OFFICIAL Wellesley Class of 2019 ED Thread

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<p>Hello! I’m Sophia from Ohio. My username is zoopants03 because my last name is pronounced like zoo-pants, as in the pants you buy at the zoo. Figured I would clear that up early so I don’t disappoint anyone when they realize I don’t really own any zoopants. ;)</p>

<p>Here are the three quick things about me that describe why I love Wellesley: I like tau, thai food, and talking to walls.
Tau- Even though I want to do an econ-IR major, I really like math and love that you can cross-register at MIT
Thai Food- Lemon Thai… enough said
Talking to walls- I’m a total speech and debate nerd. Wellesley has a pretty good parli debate team and the Wellesley Debate. Even more so, the Madeleine Albright Institute and the Wellesley in Washington program would be a fantastic way for me to apply everything I do in debate to real life. </p>

<p>I’m also anxiously awaiting an admissions decision on the 11th. Knock on wood that it’s good, but reading everyone else’s wonderful stats makes me nervous! </p>

<p>I commented for a few reasons:

  1. I LOVE @doctordebbi‌ 's picture! Mostly because I’m also ready for Hillary</p>

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<li><p>@ginalee11‌ I am in the same boat as you, all of my financial aid forms were turned in late. The admissions woman told my that it WILL NOT have any impact on their decision, it just may delay when <em>knock on wood</em> my family receives the package. </p></li>
<li><p>I realized that’s the second time I’ve written knock on wood in this post… as you can see I really like Wellesley. </p></li>
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<p>Good Luck to everyone. Hopefully we will all get to meet in person one day :slight_smile: </p>

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<p>@zoopants03 Hi Sophia! I’m also looking into IR-Econ but as a potential <em>second</em> major (primary major being Japanese Language); I’m a sucker for all Asian cuisine, and I’m into public speaking, philosophy (anything political), and debate! I hope to go into foreign embassy, and, seeing as the Olympics will be held in Japan in 2020, the graduating time/job market is perfect. </p>

<p>When (if, blah blah blah~) we do get in, let’s debate over Lemon Thai and MIT Econ PSETs sometime! ;;)</p>

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<p>Hey everyone! im Lizzy I love thai food playing settelers of catan and wow that makes me sound like a loser lol but anyways im very excited and blessed to have submitted an application to Wellesley!
Everyone should be proud of themselves for even thinking they belong at Wellesley it is a true statement to your character.
Ah I am so nervous … I slept on campus a few weeks ago and did an interview (I think it went well). I want to major in bio with a minor in a language ( maybe german maybe Russian ) If i get accepted I hope to be in Stone D
Much love! </p>

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<p>im also from New York! what part are you? I live on long island! @emster2186</p>

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<p>Hey what type of debate do you all do?? I debate in LD. Do you all debate on the local or national circuit/do you know what the TOC is? I was just curious :slight_smile: </p>

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<p>@Lizg132‌ No way, that’s awesome! I live a little more upstate, in Dutchess County, pretty close to Poughkeepsie. I have a ton of family in long island though! They live right on the sound.</p>

<p>Hey, maybe I’ll get to see you in some bio/science classes next fall if all goes well! </p>

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<p>What do you guys love most about Wellesley?
For me it is the atmosphere its just so different from everywhere else. I also am in love with the campus!
What did you guys write your why Wellesley on?
I did mine on Lulu (student center) and the student body</p>

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<p>@Lizg132‌ I wrote mine on the Wellesley Centers for Women and how, the first time I visited campus, a student invited me to a panel, introduced me to professors, etc. Essentially I highlighted my experience then wrapped it up by saying how I wish to do the same with prospective students one day.</p>

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<p>Thats so funny! I did the same kinda thing with mine when I wrote about lulu! @doctordebbi</p>

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<p>Im curious to see everyones why Wellesley so im going to share my in hopes some of you will do the same. </p>

<p>Lulu </p>

<p>I had absolutely no right to look Wellesley’s way. I hadn’t taken every AP class offered or </p>

<p>scored perfectly on the SAT. But I did find myself visiting campus one weekend in October, </p>

<p>because let’s be honest, it’s fun to dream. My brother and I had no idea where we were going on </p>

<p>campus, and since it was a very quiet Sunday, our poor navigational skills were only that much </p>

<p>more compounded. We headed to the first building we saw—it happened to be Lulu. As I walked </p>

<p>around Lulu, I felt the strangest feeling. I did not feel out of place and this feeling only </p>

<p>intensified as I walked around and explored the space. Everywhere I looked I saw myself, </p>

<p>studying in the little nook in the corner, playing the piano, being part of a study group in the café, </p>

<p>hanging up campaign flyers. In those moments, I knew I could thrive at Wellesley, not as a </p>

<p>prospective student, but as an actual student. I took in the club and campaign boards, seeing </p>

