<p>I'm currently a senior in high school (finally!!) and visited Wellesley last year as a junior for an interview. I absolutely loved the campus and I feel that my interview went really well, and I've been trying to e-mail the lady I interviewed with since I got home from my visit last year, and I still haven't heard a reply! What should I do? Should I call her or does this mean my interview didn't go as well as I thought it had?</p>
<p>I really love Wellesley but I have some questions before I decide if I really want to apply ED or not, so your help is appreciated!</p>
<p>There might be something else going on here...even if your interview didn't go so well, I doubt this lady would simply <em>ignore</em> you--what were you trying to e-mail her about? Possibly there are other people you can get in contact with.</p>
<p>If you think your interview went really well, it probably did. Some people hardly ever check their email, change email addresses often, or have separate emails for business and personal use. It's not always a reliable way to contact someone. I'd give her a call. :)</p>
<p>I emailed my dean a week ago about a scheduling matter, and since she didn't reply at all I decided to drop in (unannounced) as I was visiting campus today anyway. Not only was my email the only thing on her desk (printed out in color) when I walked in, but she already had been working on my question and was waiting on a response from someone who was on vacation until next week and was happy to talk to me. The real student support people are friendly. Go figure.</p>
<p>If the interview was an admissions one and your lady was an admissions lady, I'm surprised you haven't heard if you emailed a while ago -especially assuming you have the right address and the lady probably still works here. These people are paid to write back to people like you.</p>
<p>I'd try the lady again but if that doesn't pan out, someone else at admissions might be able to answer what you need to know. If your question isn't entirely admissions related, I can probably answer it as a real live Wellesley student. I'm a complete failure at chances type questions though.</p>
<p>Thank you so much for your help, and it was an actual admissions lady. One of my questions is about the on-campus job opportunities, as in are there any and if so, what are they? I have more questions, but this will do it for now! Thanks again!</p>
<p>There are lots of job opportunities at Wellesley. If you get any sort of financial aid, you'll have a workstudy portion of your pacakage. If you don't get workstudy you are still allowed to apply for a position after the first two weeks of school if you want to work (and people I know do).
Wellesley doesn't require students to work in any particular position. At College of the Holy Cross (where my sister went) all workstudy first years have to work in dining services whether they want to or not (they don't). At Wellesley, dining services is on the upper end of the base pay scale (like $10/hour with benefits).
As for a list of positions by no means exhaustive, the ones I can name are the ones where I've run into students doing these jobs on campus or heard them advertised. Here goes:
General Library Worker (Music, Art, Science and Clapp)
Knapp Worker (media library in Clapp basement)
Student worker in special areas of the library
Projectionist
Videotaper for special events
Dining Services worker (6 dining halls to choose from- I feel like I've never seen students work at the New Campus Center)
Davis Museum Guard
Copy Center Worker
Financial Aid Worker
Registrar's Office Worker
Nude Model for art dept
Aerobics Instructor
Carillon Instructor
Observatory Day Assistant
Observatory Night Assistant
Observatory Service Observor
Greenhouse Worker
PLTC Tutor
Department Tutor
Lab Assistant
Homework Grader (physics, math, astronomy, etc- one grader grades stuff for one class- some classes will have two graders)
Theater Assistant
Paid Science Research Positions
Alumnae Association Assistant
Residential Computing Consultant
Wellesley Words on Wheels
Computing Help Desk (Constultant to Faculty)
Center for Work and Service Assistant
Wellesley Centers for Women Assistant
Campus Bookstore Salesperson
Student Admissions Worker (some paid and some not)
Web design work for departments
Staffing Molly's Pub
Staffing Cafe Hoop
Staffing El Table
Phonathon (Telemarketer to get alums to give Wellesley $$$- one friend tells me it's not as bad as it sounds because most alums are used to the phone calls and expect it and are happy to donate. Sort of like Girl Scout cookies, but not exactly)
Staffing the Student Bursar's Office (I should hope they get paid)
WZLY DJ (gets paid for events, not sure if you get paid if you work at WZLY in general and have a radio show- anyone??)
You can get CWS to pay for certain internships as well</p>
<p>There are some a la carte on campus job opportunities that pop up from time to time as well.
Theater Box office for Wellesley Summer Theater
Research subject for Psyc and Econ depts
Reunion Worker (this is after the school year but you can make $200 in a weekend)
Help the theater clean
As for off-campus regular jobs (all are within a short safe walk):
The Wellesley Booksmith
Starbucks
There's a Gap next to the booksmith and I'd have trouble believing people didn't work there but I don't know anyone who does)
The Wellesley Free Library (a friend talked about this- dunno how it panned out)
Rosie's Bakery (a girl on my floor worked there last year and regularly left pleas on our dorm conference to eat the large cake she had left in the floor fridge)</p>
<p>As for the self employed:
Babysitting (in excess of $12/hour) in the town. Professors will also ask their students as well. Some clients want cars, other's don't- there's an advertising forum of babysitters for the whole campus.
If you own a car (as an upperclasswoman- first years aren't allowed) you can charge people for rides to logan airport around break time.
Dog Walking
Selling your stuff on For Sale</p>
<p>That's all I can think of for now. I'm sure I missed lots, but there are plenty of jobs on the Wellesley campus.</p>
<p>Regarding the unanswered email, you're probably better off calling or writing a letter on paper. Have you tried emailing multiple times? If only once, it's quite possible she lost track and deleted it, thinking she had answered.</p>
<p>Regarding on-campus jobs, the opportunities are pretty great. WendyMouse pointed out a lot of them, and more are available if you look around. You can also work as a night guard in the Science Center, and there are other student jobs with Campus Police. The chem prep room takes on student workers, as well. I don't remember ever hearing from a student who wanted employment and couldn't find any. Taking work-study funds off-campus is possible (unless the rules have changed) but not often done.</p>
<p>Most work-study positions are limited to 8-10 hours per week, and I doubt the casual-wage positions are any different. If you're paying for your own schooling, you'll probably need to look off-campus to find more substantial jobs. Otherwise, those hours are sufficient to provide money for books, general supplies, and the odd night out.</p>