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Category: Emily in Wellesley, Massachusetts, USA

Attending Wellesley, an All-Women’s College

January 9, 2019 Leave a comment
large brick building with blue sky in background

Seeing the Stars Imagine you go outside after you’ve left your well-lit house. You look up and all you see is a black sky. However, your eyes start to adjust to the lack of surrounding light and your vision starts to change. Slowly, you observe these specks of light that become brighter as you stay outside. And finally, after a

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  • Emily in Wellesley, Massachusetts, USA

The Lingering “What If”

October 29, 2018 Leave a comment
Emily with her older sister and mom, who both graduated from Wellesley

When I was deciding where to go to college, I had the choice between two schools. One place was my mom and sister’s alma mater; it was a place I had visited multiple times before and it was nearby Boston, a city I had always wanted to live in. The other place was a wildcard: no one in my family

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  • Emily in Wellesley, Massachusetts, USA

First Impressions

October 2, 2018 Leave a comment
Emily kayaking

Hello from the very far away town of Wellesley, Massachusetts! It’s my 5th week here at Wellesley, and I can’t believe it’s already Fall! The campus is surrounded by trees, and I’m really excited to see the leaves change color. On first impressions, Wellesley isn’t that different from Amherst. Class sizes are around 600 students. Majority of students live in

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By Nife Joshua ’26 In this new edition of Amherst Adventures Abroad, Managing Features Editor Nife Joshua ’26 spoke with Madison Rabb ’26 to learn about her semester in Madrid, highlighting her immersion in the Spanish language, travels around Europe, and newfound love for Spanish cuisine. Madison Rabb ’26, a political science major and member of the track and field

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February 3, 2025 ccolleton@amherst.edu Leave a comment

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