 |
| Faneuil Hall / Quincy Market |
 |
| Chapel |
 |
| Tupelo Point |
 |
| View of Downtown |
 |
| Boston City Hall |
Friday, September 17, 2010
Wellesley and Boston in Pictures
Words of Wisdom
I thought I'd share a few quotes that I really like:
"Women belong in the house....and the Senate."
"Respect my mind; Respect my grind."
Have a good weekend!
"Women belong in the house....and the Senate."
"Respect my mind; Respect my grind."
Have a good weekend!
New Stuff
 |
| A view of Tower Court |
So a lot has happened while I've been here. First, I got a job. I had two weeks of training (all paid!) and I'm probably going to be starting on my own next week. It's only $8 the hour, but at least I'm going to have a regular source of spending money!
Second, I got accepted to a tutoring program run by Harvard. I'm really excited for this because I now have another way to meet students from other schools and of course because I get to spend time helping little kids with their homework! (I will admit, I am sorta kinda hoping to meet some cute Harvard boys...but who wouldn't? ;)
Third, Flower Sunday!! I got matched with a really nice Big Sister. She left me a note the night before and the next morning she brought me purple flowers and we had breakfast together before going to the chapel for the Flower Sunday Ceremony.
Lastly, after two weeks of classes I feel like I am finally getting the rhythm of things. Before I was never good at asking for help, but now I see that it is necessary to do well here so I'm working on getting better at asking questions. I haven't been procrastinating too much, I'm going to try to keep it up for the rest of the semester (we'll see how it goes...).
Before coming to Wellesley I had heard of what students call "That Girl". Which basically refers to the girl who tries to answer every question the professor asks, has read the entire textbook already, and does all of the homework a week ahead of time and does twice what was assigned. I was a bit apprehensive at first of the possibility of having "That Girl" in my classes. Luckily, I'm pretty sure "That Girl" isn't in any of my classes (although there is a girl in my Spanish class who is pretty close...we'll see how that turns out).
Overall, I'd say these first few weeks have been great. I'm going to try to really enjoy myself this weekend. I still have some homework I need to do by Monday, but I'm going to make it a priority to enjoy myself, I mean I only get to be a college student once right?
Saturday, September 11, 2010
Three Parties, Two Weekends, One Favorite
After a week of orientation, everyone was excited to see that we had a mixer with Babson and Olin scheduled for Friday night. Everyone did their makeup, showered, and dressed to impress....
While I know that a few people had fun, I thought it was kinda, well, lame. The guys were mostly super nerdy (as in this was probably the first time they had danced in their lives), or they were plain creeps (basically they just wanted ass without even making an effort). Needless to say I was disappointed and a little discouraged. I mean even though I'm attending a women's I still want to be able to meet and hang out with guys....just not sketchy ones. Is that too much to ask???
~
The next day, Saturday, I went to my first MIT frat party. IT WAS AMAZING!
I didn't party a whole lot in high school, sure I was at a few parties where there was alcohol, but it wasn't something I did often. Many of the students here are the same way, if not less exposed.
After the very disappointing mixer on Friday, my roommate and I decided we needed to get off campus and experience a better party. Our solution: an MIT frat party.
It was MIT at rush week, which coincides with our first week. All sorts of Facebook invitations kept popping up for the various parties that were going on during the weekend. Before getting to campus, I had repeatedly told myself that there was no chance I would ever go to a frat party, at least not my first year. Haha I sure changed my mind quickly!
We danced there the whole time. The guys were more like what you expect "normal" college guys to be like. You could talk to them as well as dance, and you didn't have to worry so much about them randomly grabbing you...Basically it was a fun night. My only complaint is the transportation issue. So many first-years went to MIT that there was no way we could all get back on the same bus. So many people were running and pushing each other as they tried to get on the bus--not pretty. I lucked out a little by going on the earlier bus to get there, but the way back was still a nightmare and i didn't get back until at least 3am, if not later.
~
Lastly, the on campus REMIX party was, I'm sorry to say, my least favorite of the three. There were two dance floors, one inside and another in the garage. I started out inside since there were more people. , but the music wasn't the greatest so I decided to go see if the dance floor outside was any better. It was.
Now tell me, WHO SMOKES WHILE THEY DANCE? So many people were smoking and the stench was disgusting. We managed to find an area where the smell was less noticeable and we did enjoy ourselves for a while, that is until we decided to go back inside...
Just as I'm getting water, a girl sitting on the couch leans over and pukes all over the carpet. We leave, hoping to avoid the awful smell, when I see another girl fall flat on her face and another nearly fall down the stairs, both were clearly intoxicated and clearly first-years. My motto has always been, to know your limit if you're going to drink, puking is never pretty.
The guys at REMIX were overwhelmingly creeps. Most would just grab your arm or your waist and pull you towards them to try to get you to dance with them. I feel really bad saying (typing?) this but...if this is the best Wellesley party of the year, I'm going to skip the rest and just stick to MIT's parties. I definitely still want to sample the BC and Harvard party scenes, though!! And I'll be sure to write about them too!
