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Tag: Wellesley College

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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  • Emily in Wellesley, Massachusetts, USA

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Sustainability Correspondent: Corey in Christchurch, New Zealand

September 22, 2023 ccolleton@amherst.edu Leave a comment

Bio: Corey O’Callaghan is a first-semester junior studying math and (hopefully) an interdisciplinary major at Amherst College. They are from Albuquerque, New Mexico, and this semester they are attending the University of Canterbury in Aotearoa New Zealand through the Frontiers Abroad program! Corey is passionate about how environmentalism and people interact, and they are especially interested in water rights and management. They are excited

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Getting to Denmark

September 22, 2023 ccolleton@amherst.edu Leave a comment

Why do we go to Denmark? Francis Fukuyama, in After the End of History (2022) If Americans want to live the American dream, they should go to Denmark. Richard Wilkinson, in Oxfam Inequality Report (2021) In this blog post, I outline my tentative answers to questions I set out my study-abroad with. These are questions about Denmark as the premier

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My Goals for Studying Abroad in Salamanca, Spain

August 30, 2023 ccolleton@amherst.edu Leave a comment

Hello everyone! My name is Woohyun and I am thrilled to share my study abroad experience with all of you throughout the semester. I will be studying in Salamanca, Spain through the IES Psychology program where I will be taking a variety of courses in the Spanish language, education, and psychology. I am looking forward to taking courses in education

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Woohyun in Salamanca

August 15, 2023 ccolleton@amherst.edu Leave a comment

Hi everyone! My name is Woohyun and I am an Education Studies major from Bergen County, NJ. I will be spending this semester in Salamanca, Spain studying psychology along with Spanish history and culture. I am thrilled to learn psychology through the Spanish cultural lens and immerse myself in the local community throughout my time abroad.    As a GEO

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