The tick-tocking of the clock was the only sound in the room. Fingers tingling with anticipation, I yanked the pillow off. There was my tooth, in all its dried blood glory. I blinked several times, testing to see if this was all just a dream. Nope, this was reality. I heaved a sigh. Grabbing the tooth, I trotted off to confront my parents. "You lied! I cried, brandishing the tooth in front my dad's face. "The Tooth Fairy's not real!" ...

"There's no way I'm going to relate to a WWII vet," I scoffed. "Just do your best. Act like he's your grandpa," my friend reassured me. There was one problem: I didn’t know how to interact with my grandparents, as I had left them behind in the Philippines when I immigrated to the U.S.That rendered me socially inept at comfortably interacting with people much older than myself. A brief wave to my 70-year-old neighbor was one thing,...

Sitting on the grass of the Academic Quad were several students and their professor. My tour guide Ashley explained that when the weather was nice, some professors took the class discussion outside the classroom. The gray-haired professor in front of me held up a botany book in his hand, presumably leading a discussion on plant structures and classification—not that I paid much mind. I was more focused more on the sight of the professor actually bonding with his students....

Wellesley's liberal arts and sciences curriculum allows me to weave my interests in the sciences and my traditional strengths in the humanities seamlessly, which is perfect for me considering that I’d like to major in Environmental Studies. The Environmental Studies major at Wellesley features is incredibly interdisciplinary and features a comprehensive study of science topics as well as economics, law, and public policy. I believe that a large part of environmental problems cannot be solved not necessarily because we...