Map of Africa It started with all the makings of a great online battle. It was late one Saturday night, and I was engaged in a discussion with someone who - horror of horrors! - mistakenly referred to Africa as a country. It was a small error, but it belied a more profound misunderstanding about the nature of the world. My fingers raced over my keyboard to correct this insensitivity. How could I allow others to stay blind to the...

To me, knowledge is about application. Without practice, theory is irrelevant. That’s why I find the Tanner Conference so exciting. I consider myself an action-based learner and hence have never felt completely at ease within conventional classroom structures that rely rigidly on memorizing data and don’t focus enough on exploration within learning. When researching the Tanner Conference I fell in love with the idea of learning alongside peers who are passionate about their own unique interests - from...

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How real the Wellesley network really is. Some people are part of their college community for 4 years. Wellesley students are part of the W community for...

Looking back, I stressed a lot over my personal statement, tweaking words and phrases over and over. That probably wasn't the sane-st thing to do, nor was...

There are LOTS of great acapella and singing groups for such a small school. Tea-ing is popular at Wellesley (the process of joining a society, which is kind...

Yes. I used a private counselor. In all honesty, I'm not sure how helpful this was. My biggest piece of advice in putting together an application is to just remember that your goal is...

I chose to apply to Wellesley ED because: (1) I wanted a small school, where I would have intimate access to the professors, classes would be small and I would see familiar faces around me every day. (2) I wanted a liberal arts school, because I needed more time to decide on...