<p>I’ll admit it: I don’t get this fascination with the Romanovs. But, there are TONS of people I’d want to meet–Alice Paul the most, maybe, but just 'cause I love her. :]</p>
<p>Wow, this is a Romanov-loving place… But I’m not really a Romanov-lover, so think I’d rather meet Virginia Woolf. I mean, I think I have an idea of what she’d be like personality-wise, but I think she’d be super interesting to talk to.</p>
<p>Napoleon Bonaparte, hands down.</p>
<p>Joseph Conrad - only to tell him that I flunked my “Heart of Darkness” test. :p</p>
<p>I was actually going to say that I’d like to meet Virginia Woolf too, but I don’t know what kind of conversation I’d have had with her. She was a very sad woman during the last few years of her life. Her husband, however, was notorious for being a regular client at the brothels in my country. Ha.</p>
<p>FDR, Golda Meir, Thomas Jefferson or Emma Goldman. \m/</p>
<p>People I forgot: Sylvia Plath and Virgina Woolf–who I thought of before reading everyone else’s responses. The overlap in people’s interests is very cool…I wonder what it says about us? :]</p>
<p>Oh i also forgot to mention Queen Elizabeth I and Harriet Tubman
On a more modern note, Is anyone else totally impressed with Michelle Obama? I would love to meet her! (and her husband too lol)</p>
<p>Oh, right, Queen Elizabeht I! And Emily Bronte, too.</p>
<p>Haha, I have some additions to mine, too: Thoreau, Susan B. Anthony, Jane Austen…hooray! </p>
<p>sonjanicky, yeah, Michelle Obama is definitely more than I expected, especially since she got all that bad press in the beginning about not wanting to be First Lady and not being proud of America. I guess I’m kind of waiting for confirmation in the form of more time and more stuff, but her poise and her intelligence is definitely making an impression on me. 
Not to mention her husband. Haha, I’m a liberal at heart.</p>
<p>Yeah^ I am a still on the fence too but i just love how she presents herself. Very articulate and poised.</p>
<p>I’m not a HUGE Michelle Obama fan, although I made peace with her husband after the bloody primaries (<em>~</em>unity<em>~</em>, and all). I’ll wait to judge her in a few years, though; I hope she’ll become more impressive as time goes on. </p>
<p>…however, Hillary, Edith, Abigail and Eleanor are all my homegirls. ;)</p>
<p>I would want to meet Jane Austen to ask did her Mr. Lefroy look like James mcAvoy. If so, lucky lucky woman. <em>whistles</em></p>
<ol>
<li><p>Dream career, if money were irrelevant?
Children’s book editor</p></li>
<li><p>Intended major/academic interests?
Architecture/English/Physics</p></li>
<li><p>Favorite book/author(s)/movies?
Jane Austen, Tamora Pierce, JRR Tolkien, Isaac Asimov, Meg Cabot, Terry Pratchett, Neil Gaiman
I could go on</p></li>
<li><p>Nerdiness on a scale of 1-10?
Probably 8 or 9 mostly b/c I go to a magnet school and I live in a nerdy bubble</p></li>
<li><p>Guilty pleasure?
Fashion shows/blogs</p></li>
<li><p>Favorite music genre?
Rock/Alternative</p></li>
<li><p>Greatest accomplishment?
IDK</p></li>
<li><p>Greatest failure?
Chronic laziness/procrastination</p></li>
<li><p>Favorite nonacademic past time?
Rowing/knitting</p></li>
<li><p>How high is Wellesley ranked on your list? Be honest.
Definitely top choice</p></li>
</ol>
<p>I wanted to become a children’s books illustrator for some time, but then gave up the idea.Though I’m still a Korky Paul fan:)</p>
<p>Tamora Pierce! YES!</p>
<ol>
<li>Dream career, if money were irrelevant?
Sec. of State. I guess Wellesley’s the best choice for any woman that wants that job :]</li>
<li>Intended major/academic interests? Political Science/ International relations. I’m basically a huge geek when it comes to that sort of stuff.</li>
<li>Favorite book/author(s)/movies? book- the great gatsby. author- faulkner or mccullers movie- donnie darko/ goodfellas :]</li>
<li>Nerdiness on a scale of 1-10? one of my close friend’s has classified my nerdiness as a secret nerd. He says I’m not geeky at all until you get to know me. Then I’m a full on 10</li>
<li>Guilty pleasure?my secret nerdiness :]</li>
<li>Favorite music genre? indie/ folk</li>
<li>Greatest accomplishment? becoming my school’s model un senior delegate :]</li>
<li>Greatest failure? i don’t think anything should really be classified as a failure… I guess the fact that I’ve started 3 books in the past month but haven’t finished one?</li>
<li>Favorite nonacademic past time? sleeping/ going to my town’s greenway</li>
<li>How high is Wellesley ranked on your list? Be honest. I’d say first. I applied to yale too, which was my first choice for a while, but now I really want to be close to boston.</li>
</ol>
<p>In regards to famous person from history I’d want to meet, it’d have to be Thomas Jefferson.</p>
<p>Secretary of State!!! I like how you roll, vcm91. :)</p>
<p>one can always dream, square girl :]
i think that’s about as high up as I can get within american politics considering i’m not naturally born. maybe i should start a campaign to amend that portion of the constitution…</p>