hello :) i stumbled across your blog while looking through the wellesley tag and I'm wondering why you chose this college ~ I'm from the UK and I'm interested in going to america for uni :D
HELLOOOOO!! (sorry this took so long to respond)
Okay, so here it goes, and I'm going to try to be as honest as possible.
How I found out about Wellesley:
My dad. Â While I was looking at colleges (which tbh I didn't start my search until summer before senior year) he kept bothering me about this "school that Hillary Clinton went to." Â So when I did my summer college tour I picked 5 different schools to go to, one big, one small, one women's, one ivy, one in the middle of no where, just so I could have an idea of what type of school to go to. Â Because my dad had been nagging me about Wellesley, I visited it, fully intending just to humor him...turns out I LOVED the school. Â I loved the beautiful campus, the honor code, the class, and most importantly the way my tour guide spoke. Â I knew that when I graduated I wanted to be a person who was both intelligent and well spoken, and out of all the places I visited, the student who was my tour guide at Wellesley was the poster child of this desire.Â
I got in. Â I did have another top choice, but I only was accepted at my safety school and Wellesley, and because I received sufficient financial support the choice was a no-brainer. Â
Why it is awesome and you should come:
Being a student at Wellesley you will be surrounded by some of the most intelligent women you will ever meet, you will learn about topics in a nuanced fashion that will frustrate and challenge you in ways you probably won't get elsewhere, as a woman you will have your voice and point of view heard in a way that I believe can be difficult at a co-ed school, and you are close enough to a city to do the cool things that come with city-life (okay so I know that coming from out of the US this might sound like a far drive but honest 40min to 1 hour outside of Boston is actually not that far). Â Â
Good luck on your college search and if you have any other questions more specifically you can ask me again and I'll respond privately!