Unofficial Official Class of 2010 Thread

Colleges & Universities A-Z Williams College
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<p>In the name of familiarizing yourself with the amazing people you shortly will live with for four years...fill out this general info chart and re-post. Then watch and learn as you amazement grows! Obviously, if anyone wants to add categories or reject something especially foolish i've written, by all means. williams would be proud, im sure:</p>

<p>Name:
Gender:
City/State/Country:</p>

<p>Interests?
Favorite book, music, movie, ect:
Favorite Food:
Best bad joke you know:</p>

<p>How'd you find out about Williams?
What got you in to Williams?
What are you glad you didn't put on your app?
What is the coolest thing about Williams?
What are you most worried about?</p>

<p>How severe do you predict you senior slide will be?</p>

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<p>Name:Amanda
Gender:male...haha obviously not
City/State/Country: CT baaby</p>

<p>Interests? soccer, theater, music
Favorite book, music, movie, ect:im obsessed with rent as of this month!
Favorite Food:
Best bad joke you know:i swear im funny...</p>

<p>How'd you find out about Williams? my friend goes there! and obviously it is amazing
What got you in to Williams? golf, ec's
What are you glad you didn't put on your app? haha they know everything about me
What is the coolest thing about Williams? its proximity to jiminy peak
What are you most worried about? that no one will like me...</p>

<p>How severe do you predict you senior slide will be? verrry very bad</p>

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<p>Name: Majida
Gender: female
City/State: Los Angeles, CA</p>

<p>Interests: reading, writing, laughing at my firends' sarcastic comments.
Favorite Book, etc: I can't possibly choose a favorite from all the books I've read. I really liked " Passage to India" and "Interpreter of Maladies." I listen to mostly indie and alternative rock. Love documentaries and comedies
Best Bad joke: a gay guy and a priest walk into a bar...</p>

<p>How'd u find out about williams? extensive college search over the summer
What got u into williams? Essay
I'm glad I didn't tell them that I'm a horrible procrastinator and I waited to do the essay and app four days before it was due.
Coolest thing: I'm going to be there! (just kidding).
What r u most worried about? that I won't like my roommate</p>

<p>How severe do u predict ur senior slide will be? If current situations remain the same,pretty severe</p>

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<p>Name: Steph
Gender: female
City/State/Country: Bridgewater, MA, USA</p>

<p>Interests: Softball, snowboarding, skiing, reading, writing, hanging out with friends, music
Favorite book, music, movie, ect: Book: "Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius" by Dave Eggers; Movie: Garden State, Old School, Eternal Sunshine (can't decide); Music: I love almost everything (just not country). Favorites include Jack Johnson, The Shins and John Mayer
Favorite Food: pizza or chocolate
Best bad joke you know: bad jokes are the only ones I know</p>

<p>How'd you find out about Williams? just through researching colleges and trying to find a good fit
What got you in to Williams? softball
What are you glad you didn't put on your app? my drug dependency (kidding)
What is the coolest thing about Williams? EVERYTHING...students, location, campus, athletics and academics
What are you most worried about? what my roommate will be like</p>

<p>How severe do you predict you senior slide will be? very severe, but not until after i submit the midyear report</p>

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<p>heyy ppl!!..you know what we should do??...we should add each other at MSN Messenger..!!!...</p>

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<p>Name: Asheque
Gender:Male
City/State/Country: Dhaka,Bangladesh</p>

<p>Interests: Swimming, Basketball, Procastination, Food
Favorite book, music, movie, ect:book:The Day of the Jackal -Frederick Forsythe, Music:Stairway to Heaven -LedZep, Movie: Fight Club
Favorite Food:Shikh Kabab and Nan roti
Best bad joke you know:i heard two today (one of my friend claims 2 be the ultimate badjoker in the universe)- What type of camera does spiderman use? Answer: A webcam!!!:D</p>

<p>and..What do you call a cat which just ate a duck? Answer: a Duck -filled-fattypus!!!:D</p>

<p>How'd you find out about Williams:Friend
What got you in to Williams: God knows!!
What are you glad you didn't put on your app:I ALWAYS forget to keep my pant's fly close!!!:$:$:$
What is the coolest thing about Williams:everything!!
What are you most worried about: Fin aid...as i am yet to recieve any notification fromt he finaid office</p>

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<p>Name: Burcu
Gender: Female
City/State/Country: Istanbul, Turkey</p>

<p>Interests? DI, films, books, dogs
Favorite book, music, movie, ect: books: baudolino, the metamorphosis and the alchemist. music: classical, rock, alternative, pop. movie: fight club, frida, philadelphia, lola rennt, notting hill, keeping in faith. authors: kafka, samuel beckett
Favorite Food:pizza!!!
Best bad joke you know: there are so many bad jokes in Turkish and translating them would make them even worse!!!</p>

<p>How'd you find out about Williams? our headmaster
What got you in to Williams? i wish i knew
What are you glad you didn't put on your app? they know everything about me.
What is the coolest thing about Williams? i love everything about it!!!!
What are you most worried about? the same with noxious. fin. aid. i also have not heard from them. :(</p>

<p>How severe do you predict you senior slide will be? well a drop like 1 pt on the overall GPa might be observed (my school's grade scale is 1-100). so not much but i really did a mess with my last adv. chem and calc. bc exam.</p>

