Problems such as these have we;
With a jolly high ho, come along-with-me,
it’s a wondrous life at Wellesley.
Around our campus and upon the village green,
the gentlemen, or the stronger sex, are few and far between.
— Wellesley College Legenda
The above poem was written for a yearbook for a very different time. I can’t say that the intense environment of Swells is care and sorrow free, although nobody has every been happier at college than I am at Wellesley. It’s even more unfair to say that we’re lacking in the gentlemen (or that they’re the stronger sex for that matter). I always say: Wellesley — a women’s college without boys, not a girls’ school without men.
Nonetheless I did have some female specific problems this week. I had gotten back an irregular pap smear and had to go for a colposcopy and cervical biopsy. I’m not sure if every college has the same kind of support system, but my Wellesley siblings were there for me in a way I cannot describe.
A SHE (sexual health educator) was able to recommend me to an Ob/Gyn office right near school and so many of my friends could relate to my anxiety, having gone through similar experiences themselves. My doctor was even a Wellesley alum class of ’97 and had taken Shakespeare from Yu Jin Ko (have to get in my English Department plugs).
A significant reason many high school seniors choose Wellesley has to do with our extensive alumnae network. The W Network is a system for searching and contacting alums for internships and job opportunities. I was so pleased to have the W Network really hit home for me. Wellesley is an incredible place with students of like-minded passions and ambitions. Luckily for me, the world then turns out to be an incredible place full of Wellesley alumnae.