yourself. And you can get to Boston by car in 20 minutes, or on public transportation in 30 minutes.
