This fall I applied early decision to Wellesley College. All summer I went back and forth deciding which college to use my one early decision application to. My parents really wanted me to apply to Wellesley college, but I had other amazing options too. I spent the entire summer away from my parents, and decided that I would apply to a college that I wanted to attend, and not one that my parents wanted. As soon as I came back to Hanover I lost sight of what I wanted and ended up applying to Wellesley early decision. I attended an overnight visit and multiple events at Wellesley each time telling myself that I loved the college and really wanted to go there. While at Wellesley's campus I believed what I was telling myself: I actually really wanted to go there! When I was back in Hanover I didn't let myself think of any other colleges, and made Wellesley my number one choice. Wellesley is an all woman's college, and I never saw myself at an all girls school until my dad forced me to visit last February.
Wellesley released their acceptance decisions this past Thursday (the 8th). I was so nervous I was shaking thinking about whether I got in or not. I was prepared to not get in, and a little part of me hoped that I would not, therefore being able to attend a co-ed school. The admissions office sent me an email around 5pm telling me to check my Wellesley Portal for my acceptance decision. I was so scared, but planned to open it at 8pm during my break at the Christmas Pageant practice. I could not eat dinner that night because my stomach was filled with butterflies. Around 8pm all the angels walked to the entrance of the church, and I ran to meet my friends. After we sang at the entrance we could have a break, and I wanted to grab my friends and run into the bathroom before anyone else claimed it. Eight pm rolled around and we all squished into the one person bathroom. I was shaking and we were all screaming as I opened my Wellesley portal. It took a while to read, but the main idea of the long message was that I was wait listed. I didn't feel any emotion. This was supposed to be my number one school and I didn't even feel sad that I was wait listed. We came out of the bathroom and all the guys looked at us probably thinking we were so weird to all use the bathroom at once. We continued the practice and I felt numb, emotionless.
I walked home alone and realized that Wellesley's acceptance decision was the best thing that could have happened. I was not prepared to commit to Wellesley, and now I could attend a college that I really wanted to. In the fall of this year I thought I wanted to be a scientist (also my family's wishes). After taking the course "Evolution and Genetics" I discovered that science was actually awful and boring, and that I would never want to pursue it as a career. I now know that I want to do something in marketing or in the fashion industry where I can travel to different factories researching which clothes sell and which do not. Wellesley college is a liberal arts school and would not offer any options for what I want to pursue as a career.
In short...Thank you Wellesley for wait listing me because it will keep my parents happy that I still might make it in. But most of all, it made me happy because now I have the opportunity to attend a college which has a major that I want and a co-ed experience.
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