Dear lovely, absolutely amazing creatures, I am so sad to tell you that this is my last blog as an Admission Summer Intern 😢. I had an amazing time working in the admission office. Shout out to all the wonderful people I met as an ASI, you truly made my experience so much better and special!!!! This blog will mostly…
Category: Sheker’s Blog
Dorm Move!
Hi blogglings!!! Today’s the last day of regular blog posts before we have our goodbye blog 😭😭😭😭😭😭. Today I would like to talk about this week’s highlights: moving out and moving in to my new dorm. The story of how you are not supposed to move out of your dorm. As for the moving out process, it can be described…
Photography Time!
Hey pokie-cookies !!!!! That was cringe… Anyways, today in this blog post I will talk about my new hobby that I started last week, ✨photography✨. Specifically, ✨outdoor photography✨. A bit of a context. The summer before I came to Wellesley College, I was very bored and lonely, thus prompting me to think about potential hobbies that will keep me occupied.…
Exploring Museums: 2024 Recap
Hey goslings!!!!! I hope you had an amazing weekend. This is your long awaited blog post!!!!! Today I would like to talk about my experience visiting museums in the Boston area for the past 2023-2024 year. As a visual arts enthusiast, I was so excited to see what Boston has to offer with museums!! Over the past year, I only…
Wellesley Myths: Fact or Fiction?
Today we will take a short break from our Wellelsey lingo series and drift our focus slightly. My roommate from high school came to visit me last week, and we had a really fun time. At some point we started talking about our college experiences compared to our high school ones. Upon that wonderful conversation, I got inspired to write…
The Unofficial Guide to Wellesley Lingo (Part 2!)
Hello wonderful, gorgeous people!!!! I have most certainly missed our little chapters on Wellesley lingo!!! Grab something to write with and let’s continue our journey!!!!!!!!! Today we will cover dorms! 2. Dorms – on campus we have residential blocks such as Quint, Tower, Bates (or east side). Stone-Davis is an individual dorm and is not part of any residential complex…
The Unofficial Guide to Wellesley Lingo
Hey amazing people!!!! Did you miss me? I MOST CERTAINLY DID!!!! I got sick last week so I couldn’t post for the blog (;O). Anyways, today we will be discussing ✨ The unofficial guide to Wellesley lingo pt1. ✨ If you are a Wellesley student, especially as a first-year student, you will find yourself surrounded with different abbreviations and acronyms.…
My favorite spots to study on campus. A tier list made by a student for a student.
What’s up lovely creatures!!!!!! In this blog post, I would like to talk about my favorite spots to study on Wellesley’s campus. Our library was closed for renovations right after the first semester my first year, so we had to improvise and find other places to study. This list takes into account a couple of key factors: Noise Isolation Snacks…
Culture Shock and Awe: Funny and Real Moments as an International Student
Hello, lovely creatures! My name is Sheker, and I am a rising sophomore at Wellesley College. I am from Ashagabat, Turkmenistan, a post-Soviet country in Central Asia. I am planning on majoring in computer science and… I haven’t decided on my minor yet (:0). In each blog, we will cover some aspect of my life. Today we have a one-sided…