Two years ago, I submitted my ED application to Wellesley, and the waiting began. I’d recently resolved not to bite my nails, so I counted down the days biting my lip instead. But regardless of the outcome five weeks later, I knew what I’d be doing the next fall: living with a host family in Ecuador. My gap year was…
Category: Macy’s Blog
Singing Through Midterm Season
I had my first (and only) midterm this week, an in-class essay and some short answer questions in my peace and justice studies class. To clarify, since “midterm” at Wellesley can refer to any test/problem set/essay between the start of classes and finals, it was an actual midterm. The syllabus said “midterm.” The professor said “midterm.” That was this past…
First race!
I rowed for three seasons in high school. It was hard, and I often felt like I wasn’t getting any better, but on the good days it was tons of fun. Gliding down the Nashua River made for some magical spring afternoons, especially when the leaves grew back on all the trees and folks from town walked their dogs on…
Hometown Observations, Yom Kippur, and Sports Photography
It has been a crazy week! I spent most of the weekend doing work, but on Sunday, I treated myself to brunch in Cambridge and hung out working at Whole Foods. It’s always nice to get off campus, and exciting to familiarize myself with different parts of the city. On Tuesday, my groupmates and I took the commuter rail two…
I really like introductions!
Hi everyone! An introduction is long overdue. My name is Macy, and I’m a newly-minted first-year here at Wellesley. My first month of college has been exciting and fun and exhausting. Everyone I’ve met has been so nice, and my return to academia after my gap year has been surprisingly smooth. I live in the best dorm on campus, Shafer,…