What I would never change about Wellesley

Growing up in a traditional Korean-American household, I was told that men were to be given more respect than the women in my family, simply due to gender roles. However, my lonesome father happened to be the only male in my immediate household of 4 other women and my amazing mother quickly developed into the patriarch of my family, acting more as "the man of the house" than the "woman." From my mother, my grandmother, and my sisters' examples, I have learned that gender roles do not and should not exist and that was one of my main reasons for coming to Wellesley.

I quickly discovered that Wellesley is a place that cultivates a comfortable learning environment where students who come to Wellesley College will leave this institution feeling that they can do almost anything, that we don't ever have to compare ourselves to men, or to feel stigmatized by gender constraints. And that is something I treasure about Wellesley and would NEVER want to change this sentiment, my own or anyone else's, about Wellesley.