The next day, Saturday, I went to my first MIT frat party. IT WAS AMAZING!
I didn't party a whole lot in high school, sure I was at a few parties where there was alcohol, but it wasn't something I did often. Many of the students here are the same way, if not less exposed.
After the very disappointing mixer on Friday, my roommate and I decided we needed to get off campus and experience a better party. Our solution: an MIT frat party.
It was MIT at rush week, which coincides with our first week. All sorts of Facebook invitations kept popping up for the various parties that were going on during the weekend. Before getting to campus, I had repeatedly told myself that there was no chance I would ever go to a frat party, at least not my first year. Haha I sure changed my mind quickly!
We danced there the whole time. The guys were more like what you expect "normal" college guys to be like. You could talk to them as well as dance, and you didn't have to worry so much about them randomly grabbing you...Basically it was a fun night. My only complaint is the transportation issue. So many first-years went to MIT that there was no way we could all get back on the same bus. So many people were running and pushing each other as they tried to get on the bus--not pretty. I lucked out a little by going on the earlier bus to get there, but the way back was still a nightmare and i didn't get back until at least 3am, if not later.
~
Lastly, the on campus REMIX party was, I'm sorry to say, my least favorite of the three. There were two dance floors, one inside and another in the garage. I started out inside since there were more people. , but the music wasn't the greatest so I decided to go see if the dance floor outside was any better. It was.
Now tell me, WHO SMOKES WHILE THEY DANCE? So many people were smoking and the stench was disgusting. We managed to find an area where the smell was less noticeable and we did enjoy ourselves for a while, that is until we decided to go back inside...
Just as I'm getting water, a girl sitting on the couch leans over and pukes all over the carpet. We leave, hoping to avoid the awful smell, when I see another girl fall flat on her face and another nearly fall down the stairs, both were clearly intoxicated and clearly first-years. My motto has always been, to know your limit if you're going to drink, puking is never pretty.
The guys at REMIX were overwhelmingly creeps. Most would just grab your arm or your waist and pull you towards them to try to get you to dance with them. I feel really bad saying (typing?) this but...if this is the best Wellesley party of the year, I'm going to skip the rest and just stick to MIT's parties. I definitely still want to sample the BC and Harvard party scenes, though!! And I'll be sure to write about them too!
Sunday, September 5, 2010
Orientation (HELL) Week
ok ok Orientation is actually pretty fun! You meet tons of new people, experience living on your own, and basically just smoothly transition into the college life.
However, if your orientation happens to fall during basically the hottest and most humid week of the summer, it WILL be hell, especially if you are a Californian who escaped to the East Coast to finally experience cold weather and get away from the heat.
Weather aside, definitely go to all of the events, even the endless amount of infamous Wellesley panels. Yes they do seem like a drag at times but, at least for me, they remind me of the reason I'm here: To get an amazing education.
Anyway, I really do see orientation week as a hell week of sorts. You have a crazy schedule of events you are supposed to attend. In order to help you get to know the campus everything happens at different locations on campus, causing you to get a workout. Seriously, I lost at least 5 pounds if not more during orientation.
One last thing, when it's time for the mixer at the end of the week, don't behave so desperately. It's going to be at least 10 girls to every guy, not even joking. DON'T WORRY! This is not your one and only opportunity to see guys during your four years. You don't need to rush into anything when you can still hardly make your way around campus. Anyway, i'd say the MIT frat boys are MUCH better looking anyway ;)
P.S. Something I forgot to mention: Your first night will be VERY memorable.
However, if your orientation happens to fall during basically the hottest and most humid week of the summer, it WILL be hell, especially if you are a Californian who escaped to the East Coast to finally experience cold weather and get away from the heat.
Weather aside, definitely go to all of the events, even the endless amount of infamous Wellesley panels. Yes they do seem like a drag at times but, at least for me, they remind me of the reason I'm here: To get an amazing education.
Anyway, I really do see orientation week as a hell week of sorts. You have a crazy schedule of events you are supposed to attend. In order to help you get to know the campus everything happens at different locations on campus, causing you to get a workout. Seriously, I lost at least 5 pounds if not more during orientation.
One last thing, when it's time for the mixer at the end of the week, don't behave so desperately. It's going to be at least 10 girls to every guy, not even joking. DON'T WORRY! This is not your one and only opportunity to see guys during your four years. You don't need to rush into anything when you can still hardly make your way around campus. Anyway, i'd say the MIT frat boys are MUCH better looking anyway ;)
P.S. Something I forgot to mention: Your first night will be VERY memorable.
Friday, September 3, 2010
No Longer a Blogging Virgin!
My first blog post ever! Man this feels cool! So basically I intend this to be a survival guide of sorts for attending a woman's college, a California girl's first experience with east coast weather, and a journal of the beginnings of college life and adulthood! I'm also open to suggestions!
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)