Hi Blog Readers, This week was the last week of classes here at Wellesley! The next couple days are reading period, which is time to study for finals. Final exam period starts next week on Monday and is until Thursday. I already took my final exam for Hindi and completed my final group presentation for my MIT course. For my…
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Thanksgiving Break 🍂
Hi Blog Readers, Last week was Thanksgiving break, and next week is the end of classes! I wanted to use this post to quickly recap my break and what I have been up to in my classes. Tuesday was the last day of classes before break at Wellesley, and I flew back home to Illinois that evening. The college offers…
What’s It Like to Register For Wellesley Classes?
Hi Blog Readers, Today, I want to write about a great source of anxiety and excitement for Wellesley students: course registration! Spring semester course registration was last week, and this was my last time registering for courses as a senior 😿 I work as an Academic Success Coach, which are one to two upperclassmen academic mentors in each dorm. I…
Senior Year Goal: Attend More Talks
Hi Blog Readers! If you did not know, I am a senior. 😿 I cannot believe how quickly four years have gone by. As I am into my senior year, I am thinking about what I want to do before I graduate. One of my goals has been to attend more talks on campus, and I wanted to write about…
My MIT Class
Hi Blog Readers, today I am writing about a frequently-asked question—what is it like taking MIT classes? This semester, I am cross-registering to take an MIT course about entrepreneurship. (This is my third time cross-registering at MIT—read my posts from sophomore and junior year about cross-registering!) This class is insanely cool—we are placed into groups and paired up with a…
Religious Life at Wellesley
Hi Blog Readers! Today, I want to write about a topic I have not discussed before on the blog—religious life for students here at Wellesley. I think there are two main ways to engage with religious and spiritual life at Wellesley. Firstly, there is the college’s Office of Religious and Spiritual Life (ORSL). ORSL has Christian, Hindu, Jewish, Buddhist, Muslim,…
Fall Break in New York 🍁
Hi Blog Readers! This past weekend was fall break. Fall break at Wellesley is a long weekend every year in mid-October where we do not have classes on the Monday (Indigenous Peoples’ Day) and Tuesday. Combined with the weekend, that is four days off. Wellesley students like to use fall break to travel, rest, and catch up on schoolwork. During…
So You’re Moving Into Wellesley
Hi Blog Readers! In my summer recap post two weeks ago, I mentioned at the end that I moved back to campus early to be here for orientation and training for my job as an Academic Success Coach. Being around for orientation this year and seeing first-year students move into their dorms made me nostalgic and reminisce about my own…
What I’m Up To This Semester
Hi Blog Readers! Today, I am writing about what classes I am taking and what extracurriculars I am involved in this fall. By doing this, I hope to provide a glimpse of what Wellesley students are busy with right now. To preface again, I am a senior economics major and statistics minor. I have completed my core classes for my…
Summer Before Senior Year
Hi Blog Readers, I hope everyone’s had a great week! I want to dedicate this blog post to recapping my summer. I spent my summer back home in Chicago, Illinois. I have spent a good chunk of my past two summers abroad in India—traveling in North India and doing an online Wellesley course in summer 2023 and interning in Mumbai…