Orientation Week at Wellesley

My first week at Wellesley has been everything I expected (as cliché as it sounds) and quite a few things that I did not anticipate. It has been simultaneously familiar and somehow fresh and completely eye-opening. I’ve registered for the classes that I’d been eying...

College 2.0

After quite an eventful and relaxing summer, my sophomore year has finally started! Classes have come back into session and so many familiar and some not so familiar faces have crossed my path. I’ve gathered all my textbooks and organized my backpack with a...

work life balance.

This past summer I had two internships. One required 40 hours a week and the other required about 10-20. All I did was work over the summer. I learned a lot about which career route I wanted to pursue and which routes I do not want to pursue. However, I feel like I...

Moving In

When I moved into my dorm at IWU it was chaos! Students, parents, and boxes were everywhere! My mom helped me move it. She made my bed, moped the floor, and wiped down everything– and I mean EVERYTHING! I could remember thinking “How am I supposed to live...

Moving In: Dorms and Homesickness

Freshman year, my parents flew with me over to Amherst. They rented a car and helped me move in and buy the necessities. As soon as they saw my room, the look of my mom’s face said it all; I was going to live in a matchbox. The room wasn’t only oddly L-shaped, it was...