Hi Blog,
Well, here we are. The end of another year at Wellesley College. I’m having so many feelings about almost being a senior. 3 years genuinely go by so quickly. Last year around this time I was reflecting on what it meant that I was halfway done with college. Now it’s time to reflect on my junior year at Wellesley.
I will not lie, I think this was my most challenging year yet. I ended up taking some very difficult major classes this year, which took a lot of my attention. Once you get to the higher 300-level courses in your major, especially in stem disciplines, you’re usually in classes with people who are the same major as you. I feel like I ended up bonding with a lot of chemistry majors through these classes, which was really nice! I love that departments at Wellesley are generally pretty small because this means most people know each other and the professors, so we can connect over all the courses and professors we’ve had before. It’s a big senior tradition for the graduating class to decorate their respective departments the day before LDOC (last day of classes), so it was awesome to see what the senior chemistry majors did this year, and I’ll just say that the current junior chemistry majors are already plotting for next year…
This was also my first year living without a roommate, which ended up being more of an adjustment than I anticipated. Although my former roommate and I were looking forward to having our own space, we both agreed it did feel a little lonely at times living in a single. We were coming from two straight years of living with the same person, where we’d chat and giggle before bed almost every night. I had to learn how to develop new routines and be more intentional with the way I approached my friendships. This feels like the first introduction of how to handle friendships throughout adulthood, and I think this is still something I’m working to get better at! All that to say, if you’re an incoming first-year nervous about having a roommate, that experience was actually one of the biggest gifts of my time at Wellesley!
Speaking of friendships, this is the first year when a really significant portion of my friends are graduating. Although in true admissions fashion, I’m always excited to welcome a new class to Wellesley, this is a very bittersweet year because it means I’m saying goodbye to so many people I love. I’m heartened by the fact that I’m still in contact with friends who graduated last year, but I’m watching people who have been such an integral part of my college experience go their separate ways, so yeah, it’s hard! But it’s not all sad, my friends are off to do awesome things! That being said, I will absolutely be crying at graduation.
Well, that was a long one… But never fear, I’ll be back! I’m so excited to pick up blogging again in the fall for my final year at Wellesley. For now, I’ll be channeling my mother when I say that I am not going to think about what being a senior means until I finish my finals, because I’m not done with junior year yet!
Until next time,
Jade <3
My CMS (chamber music society) group at our final concert :’)
End of semester celebration for CMS!