# Tuesday Talks 2026 - Same Category, Different Schools: Finding Fit at Liberal Arts Colleges

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqtAZOztGVg
Translation: zh-CN

[00:00] today.
  今天。

[00:05] Um, and so let me see if if you are on a different platform, if you are for some reason not on Zoom and you're now on YouTube or WeChat, then please make sure that you um type in the chat of that platform and we'll make sure to pull those into this conversation because this is going to be a very interactive session.
  嗯，所以让我看看，如果你在不同的平台，如果你因为某些原因不在Zoom上，而现在在YouTube或微信上，那么请确保你在那个平台的聊天中输入，我们会确保将这些拉入这次对话，因为这将是一个非常互动的环节。

[00:26] So make sure you have all those things open.
  所以确保你打开了所有这些东西。

[00:29] Um and I am very very honored.
  嗯，我感到非常非常荣幸。

[00:31] These are some really close friends of mine.
  这些都是我非常亲密的朋友。

[00:34] Um I have gotten to travel them with them multiple times to different countries and um when you travel with someone you really get close.
  嗯，我曾多次与他们一起去不同的国家旅行，当你和某人一起旅行时，你们会变得非常亲近。

[00:44] So very very excited that they were willing to get up early, especially Jen on the West Coast.
  所以非常非常激动他们愿意早起，尤其是住在西海岸的Jen。

[00:46] It's like 500 a.m.
  现在是凌晨5点。

[00:49] So thank you everybody for um joining me and I'm going to let them introduce themselves.
  所以谢谢大家加入我，我将让他们自我介绍。

[00:56] So, Jen, take it away.
  那么，Jen，开始吧。

[00:57] All right. Hi, everyone.
  好的。大家好。

[00:59] My name is Jennifer Hirs.
  我叫Jennifer Hirs。

[01:01] I receive international
  我收到国际

[01:01] admission at Claret Mechanic College in Southern California.
  在南加州的克拉雷特机械学院入学。

[01:07] And you have to don't forget.
  而且你不能忘记。

[01:09] You have to give us a fun fact.
  你要给我们一个有趣的事实。

[01:11] You told me and I did forget.
  你告诉我了，我确实忘了。

[01:14] Um well, since it'll be appropriate for the audience, um fun fact about me, I did appear on Shanghai TV.
  嗯，嗯，因为这对于观众来说是合适的，嗯，关于我的一个有趣的事实是，我确实上过上海电视台。

[01:19] It's been a few years, but I think I can still use it for a couple more.
  已经有几年了，但我认为我还可以再用几年。

[01:23] So, it was a really fun experience.
  所以，这是一次非常有趣的经历。

[01:30] All right, Mari.
  好的，玛丽。

[01:31] Hi, everyone. Good morning, good afternoon, good evening, good night, all the good things.
  大家好。早上好，下午好，晚上好，晚安，所有美好的祝福。

[01:35] Uh, my name is Mari Mutz.
  呃，我叫玛丽·穆茨。

[01:37] Uh, I oversee international admission at Colgate University in Hamilton, New York.
  呃，我负责纽约州汉密尔顿科尔盖特大学的国际招生。

[01:40] Fun fact about me, I love planes and airplanes.
  关于我的一个有趣的事实是，我喜欢飞机。

[01:43] And I have recently started collecting airplane trading cards from especially Delta flights and plan to give them to my son to have a hopefully a a wealth in his future with trading cards.
  我最近开始收集飞机交易卡，特别是来自达美航空航班的，并计划把它们送给我的儿子，希望他将来在交易卡方面能有一笔财富。

[01:55] But um I love
  但是，嗯，我喜欢

[02:01] tracking airplanes when they go overhead and seeing where they're going and where they're coming from.
  追踪飞机从头顶飞过，看看它们要去哪里，从哪里来。

[02:06] Where do you get said trading cards?
  你在哪里得到那些交易卡？

[02:09] I've never
  我从来没有

[02:09] you ask the pilot you when when you're like boarding or when you're deplaning you say do you have any trading cards
  你问飞行员，当你登机或下飞机时，你说你有没有交易卡

[02:15] and then they'll be like oh my gosh it's like a little secret society but now all of us here know everyone but I'm happy to share that wealth of knowledge with everyone.
  然后他们会说哦我的天哪，这就像一个秘密社团，但现在我们这里所有人都认识大家，但我很高兴与大家分享这份知识财富。

[02:25] Thank you.
  谢谢你。

[02:26] That is so cool. I I want to get some trading cards.
  这太酷了。我想得到一些交易卡。

[02:29] Students, when you're flying to the US for college on Delta, get your trading cards.
  同学们，当你们乘坐达美航空飞往美国上大学时，去拿你们的交易卡。

[02:34] Um and hello everyone. My name is Jenna Hill. I'm a senior assistant director of admission at Welssley College and one of our international admission officers and Welsley's right outside of Boston, Massachusetts.
  嗯，大家好。我叫珍娜·希尔。我是韦尔斯利学院的招生高级助理主任，也是我们的国际招生官之一，韦尔斯利就在马萨诸塞州波士顿郊外。

