<p>Does Wellesley want the "Why Wellesley" supplemental essay to be very researched and detailed? Is mentioning facets such as area, campus, the whole women-empowerment thing too vague and overused? Thanks in advance!</p>
<p>When I applied, I wrote about specific things as well as general- I wrote about different theatre orgs and cultural orgs I was interested in participating in as well as the fact that I liked the idea of a women's college, etc etc.</p>
<p>sarahahah- Yeah I was wondering on how to make the "Why Wellesley" essay unique. I think it's fine to mention the general, overused aspects if we put our unique opinions and perspectives in as well.</p>
<p>thanks ohh miss zanna! yeah, i'm just trying to find a way to express how much i love wellesley but it's nottttt easy</p>
<p>I did an analogy about my love for Wellesley and also mentioned specifics. Just be genuine and unafraid to branch out.</p>
<p>sarahahah -</p>
<p>To be honest, Wellesley was not my first choice at the outset of the college application process. For the longest time, Wellesley was actually quite near the bottom of my list, though in the end, it grew to be my first choice for college. My parents actually stuck Wellesley and Smith on my "apply" pile and, in order to get them off my back, I kept them there. It wasn't until I got to my respective "why a women's institution" essays that I really had to think very hard about any possible reason I would have to apply to Wellesley, because "my parents are making me" clearly wasn't going to cut it. </p>
<p>I suggest you take what you already know about Wellesley and think very, very hard about it. That means no researching, because that often feels contrived. If you didn't already know about it, chances are, it's not what attracted you to Wellesley in the first place. At most, I looked through the viewbook again and sought out the things about Wellesley that caught my eye there. </p>
<p>If it helps, here's my "why wellesley" essay, even though when I look at it, it's not really that stellar of an admissions essay. </p>
<p>“When choosing a college, you are choosing not only an intellectual community, but also a place where you believe that you can live, learn, and flourish. To this end, the Board of Admission is interested in knowing your reasons for applying to Wellesley College and how you feel Wellesley will help you to realize your personal and academic goals.”</p>
<p>“Why are you applying to an all-girl school? Oh, I get it. Your dad is making you, I bet. Right?” I get this sort of comment a lot when I mention Wellesley as part of my college application list. It might have something to do with my dad’s school-wide famous mantra of “no dating until you’re married”, but regardless of his wish that I start dating only after my first social security check comes in the mail, that’s not why I’ve chosen to apply to Wellesley College. I don’t subscribe to the idea that women’s colleges are a sort of educational chastity belt for the next female generation. My mother attended a girl’s secondary school and I happen to think she’s a perfectly normal woman - I think a very intelligent one and one who is very aware of the possibilities of being a woman. The question is, perhaps, not “why a women’s school”, but “why not a women’s school”.
Kris Liu writes about Wellesley in its view book “It is a unique opportunity to get rid of the interference and noise that sexual differences conjure up. When will you ever be in this kind of environment again?” When will I ever be in that kind of environment again? Even thinking about this place, the potential of it, draws me like a magnet. It is, in my mind a power point of ideas, experiences and opportunities. As a girl who is growing up balancing ideas about femininity, religion, being the daughter of an Asian immigrant, and so many other things. College is not only another step in my education, but, if I am to continue living life to its utmost potential, it is a place where these ideas about myself must begin to be resolved. I think Wellesley could be the best place for that because of its willingness, as an institution, to look at itself from both the outside and the inside to improve, and to teach its students how to do the same.</p>
<p>Wow, I thought it was a very good essay.
Straightforward and honest, I liked it.</p>
<p>By the way, it's the opposite for me. Neither of my Asian parents like the idea of a women's college.
My mother always says, "A lot of people meet their husbands at school. How are you going to get married at a women's college?"
And I say, "Mooom. That's what medical school is for. So I know they'll already have a nice, stable job."</p>
<p>haha just kidding, of course ;]</p>
<p>Can I just say that I think it's hilarious you are quoting Kris Liu in your application? I know her. Well sort of. I bought some stuff off of her the summer after my first year (she had graduated in June and was working in the library).</p>
<p>I need to steal a viewbook and see how many other people in that thing I actually know. Wellesley is a small school (or seems that way thanks to the internet).</p>
<p>bea- i love what you wrote about wellesley. i think i just sound really superficial now</p>
<p>Have I completely misread the application? I didn't see a "Why Wellesley?" essay, or any supplemental essay for that matter... I'm actually pretty sure I read somewhere that they specifically only want one essay (the Common App essay or something about diversity). It's not that I'd have trouble writing it; I'm just confused because I didn't think there was another essay...?</p>
<p>Supplement. and it's not optional. click the supplement tab, it's on there for wellesley</p>