Portable Wellesley

The Portable WellesleyFacts, lists, spirited arguments, striking photos

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12 brief arguments for a Wellesley education

01 We’re rectifying a bizarre sociopolitical chromosomal imbalance. Have you ever noticed that women comprise half the world’s population and are demonstrably capable and talented and brilliant—and yet the vast majority of leading figures in business, science, politics, you name it, have a Y chromosome? Same here. We’re working on that.

02 Our role models are not models. In fact, we’re proud to be smart—or brainy, or driven, or insert your favorite quality that is rarely associated with women.

03 We’re not afraid to take risks. Or make mistakes. Or think outlandish thoughts. Or insert your favorite activity that is rarely associated with women.

04 We’re very good at this thing called college. We believe we’re one of the best liberal arts colleges in the country. In an unrelated development, U.S. News & World Report feels the same way.

05 We’re also very possible. We believe our education is one of the best values in the country. In an unrelated development, that same publication agrees. Intriguing, no?

06 Lulu! Lulu is our student center, the heart of campus life. It’s open 24 hours a day. So: Our heart is always open. Ponder that.

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07 Sisterhood is powerful. One day you’ll look up and realize that when you think “scientist” or “artist” or “leader” or “entrepreneur,” you’ll think of women. Because the 2,300 women you’re living with are all of those things, and more. And this realization will permanently rewire your brain.

08 Lake Day! Details to follow.

09 The Madeleine Korbel Albright Institute for Global Affairs. A microcosm of our academic experience: students collaborating with world leaders in seminars and internships, trying to solve major problems. Oh, and founded by an alumna.

10 Sisterhood is really powerful. One day (another day) you’ll need help—career advice, a place to stay in Mumbai, an internship in Madrid. And you’ll realize that there are over 34,000 Wellesley alumnae around the world who want to help you. And this realization will blow your mind.

11 Neuroscience. Economics. Greek. Cinema and Media Studies. Environmental Studies. More than 1,000 courses, all taught by inspiring professors.

12 Wellesley is a lifetime deal. Details to follow.

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IrratIonal exuberance

Spontaneous expressions of joy are compulsory at Wellesley. Kidding! But they do happen a lot.

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Facts

2,300 women50 states represented 83 countries of birth7 to 1 student to faculty ratio98% of tenured faculty hold a Ph.D. or the highest degree in their field100% of classes are taught by professors1,000+ courses54+ majors50% of juniors study abroad75% of students participate in an internship10,000 objects in the Davis Museum and Cultural Center14 Division III athletic teams160 student-run organizations250,000 college students in Boston and Cambridge100% of demonstrated financial need met58% of students receive aid10 active alumnae on the “W” network for every student on campus500 acres1 lake

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4 declarations about our academic experience

01 It’s intense. Also thrilling and life-changing. Also collaborative and deeply immersed in the world. But still: Intense. We get dramatic about it sometimes. Then we go back to being thrilled.

02 We cannot fully explain how much our faculty will mean to you. But imagine a few hundred brilliant, approachable, influential people who want to be your mentor and your advocate, now and in the future.

03 It happens everywhere. Our Center for Work and Service offers hundreds of research opportunities and internships across the country and around the world. Most are funded. Most are transformative.

04 Wellesley is a land of plenty. We have our own art museum and cinema. We have five libraries, an observatory, an arboretum, greenhouses. We use scientific equipment that makes graduate students quiver with envy. We believe in our students; we give you what you need to do great work.

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She IS not an anomaly

Fifty-nine percent of our faculty are women. And the axis of the

world shifts ever so slightly.

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3 lists: majors, recent presentations and internships

Majors Africana StudiesAmerican StudiesAnthropologyArchitectureAstronomyAstrophysicsBiological ChemistryBiological SciencesChemistryChinese Language and CultureCinema and Media StudiesClassical CivilizationClassical StudiesCognitive and Linguistic SciencesComparative LiteratureComputer ScienceEast Asian Languages and

CulturesEast Asian StudiesEconomicsEnglishEnvironmental StudiesFrenchFrench Cultural StudiesGeosciencesGermanGerman StudiesGreek

HistoryHistory of ArtInternational RelationsItalian StudiesJapanese Language and CultureJewish StudiesLatinLatin American StudiesMathematicsMedia Arts and SciencesMedieval/Renaissance StudiesMiddle Eastern StudiesMusicNeurosciencePeace and Justice StudiesPhilosophyPhysicsPolitical SciencePsychologyReligionRussianRussian Area StudiesSociologySouth Asia StudiesSpanish Studio ArtTheatre StudiesWomen’s and Gender Studies

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Recent Student Research A Case Study from Denmark: Is Regional Dance Dead?