[02:47] Oh, my fun fact.
  哦，我的趣闻。

[02:49] Um, fun facts are hard. I biked across the United States from like Oregon or California area to um the Boston area on the other coast. It's really fun. I love biking
  嗯，趣闻很难想。我骑自行车横穿了美国，从俄勒冈州或加州地区到波士顿地区，横跨了另一海岸。这真的很有趣。我喜欢骑自行车

[03:03] with friends on a tour on a race relay.
  和朋友们一起参加了旅行，参加了接力赛。

[03:06] like it was a a group of small group of friends.
  就像是一个小团体的朋友。

[03:09] There were four of us.
  我们有四个人。

[03:12] Um we did it in about two months.
  嗯，我们花了大约两个月的时间。

[03:13] It was really fun.
  真的很有趣。

[03:15] Amazing.
  太棒了。

[03:17] I did not know that.
  我不知道那个。

[03:19] See, this is why I always ask for a fun fact because even though I've been with people, I'll they'll always throw something out there where I'm like, "Wait, wait."
  你看，这就是为什么我总是要一个有趣的冷知识，因为即使我和人们在一起，他们也总会说些什么，让我觉得，“等等，等等。”

[03:27] Um uh and again, my name is Gloria.
  嗯，呃，再说一遍，我叫格洛丽亚。

[03:29] I'm one of the co-founders of Initial View.
  我是Initial View的联合创始人之一。

[03:31] Um, today my fun fact is that I am hosting a bunch of teenagers at my house tonight.
  嗯，今天我的有趣冷知识是，我今晚要在家里招待一群青少年。

[03:38] My uh my daughter is in 10th grade.
  我的，呃，我女儿上十年级了。

[03:43] She's finishing up her 10th grade year and they have a little fun club end of year celebration and I I decided to let her host it here.
  她快结束十年级的学年了，他们有一个小型的社团年终庆祝活动，我决定让她在这里举办。

[03:51] So, that's going to be really fun.
  所以，那将非常有趣。

[03:55] But I do enjoy hanging out with um young people, which is why I do what I do.
  但我确实喜欢和，嗯，年轻人在一起，这也是我做我所做的事情的原因。

[04:02] Um and I am going to ask all of you who you
  嗯，我将问你们所有人，你们

[04:05] Are. So if you don't mind taking the poll, this is your first time like making sure you know where the poll is.
  是的。所以如果你不介意参加投票，这是你第一次确保你知道投票在哪里。

[04:11] Um if you can see um and every time we do Tuesday talks, I'm always like, how many people are going to participate?
  嗯，如果你能看到的话，每次我们做周二的谈话，我总是想，有多少人会参加？

[04:17] So let's beat last week's record.
  所以，让我们打破上周的记录吧。

[04:22] So, let us know um who you are, student, parent, counselor, other and what class you're you or your affiliated student are part of.
  所以，请告诉我们你是谁，学生、家长、辅导员、其他，以及你或你所属的学生是哪个班级的。

[04:31] And I'm just going to make sure that I'm getting information from my other platforms.
  我只是要确保我从我的其他平台获取信息。

[04:37] We do this.
  我们这样做。

[04:42] Alrighty.
  好的。

[04:43] Okay. 46% have participated. Let's get over 50.
  好的。46%的人已经参加了。让我们超过50%。

[04:46] Yay. Come on. Yeah.
  太棒了。来吧。是的。

[04:51] Um okay for reference to my panelists we have mostly students here which is awesome.
  嗯，好的，供我的小组成员参考，我们这里大部分是学生，这很棒。

[04:58] Um well not quite half but 46% students and then 23% parent and a third
  嗯，嗯，不是一半，但有46%的学生，然后23%的家长和三分之一

[05:07] Counselors and of the students more than half of them are juniors.
  辅导员和学生中有一半以上是大三学生。

[05:12] So they are getting ready, they are getting ready to apply.
  所以他们正在准备，他们正在准备申请。

[05:13] Um, wonderful.
  嗯，太棒了。

[05:17] Well, thank you for participating in the poll and I expect we got 60.
  嗯，感谢您参与投票，我预计我们有60人。

[05:19] Oh, people are still participating.
  哦，人们仍在参与。

[05:22] Oh, look at you guys.
  哦，看看你们。

[05:25] Um, I'm going to give you 20 more seconds.
  嗯，我再给你们20秒。

[05:31] Um, all right.
  嗯，好的。

[05:33] So now, now that's the standard.
  所以现在，现在这就是标准了。

[05:33] I should see at least 68% participating in the future polls.
  我应该看到至少有68%的人参与未来的投票。

[05:39] Um, wonderful.
  嗯，太棒了。

[05:39] Okay.
  好的。

[05:42] So, let us go ahead and learn a little bit about the schools that are here today so that we can talk a little bit more about how you can find your school that you really want to go to.
  那么，让我们开始了解一下今天在场的学校，这样我们就可以多谈谈如何找到你真正想去的学校。

