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When the Center for Work and Service asked me to reflect and share some thoughts on my life as a D.M.A. candidate in Music Composition, I honestly did not know what to write because my work is constantly shifting and evolving, even in the three short years since my Wellesley graduation. I am a composer…
Hello again, Wellesley! The last time I published one of these blog posts was upon my return from a glorious Wintersession trip to New Orleans with Habitat for Humanity in January 2013. I still glow when asked to share about my experience from that trip (I’m sure my fellow trip participants can relate), and I…
Anisha Vachani ’12 is an associate that has been with Boston Consulting Group in New York since July 2012. She graduated from Wellesley with honors in economics and graciously offered to share some tips for consulting interviews. Please note that the following tips are only the personal advice of Anisha and her contacts, not BCG. PREPARATION While you…
As I entered my senior year at Wellesley in the fall of 1998, I started compiling English graduate program applications from universities around the world. I was returning from a junior year abroad at Oxford University, where I was steeped in intensive post-colonial theory tutorials, and planned to spend the rest of my life in…
“So, what are you planning on doing after you graduate?” I, like the rest of the Class of 2013, am quite familiar with this commonly used conversation starter. I am faced with this question at least twice a week, and I’m sure that because we are about to enter the purgatory that younger students call…
During my first year at Wellesley, I would tell anyone who would listen how I had discovered the world of banking and finance while having the time of my life in college, yet how disappointed I was to learn that this industry typically didn’t hire first-year summer interns. I talked to pastors, teachers, dog walkers,…
Elizabeth Tharakan ’06 has graciously written this blog piece on the value of networking and the Wellesley network. Take a look! “You don’t ask for a job on a date; you build a relationship.” That’s what the career services adviser at Cardozo School of Law advises law students and recent grads when it comes to…
As a self-proclaimed citizen of the world, I no longer spend much time in my hometown of New York City. But when I do – be it in a drugstore, a café of relative hipness, or the subway – I see Wellesley alumnae everywhere. This comes as no surprise, I am sure. One big surprise…
On Tuesday, April 16th, the CWS invited Susan Wojewoda ’96 and Samantha Ernst ’07, who both have extensive experience working in the retail industry, to speak with students about their work and life experiences. Topics ranged from industry-related advice, to speaking about specific companies and positions. In case you missed this event, here are some…
The uniqueness of volunteering with the Mission Hill After School Program (MHASP) is that there is no such thing as a typical day at our program. Working with a group of vivacious, independently-minded, and smart kids means that you never quite know what you’re going to find when you walk in the door. This is…