<p>i agree with noxious. let's add each other's names to our MSNs.</p>

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<p>Name: Laura
Gender:female
City/State/Country:north carolina!!</p>

<p>Interests? if i say physics do i sound nerdy???
Favorite book, music, movie, ect: too many to possibly start...
Favorite Food: PEACHES
Best bad joke you know:</p>

<p>How'd you find out about Williams? college tour
What got you in to Williams? essay? geography?
What are you glad you didn't put on your app?<br>
What is the coolest thing about Williams? it is far far away
What are you most worried about? the winter!! i asked for an electric blanket for xmas</p>

<p>How severe do you predict you senior slide will be? awesomely so!!!!</p>

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<p>It's me again! I've only met a handful of people who have even heard of Williams, much less got accepted, so I would love to hear from you guys! Email me or IM (BooBoo922) because I am anxious to find some other people who are excited about going to williams too! Everyone in my town thinks i am a complete nutcase for not going ivy, but i am happy out of my mind!</p>

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<p>Name: mahlet
Gender: female
City/State/Country: dallas, texas</p>

<p>Interests? photography, writing, theater, pretending to know how to breakdance.
Favorite book, music, movie, etc:
too many books
music: k-os, mos def, john mayer, lauryn hill, n.e.r.d, bob marley, m.i.a
movie: city of god
Favorite Food:everything.
Best bad joke you know: i only know good jokes! </p>

<p>How'd you find out about Williams? questbridge
What got you in to Williams? who knows!
What are you glad you didn't put on your app? i think i put everything.
What is the coolest thing about Williams? study abroad
What are you most worried about? location (isolation) </p>

<p>How severe do you predict you senior slide will be? sheesh...</p>

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<p>Name: Fida
Location: Dhaka, Bangladesh</p>

<p>Interests: reading, writing, debate, swimming, window shopping (buying is entirely different:), travelling
Fav. Authors: austen, flaubert, nabokov, updike (his essays are amazing) and in poetry, kahlil gibran, pope, swift, poe, ezra pound ... and i can't remember the rest, there are just too many great writers out there!
Music: classical, rock, alternative
Movie: different one every month...
Food: i'm bangladeshi, we love FOOD, period. </p>

<p>How'd you find out abt Williams? my cousin graduated from there a few years back and LOVED it, plus i went on campus visits to a few places</p>

<p>What got me in? no clue</p>

<p>What are you glad you didn't put on your app? haha...try again, when i'm really drunk</p>

<p>What's the coolest thing about Williams? EVERYTHING...that's why i did an ED, although, i especially like the location - it's miles away from my wonderful but over over-protective family; plus i'm dying to learn how to ski!</p>

<p>What are you most worried about? surviving the winter...thus far, i seem to be suprememly warm blooded (but my cousin says i should be more concerned about balancing beer intake so i don't gain 15 pounds in freshman year like a lot of ppl do)</p>

<p>Senior slide? pretty serious...</p>

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<p>Name: Michele
Gender: female
City/State/Country: New York</p>

<p>Interests?
Favorite book, music, movie, ect:
books: anything Salinger, "A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius" -Eggers, "Mrs. Dalloway" - Woolf
music: J.S. Bach, Bill Evans Trio, Sigur R</p>

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<p>Name: Ben
Gender: Male
City/State/Country: New York</p>

<p>Interests? music, reading, thinking, talking to people, being a diehard slacker
Favorite book, music, movie, ect:
Books...a clockwork orange, cat's cradle, a picture of dorian gray
Movies...city of god, big fish, fight club, bad boys 2
Music...Radiohead, Herbie Hancock, Talib Kweli, Stevie Wonder, Led Zeppelin, Miles Davis, Igor Stravinsky, Wayne Shorter, The Bad Plus, Mos Def, Bill Frisell, Soulive, Gustav Mahler, John Mayer, Pharoahe Monch, Brad Mehldau, Dave Matthews Band, Paul Simon, Ray Charles, Buena Vista Social Club, The Roots, Phish, The Beatles, Dispatch, Tool, Rage Against the Machine, Santana, The Slip, Jay-Z and the entire NYC jazz scene (I like everything, literally everything)
Favorite Food: everything
Best bad joke you know: what did the farmer say when he lost his tractor?
dammit, i lost my tractor</p>

<p>How'd you find out about Williams? dunno
What got you in to Williams? music, most likely
What are you glad you didn't put on your app? abundant drug use
What is the coolest thing about Williams? the chill factor
What are you most worried about? no parties, i think fear will be realized</p>

<p>How severe do you predict you senior slide will be? i started my senior slide in freshmen year</p>

<p>anyone who wants to IM me, my screen name is the same as my user name
also, check out my band's site <a href="http://www.wastebasketbrothers.moonfruit.com%5B/url%5D"&gt;www.wastebasketbrothers.moonfruit.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>dude how did you get a gig at the kf?!?!</p>

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<p>through a friend, it was really such a fun show. we absolutely packed the place.
speaking of which, does anyone know anything about the music scene at williams. are there any good bands at the college, is it easy to practice or anything.</p>

<p>ben</p>

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<p>you have good taste in music! & movies.</p>