The Wellesley Fifty

I am so happy to say that I survived last week! The weekend was absolute madness, but I finished all my essays by the due date and took my Astronomy midterm on Monday! I also just turned in my last assignment for my Independent Study course, which means we are right in the middle of the semester. Pretty crazy if I do say so myself. Now I have another week before my next midterm is due, and then another week before my second round of midterms gets started. So, basically, this year is flying by. So, I figured I should take a look at the Wellesley Fifty before it’s too late.

The Wellesley Fifty are fifty ‘rides of passage’ that the Wellesley website dares you to do during your four years at Wellesley. Now, if you are actually planning on doing these fifty things before you graduate, I recommend starting before mid Fall semester of your last year. There are a few of these that I simply won’t be able to do, such as (47) ‘Go to a commencement other than your own’ unless I come back after I graduate, which is possible but infinitely unlikely. However, I have done a few of the things on the list already, so doing maybe forty out of the fifty doesn’t seem absolutely impossible. So here is the list. I crossed out what I have already done, taking a loose interpretation of the text when it seemed appropriate.

50 Things to Do Before You Graduate

1. Run naked across Severance Green.
2. Get 12 hours of sleep in one night.
3. Go stepsinging.
4. See the campus from the top of Galen Stone Tower.
5. Walk around Lake Waban with a friend.
6. Have a party in your room for no reason and invite everyone you know.
7. Skinny-dip in Lake Waban.
8. Read a book that isn’t required and that doesn’t have anything to do with your major.
9. Pull a non-academic all-nighter.
10. Go traying on Severance Green.
11. Write a letter to the editor.
12. Attend one sporting event for each Wellesley athletic team.
13. Admit you don’t know everything.
14. Have a little too much to drink at a department party and start a singalong with your favorite professor.
15. Eat nachos at the Hoop.
16. Get a Little Sister.
17. Eat in all the dining halls in one day.
18. Send an e-mail to someone who is sitting in the same room.
19. Buy candy in El Table to eat during class.
20. Let a prospective sleep on your floor.
21. Become the ultimate fan of at least one Wellesley sports team.
22. Stay for Wintersession.
23. Be the subject of a psychology experiment.
24. Nominate a professor for the Pinanski Prize.
25. Swing next to the Chapel.
26. Attend Senate. Say something.
27. Go tunneling.
28. Try dorm or class crew on the lake.
29. Visit the observatory.
30. Become a regular at CVS.
31. Go to a Shakespeare Society production.
32. Go ice skating on Paramecium Pond.
33. Declare your own personal Lake Day.
34. Go trick or treating at the president’s house.
35. Nap in the library.
36. Start a dorm war.
37. Stage a protest.
38. Join an organization.
39. Go to a frat party.
40. Write a paper in 13-point New York.
41. Learn to fake a Boston accent.
42. Attend an on-campus party.
43. Voluntarily attend a lecture.
44. Take a day off and be a tourist in Boston.
45. Primal scream.
46. Cheer at the Boston Marathon. See if you can get a runner to kiss you.
47. Go to a commencement other than your own.
48. See at least one a capella concert.
49. Listen to WZLY.
50. Ride in a Campus Po Car. (Lights and siren are a bonus.)

I’m going to set myself a goal to complete at least one of these by next Wednesday. I will try to do (5) ‘Walk around Lake Waban with a friend’, but I might need to do something like (9) ‘Buy candy in El Table to eat during class’ if my life is too hectic. Check back next week for an update and to finally learn about the incredible renovations to Bates Dining Hall!