<p>myself as part of them, no longer a visitor, an outsider, but as a first-year student. Beyond </p>

<p>myself, I realized something more profound while exploring Lulu—the women who attend </p>

<p>Wellesley are not just students. I felt as as though they were working to change something </p>

<p>important within our society or academic field as a sisterhood. There is a special ambiance that </p>

<p>surrounds you in each room, with people sharing ideas, working to enhance that ambiance. I </p>

<p>wanted to chime in badly, to join the conversation, but I knew at the time that my turn would </p>

<p>come. I just need to be patient. Lulu made a considerable first impression on me and I cannot </p>

<p>wait for the day that I get to convene, deliberate and study with my peers in her chairs.</p>

<p>Student body</p>

<p>On a Tuesday night, well past midnight, just weeks ago in October, I walked into my host’s dorm </p>

<p>room to find four women debating the status and future of India’s government over a jar of </p>

<p>Nutella. It is a scene I will never forget, and, for me, one that captures the essence of life at </p>

<p>Wellesley and its student body. Here we were, me just a prospective student, at the wee hours of </p>

<p>the night engaging in rich debate and conversation about politics and life. I loved how each </p>

<p>person in the room respected each other’s opinion and showed no hesitation in expressing her </p>

<p>own. It reflected just how special the environment is. Each student comes from different walks of </p>

<p>life and has compelling and important stories to tell. As a curious person I’m always looking for </p>

<p>new things to learn and explore. It was clear from this night that Wellesley is a place to explore </p>

<p>this curiosity. I have little doubt that should I need an answer to even the most obscure question </p>

<p>there would be someone there to not only answer, but elaborate on it as well. As the women </p>

<p>talked, I enjoyed watching them interact, relating their own perspectives and allowing for ideas </p>

<p>to be shared in beautiful, diverse and abstract ways. I hope that next year I will be able to </p>

<p>experience a few nights such as this, where my roommate, neighbors, and I will passionately </p>

<p>debate the RNA world hypothesis or world politics, while eating Nutella at two in the morning, </p>

<p>on a Tuesday night.</p>

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<p>@ginalee11‌ I know what the TOC! In fact, I’ve qual-ed to TOC for three years (including this year!) I do Congressional Debate. Do you go on the circuit often? I was just at Glenbrooks last weekend, were you? </p>

<p>So happy that someone else loves debate :slight_smile: </p>

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<p>I wrote mine about the atmosphere and basically wrote the same thing as well! Maybe that’s a good sign! I also wrote about the Shakespeare Society.</p>

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<p>Omg yay! Lol yeah I’m a national circuit debater. I’ve been invited to 6 round robins this year so far actually lol I qualled in LD last year and just qualled this year! And yeah I was at glenbrooks, 6-1 in prelims actually but dropped in the bid round on a stupid thing :confused: Omg I did congress my freshman year at state once haha</p>

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<p>Congrats on qualling so much in congress!! :)</p>

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<p>I wrote mine about the traditions/environment and the Chinatown Afterschool program. It centered on my experiences watching the Wellesley Playlist videos online actually because, given that I live in Iowa and can’t afford to fly to Wellesley, I fell in love with Wellesley from those videos and from actually taking a tour on google maps :smiley: I did end up visiting and interviewing, but only after practically begging my mom. And even then we had to drive (3000 mile car ride total actually). So I wrote about how I fell in love with Wellesley from those videos initially and that’s like my overarching theme to connect my two paragraphs. It’s kind of hard to explain lol </p>

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<p>@lizg123 Beautiful essay! It was really well written :slight_smile: Mine’s really different and it freaks me out a little bit haha</p>

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<p>Mine’s really different too D: I wrote about Neuroscience and the flora & fauna scene (wrote specifically about my cactus hahaha)
@lizg123 I love your essay!!! Fingers crossed that we’ll get in and be able to meet up for thai food!</p>

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<p>How are your essays different? I mean different essays are good, we are all unique applicants and I’m sure that the admissions people don’t want to read the same thing 1000 times lol Really good essay lizg123! :slight_smile: </p>

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<p>@ginalee11‌ Well, it’s a lot easier to get bids in Congress. Like GB was only a semis (and in Congress that is 80 people :wink: ) </p>

<p>So we were in the same place!! That’s so funny! Dropping bid rounds is the worst, sorry to hear about it, I’m sure you’ll do great the rest of the year! :slight_smile: </p>

<p>I wrote my essay about the student body and the about empowering women (it was called women who blaze trails). I wrote about s’mores for a bit in my essay so there’s that haha </p>

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<p>Well still an accomplishment to qual for 3 years! :slight_smile: Yeah my junior year I had 5 bid rounds in a row which was great but also incredibly frustrating so I’ve gotten used to it at this point :slight_smile: Thanks, you definitely will kill it in congress :slight_smile: Omg I mentioned s’mores too! :smiley: </p>