Hi Blog Readers! Wellesley regular decision results came out recently, so congratulations to any admitted students reading this!! You should be super proud of yourselves and your hard work for this accomplishment, and for making it through the college application process. I thought it would be useful to make this post about some ways to prepare for Wellesley in the…
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Best Study Spots
Hey Blog and happy almost-Thanksgiving break! Today, I am listing some of my favorite study spots on Wellesley’s campus. I did a post two years ago on my favorite places, so I am updating that list with two new additions! Wellesley’s main library, Clapp Library, is closed for renovation until next summer, so these are the alternatives I have found. …
My last week at Wellesley (For now!)
The time has come for me to say goodbye to Wellesley and the Admission Office, at least for the semester. I will be closing out August back home in New York, and come September, I will be in Greece! As excited as I am to go abroad, I need to wrap up everything at Wellesley (aka start and finish packing),…
Movers and Shakers!
One of the things I really appreciate about being at Wellesley over the summer is our proximity to Boston, whenever I get bored or want to go on an adventure I know the city is only a train ride away. I’m especially grateful for this because last summer I was in a small town in the Berkshires with no car…
Track and Fun
Hi Blog! One of the things I love about Wellesley is PERA, which stands for physical education, recreation, and athletics. I’m part of our cross country and track team, and I run distance events. Athletics has been a way I’ve found a supportive community and gone on adventures. To begin the process of playing a sport in college, I filled…
Discovering Archaeology at Wellesley!
This week marks one month of working in the admissions office, and so far I’ve given 24 tours (according to the tour counter Elise and I have going)! A lot of the students on my tours haven’t decided what they want to study in college, which is an experience I can definitely relate to. I didn’t take my first anthropology…
Hello Blog!
Hi blog, welcome to my page! I’ll be regularly posting weekly recaps for the next few months as I work in the Wellesley Admissions Office this summer. In my first ever post, I’ll be introducing myself and sharing a few pictures from my first ever summer in Massachusetts! My name is Avery, and I grew up in Arizona. However, I…
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…
Introduction
Hi Wellesley! My name is Elise, and I’m excited to be writing a student blog for the summer as I work as an Admissions Summer Intern. Here, I’ll share my summer adventures and what it’s like being a Wellesley student. I’m a rising junior, so I am part of the purple class of 2026, and I am majoring in chemistry.…
Hi!
Hi everyone! I’m Lara, welcome to my blog 🙂 This summer I’m on campus interning at the Admissions Office, and I’m super excited to kickstart my influencer era. I’m part of the purple class of 2026 (rising junior), and I’m an anthropology major with an environmental studies minor. I am Brooklyn born and bred, and being a New Yorker is…