Inkblot 2019 Summer

The WAB Class of 2018 (including myself) will be
graduating very soon! I decided to interview a few
members of the WAB Class of 2018 and asked them about
their university admission process, what they look
forward to after they graduate, and what they will miss
1QQ Chua
2Simon Floris
Wellesley College (US)
“The college application process wasn’t that stressful for me.
You just need to know your deadlines and your requirements,
and you need to send in all your test scores. Instead of
researching what the colleges want, do what you want
and some college will accept you . . . probably. I applied to
Wellesley for Early Decision because I knew I liked the school
and I really wanted to go. I didn’t think much about the
fact that it is a women’s college. When I visited Wellesley’s
campus and met some people there, I was immediately
attracted to the environment – it seems like a very supportive
community, and I could imagine myself roaming the pretty
campus for four years. I also chose Wellesley because of its
location – Boston. I know a lot of people from WAB and other
international schools around the world that are also going
to colleges and universities in the Boston area, so it will be
really interesting to meet a lot of different people. It’ll also
be pretty lit to be a “Harvard Wife”.”
King’s College London (UK)
“I really wanted to pursue higher education in an Englishspeaking
country since I’ve grown to like the culture a lot.
London is by far my favorite European city. It’s diverse, and
it’s big enough to let me discover new events, places, and
people. It also has a lot of resources to support what I want
to study, which is film. I started getting into film only a few
years ago, as I wasn’t born loving films like many were. I
used to just watch Lilo and Stitch on repeat. Then, one day, I
watched Kill Bill: Vol. 1 and suddenly realized that there are
so many people and things that come together to create such
an intricate movie. I wanted to get in on the fun and start
manipulating time and space like my favorite filmmakers.
Apart from taking film, I also hope to find a choir in college.
Singing in a choir at WAB is enormously therapeutic for me;
it allows me to feel a sort of team spirit without having to go
through the hell that is physical exercise.”
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