All-in-one Multifunctional Nanovehicle for Cancer Therapy

Ancient Songs and Current Constructions: The Use of Music in the Ongoing Development of Lithuanian Identity

Crises, Contagion, and Leadership Changes

The End of the Line: Impacts of Offshore LNG Terminals on Native Fish Populations

Foreign Shocks and Domestic Policies: Evidence from Credit Default Swap Spreads

Two Worlds, One Subaltern: Oppression of the Subaltern in Spanish Medieval and Colonial Literature

Versatile Design of a Chamber for Environmental Photochemistry of Small Molecules Using the Velocity Map Imaging Technique

Recent Funded InternshipsCenter for Cross-Cultural Learning, Rabat, Morocco

China Market Research Group, Shanghai, China

Citizens’ Alliance for North Korean Human Rights, Seoul, South Korea

Clinton Foundation: UN Special Envoy to Haiti, New York, NY

The Emory Center for Neurodegenerative Disease, Atlanta, GA

The Field Museum, Chicago, IL

Foundation for Sustainable Development, Cochabamba, Bolivia

Gandhian Institute for Studies Trust, Varanasi, India

Guggenheim Collection, Venice, Italy

Ministry of Family and Population, Cairo, Egypt

Poder Ciudadano, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Serendipity-Russia, Vladimir, Russia

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4 plausible scenarios involving your life on campus

01 You start something. A club, a film series, a sustainable living co-op, an elaborate Science Center decorating party on the night before finals—that kind of thing.

02 You compete in NCAA championships. Crew did it recently. Track & Field too. Also Swimming & Diving. And softball won the NEWMAC championship. And so on. Wellesley’s Division III athletic teams are really great. You would make a difference.

03 You rule. Wisely and judiciously and probably collaboratively. Students are active members of every major College decision-making committee; they run programs that most colleges hire professionals to run; they oversee Wellesley’s Honor Code.

04 You are part of several subcultures. Our ultimate frisbee team is its own ecosystem. Our residence halls have personalities. Our clubs are like extended families. The Hoop, Sage Lounge, Slater International Center, Harambee House, Shakespeare House—they’re home.

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nor IS thIS Scene anomalouS

Our students run more than 45 multicultural organizations. We look like the world.

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orange ShoelaceS

It’s that kind of campus. We’ve got that kind of spirit. You should see her jersey.

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2 lists: athletic teams and a dramatically abridged list of clubs and organizations

Division III athletic teamsBasketballCrewCross CountryFencingField HockeyGolfLacrosseSoccerSoftballSquashSwimming and DivingTennisTrack and FieldVolleyball

Clubs and OrganizationsAl-MuslimatA.S.T.R.O. ClubBallroom Dance TeamBlue NotesBrandeis-Wellesley OrchestraChinatown After SchoolClassics ClubCommittee for Political and

Legislative ActionDance CollectiveDarshana: Hindu CommunityDebate Team

Economic Student AssociationEquestrian ClubEthosFilm SocietyHillelHonor Code CouncilIce HockeyInternational Relations CouncilModel United NationsNeuroscience ClubMezclaMock TrialOuting ClubPeace CoalitionPre-Law SocietyQuidditchRugbySailing TeamShakespeare SocietySpectrum: LGBTQ organizationUltimate FrisbeeUpstageWater PoloWellesley Belly Dancing SocietyWellesley College TelevisionWellesley Energy and

Environmental Defense (WEED)The Wellesley NewsWushu

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4 paradoxes that govern our relationship with Boston and Cambridge

01 They are so near, yet so far. They’re 12 miles as the crow flies. But unless you’re flying on an actual crow, they’re not 12 minutes away. More like 40 minutes on our student shuttle. Modern life!

02 They are so old, yet so new. They were built when people were smaller and rode horses, so they feel intimate and cobblestoned. But they contain some of the world’s most innovative initiatives in science, medicine, technology, and the arts. We’re involved with many of them.

03 MIT is our unofficial sister school, yet it is populated by many brothers. We cross-register for classes at MIT, we cosponsor clubs, and we go to each other’s parties. We feel a strange kinship with painfully smart, creative, forward-thinking people.

04 They are so familiar, yet so strange. Everyone knows Faneuil Hall, Fenway Park, Newbury Street, the North End. Everyone goes to the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Museum of Fine Arts, the New England Aquarium. Those are familiar (and excellent). But there are lots of less familiar neighborhoods (i.e. Chinatown, Coolidge Corner, Porter Square) and destinations (the Brattle, the Middle East, Oberon, Club Passim) too! And they’re also excellent! These are world-class cities. Anything is possible.

