Update, 4/19 5:35 pm: To the prospective students featured in this post: The Bwog editors want to apologize for the tone of the comments below. We keep our comment sections as open as possible to encourage discussion and debate, but sometimes people get carried away. Prospies, please do not allow these few, highly vocal opinions to color your view of this university and its affiliates. Our only intention was to welcome you to campus—we’re happy you visited and we hope you stick around for next year. Hope to see you again soon.

Bwog Editors


Clear the decks! The prospies have invaded! Days on Campus and Welcome Weekend brought a fresh batch of fresh faces to campus this weekend—and stylish ones, at that. Bwog wonders if they’ve ever heard of this cool new band Animal Collective?

Emily Kawai

Where are you from? Madison, Connecticut.

What major(s) are you considering? International Relations and Art History.

What’s your spring style inspiration? I really like Alexa Chung—she has really cute style—so I guess that’s my inspiration.

What’s your favorite dessert? Strawberry shortcake.

Alyssa Leight

Where are you from? New Jersey.

What major(s) are you considering? Education and Music.

What’s a class you’re interested in taking? The acting-out-history class [the Barnard seminar Reacting to the Past].

Where are you going? Out to dinner.

What’s your spring style inspiration? The outdoors and the heat.

What’s your favorite dessert? Anything chocolate!

Tahirih Skolnik

Where are you from? San Francisco.

What major(s) are you considering? Poli Sci and Urban Studies.

What’s a class you are interested in taking? My God—I don’t even know—there are so many classes I want to take. I have no clue!

What’s your spring style inspiration? I see random things that I like in thrift shops around the city [San Francisco], in Bloomingdales… my style changes. I don’t have an inspiration.

What’s your favorite dessert? Mochi.

Emma Stein

Where are you from? New Jersey.

What major(s) are you considering? Creative Writing and Gender Studies.

What’s a class you’re interested in taking? Crisis of Authority.

What’s your inspiration? The 1920s and florals.

Where are you going? To Columbia Cottage.

What’s your favorite dessert? Crème brulée.

Olivia Waterhouse

Where are you from? South Berwick, Maine.

What major(s) are you considering? History and Marine Biology.

Where are you going? An a cappella admitted students event.

Civry Melvin

Where are you from? Cambridge, Massachusetts.

What major(s) are you considering? Theatre and psych.

Where are you going? On a tour.

What’s your favorite dessert? Molten chocolate lava cake from Finale in Boston.