This is it! I am at the top of the world. The entirety of New York is spread out before me, and the headlights of cars inching down grid-patterned streets below are like hypnotized fireflies flying in the semblance of straight lines. Beep, beep, beep! The microwave goes off behind me. I spin around, grab a set of oven mitts off the lab bench and take the agarose gel out of the microwave. The smell of the clear liquid mixes...

[ASKED TO DESCRIBE UNIQUE, COMPELLING PARTS OF THE WELLESLEY EXPERIENCE - I chose to write about the Honor Code and "24-Hour Shakes"] In November of my freshman year, I recited the Ephebic Oath along with every other student in my class. It is a vow to better myself, the people around me, and my community. As someone who had started high school a mere two months earlier, I shrugged it off. Sure, I knew about camaraderie and service, but it...

[TALK ABOUT SOMETHING YOU HAVE TAUGHT YOURSELF] Take the copy paper—8.5x11 inches would be nice. Fold it diagonally such that one of the 8.5-inch sides meets the 11-inch side, thus forming a triangle. Fold the rectangle over the triangle, and tear it over the crease—no scissors if you can help it. Unfold the triangle, and you have a perfect square. That square, or a dollar bill, is a gateway. There are an infinite number of possibilities when it...

I needed fits of inspiration to write these essays, so make sure you give yourself time and new experiences to get ideas.

1. Outgoing - Wellesley students are taught to speak their minds and support their views. 2. Inquisitive - we constantly want to learn more, both in and out of the classroom. 3....

Wellesley is located about 40 minutes out of Boston, and 20 minutes out of Cambridge. I...

I interviewed with a number of schools I applied to, and most of them were pleasant experiences. I interviewed for Trinity College, Wellesley College, Vassar College, Cornell University, and some others. For Wellesley, Vassar, and Trinity, my interviewers were warm and made...

My favorite course so far (as a first semester student), is my first-year writing...

After visiting other campuses, I felt...