Category: 1000-words essay #1 : A letter to future self

Dear Future Self,  It still feels like yesterday that I was applying to colleges and choosing to spend the next 4 years at Wesleyan. As I started moving my items in my dorm room, it was surreal that I was actually going to college because of COVID-19 and hearing of many colleges closing. I was

Dear Alex, First of all, hi! I hope you’re doing ok! I’m writing to remind you a bit about what your first weeks at Wesleyan were like, because as you read this you’ll be starting your last. In case you forgot (maybe it’s for the best), your early days at Wes were kind of difficult.

Dear Mairead, Arriving to your freshman year of college, the feelings have been constantly fluctuating. Opening the acceptance letter from Wesleyan University was the largest accomplishment that has entered your personal world thus far, and easily the most exciting letter that you have ever received. The opportunities ahead of you seemed to be endless, and

Dear Bex, I hope you’re doing well. I hope you’re happy and hydrated. I hope the pandemic has abated. I hope for a lot of things that probably won’t happen.  The past two weeks have been strange. Cram three thousand touch-starved teenagers onto one campus, and making friendships is like catching mosquitoes in July. With

Dear Lexie,  I hope you are doing well and are happy with who you have grown to become. I just finished my first week of college and I am feeling uncertain but excited for my future and the journey that college will take me through. Right now, we are still in the pandemic. Tomorrow, quarantine

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