Sarah: My Take
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Sarah speaking to the camera.
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Sarah:
“I applied to several colleges in the US, in the UK as well as Hong Kong and South Africa. So, especially in the United States, it was a foreign country to me. I didn’t know which ones were the best colleges. And I didn’t actually get a chance to visit the colleges themselves. So really it’s a matter of luck that I found Mount Holyoke. …One of my cousins had gone to Wellesley and she had had such a great experience of it that she encouraged me to look at a women’s college. Initially I wasn’t as receptive to the idea as I am now because I had gone to girls schools most of my life… But I thought if I was going to give Wellesley a fair chance, I should give all the women’s colleges a fair chance and see what they had to offer. And Mount Holyoke immediately distinguished itself as, just such a personal college… They were very swift in replying to me. So I felt like I knew the college even before I came to Mount Holyoke. And really that experience for me has just emphasized the fact that the college isn’t just about the buildings or the academics or the facilities; it’s about the people. And I’ve learned so much not just from the professors but also from my fellow students. And, they’re really extraordinary here. ”
For more information on women’s education:
- Check out some of our notable alumnae…
- Meet the Women’s Education Worldwide Alliance, an international initiative founded by Mount Holyoke and Smith Colleges to advance the cause of educating women around the globe…
- Learn about Women’s Education Worldwide’s “Women’s Dreams and Leadership” conference…
- Read President Joanne V. Creighton’s op-ed piece on “the great unfinished agenda of the 21st century” …
- Meet the Women’s College Coalition, an association of women’s colleges and universities in the United States and Canada whose primary mission is the education and advancement of women …
- See the Women’s College Coalition’s ad in the New York Times …
- Visit the Five College Women’s Studies Research Center, a site for scholarly activity on issues relating to women and gender that is located on the Mount Holyoke campus…
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