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SprIng IS So lovely

This is Newbury Street in Boston. The town of Wellesley is lovely too, by the way.

Coffee, books, sushi, thriving downtown.

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3 things that will almost certainly happen to you after you graduate from Wellesley

01 You will be stopped on the street by other alumnae. And they will offer you a place to stay. Or a meal. Or a job lead. And this will happen pretty much anywhere on the globe. Because they know what Wellesley means. And respect it. And respect you.

02 You will go further. Eighty percent of our alumnae go on to graduate or professional school within 10 years. Many win major fellowships and scholarships—Fulbright, Truman, Watson. And this is only the beginning.

03 You will have a moment when you understand what you’re part of, what you share with other Wellesley alumnae, and why it matters. It will be a big moment. There will be more, many more, like it.

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18 alumnae chosen nearly at randomJoan Wallace Benjamin ’75 CEO, Home for Little Wanderers

JudyAnn Rollins Bigby, M.D. ’73 internationally recognized health policy expert

Robin Chase ’80 founder, former CEO, Zipcar

Grace Wanjiku, M.D. ’06 resident physician, RI Hospital

Hillary Rodham Clinton ’69 former U.S. Secretary of State, presidential candidate

Persis Drell ’77 physicist, former director, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center; dean of Stanford School of Engineering

Aileen Hagerman ’10 Strategy & Operations Lead, gTech at Google

Ophelia Dahl ’94 co-founder, Partners in Health

Charlotte Newman ’04 advisor to U.S. Senator Cory Booker

Pamela Melroy ’83 former NASA astronaut; senior technical advisor, DARPA

Paulina Ponce de Leon ’05 MBA-MPP candidate, Harvard Business School & Harvard Kennedy School of Government

Linda Wertheimer ’65 National Public Radio correspondent

Madeleine K. Albright ’59 former U.S. Secretary of State

Olinda (Tasneem) Hassan ’10 Legal Ads Policy Specialist, Twitter

Suzanne Ciani ’69 award-winning composer, recording artist, record label executive

Charlayne Murrell-Smith ’73 VP of Corporate Development, Boston Children’s Museum

Rebecca Spyke Keiser ’91 head of the NSF’s Office of International Science & Engineering

Dana Weekes ’03 associate, Patton Boggs LLP

your claSS wIll have a color

And you will sing to other classes. And roll hoops. And adopt 2,300 sisters.

If you come here.

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3 unqualified truths about admission, visiting, and financial aid

01 Everyone in our community helps choose our incoming class. Our Board of Admission includes the good people in our admission office—but it also includes a rotating group of current students and faculty. So, in effect, the entire community reads your application. Yes, we care that much.

02 A visit to campus will make a lot of things very clear. Come for lunch; come for a tour, a class, an overnight, an information session; come for an interview (recommended, not required) or a meeting with a financial aid officer. It will sting the nostrils. It will drop the jaw. It will clear the mind.

03 We care about you, not your money. We admit fantastic people. And then we make sure Wellesley is possible for them. We meet 100% of our students’ demonstrated financial need, mostly with grants and scholarships. That way, we see your talents and hopes and achievements (not your income level); and you see us (not a dollar sign). And you know that we are very possible.

rock on, faIr welleSley!

The inscription above the door to Founders Hall doesn’t say that. And yet we do, in fact, rock on. And we hope you will too. Perhaps with us.

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Apply! (It’s free!)Complete the Common Application and the Wellesley Supplement online at www.commonapp.org

Obey!Early Decision: November 1Early Evaluation: January 1Regular Decision: January 15Transfer/Spring: November 1Transfer/Fall: March 1 Davis Degree: March 1

Be not afraid!58% of our students receive financial aid

Nearly $40,000 average Wellesley grant (scholarship) award

100% of demonstrated need met

www.wellesley.edu/SFS

2015-2016 Costs:Tuition: $46,550Room: $7,362Meal plan: $7,142 Fees: $286 Total: $61,340

Represent! Average test scores, Class of 2019:SAT critical reading: 696SAT writing: 704SAT math: 693ACT: 31

Talk to us!Email: [email protected]: 781-283-2270Fax: 781-283-3678Wellesley College Admission Office106 Central StreetWellesley, MA 02481-8203www.wellesley.edu/admission

Visit us!Find travel directions and details about visiting campus at www.wellesley.edu/admission/visit

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Wellesley CollegeOffice of Admission 106 Central StreetWellesley, MA 02481-8203 Phone 781-283-2270 www.wellesley.edu

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