[05:57] So, all right, Jen, you ready?
  那么，好的，珍，你准备好了吗？

[05:58] Yes.
  是的。

[05:58] Okay.
  好的。

[05:58] Awesome.
  太棒了。

[05:58] Well, so very, very quick overview.
  嗯，那么，非常非常快速地概述一下。

[06:01] Um, Claremont McKenna College is located about 50 kilometers east of um downtown Los Angeles in the
  嗯，克莱蒙特麦肯纳学院位于洛杉矶市中心以东约50公里处，在

[06:08] suburban city of Claremont.
  克莱蒙特市郊。

[06:10] Um our mission is to prepare our students for responsible leadership in a global context.
  我们的使命是培养我们的学生在全球背景下承担负责任的领导作用。

[06:13] So um what that means is that regardless of what you study, whether it's econ, policy, literature, um or science, uh we want you to be really familiar with how the public, private, and social sectors uh function in society and how they intersect with each other.
  所以，这意味着无论你学习什么，无论是经济学、政治学、文学还是科学，我们都希望你非常熟悉公共、私人和社会部门如何在社会中运作以及它们如何相互交织。

[06:28] Um a couple um important elements of CMC among many things um is that we um have a what's at the heart of our um culture is what we call the open academy.
  CMC有几个重要的组成部分，其中最重要的是我们称之为开放学院的文化核心。

[06:37] Uh we really want to focus on open dialogue, viewpoint diversity um and the ability for students to engage in ideas that are different from their own um and challenge each other and be challenged.
  我们希望专注于开放的对话、观点的多样性，以及学生参与与自己不同的思想并相互挑战和被挑战的能力。

[06:49] Um we also have exceptional career services with a focus on firstear engagement in career exploration um that leads to lots of internships, a lot of guidance and then ultimately great outcomes in the professional world.
  我们还提供卓越的职业服务，重点关注早期职业探索参与，这带来了大量的实习机会、指导，并最终在职业领域取得丰硕的成果。

[07:02] Um and lastly, we are part of the Claremont Colleges.
  最后，我们是克莱蒙特学院联盟的一部分。

[07:04] Um, so there's four other small liberal arts colleges right next door that gives a medium-siz environment
  所以，旁边还有四所小型文科学院，这提供了一个中等规模的环境

[07:09] where you can share courses, clubs, and organizations, and some other cool resources.
  在这里，你可以分享课程、社团和组织，以及其他一些很酷的资源。

[07:13] Um, so that's a snippet of CMC, and I'll pass it on to Murray.
  嗯，这就是CMC的一小部分，我把它交给穆雷。

[07:21] Awesome. Thanks, Jen.
  太棒了。谢谢，珍。

[07:24] Um, so Colgate University is located across the country from Claremont McKenna College.
  嗯，所以科尔盖特大学位于克莱蒙特麦肯纳学院的全国各地。

[07:27] So, we're going to get on our airplane, ask our Delta pilot for um a card, and then we're going to take our way to upstate New York.
  所以，我们将登上飞机，请我们的达美航空飞行员给我们一张卡，然后我们将前往纽约州北部。

[07:35] Um so, we're about four to four and a half hours away from pretty much any major city in New England area.
  嗯，所以我们离新英格兰地区几乎所有主要城市都只有四到四个半小时的路程。

[07:40] So, about four and a half hours to Boston and New York City, about four hours to um Philadelphia, and uh just a few hours from the Canadian border.
  所以，到波士顿和纽约市大约需要四个半小时，到费城大约需要四个小时，到加拿大边境只需要几个小时。

[07:49] Um so, we sort of combine the best aspects of a research university and liberal arts college allin-one with the scale sort of um very unique to many others.
  嗯，所以我们结合了研究型大学和文科学院的最佳方面，集于一身，其规模非常独特，与许多其他大学不同。

[07:57] We have about 3,200 undergraduate students and while we do carry the title of university, we are an undergraduate focused institution.
  我们有大约3200名本科生，虽然我们拥有大学的头衔，但我们是一个以本科为中心的机构。

[08:03] Um, you really have access to research opportunities day one when you're on campus here.
  嗯，当你在校园里的时候，你真的从第一天起就可以获得研究机会。

[08:06] Um, and are
  嗯，并且是

[08:12] sort of faculty give those opportunities to students in a variety of ways that are very easy to come across.
  教职员工以多种易于接触的方式为学生提供这些机会。

[08:18] Outside of that, we're sort of defined by our skill in the sense that we uh have 25 varsity division one athletic teams.
  除此之外，我们的优势还在于我们拥有 25 支一级大学体育运动队。

[08:25] And so we sort of combine um the liberal arts and sciences component with that research component and that uh division one component.
  因此，我们将文理科的组成部分与研究组成部分以及一级体育运动的组成部分结合起来。

[08:31] And so um operating at a a much larger scale than many other liberal arts and sciences colleges.
  因此，我们的运营规模比许多其他文理学院大得多。

[08:37] Uh all of our students are placed on a four-year career plan which helps them sort of identify exactly what they want to be doing with the rest of their life, which we don't expect you to do day one.
  我们的所有学生都制定了为期四年的职业规划，这有助于他们准确地确定自己一生想做什么，当然，我们不期望你在第一天就做到这一点。

[08:46] Um, but you really are uh given a career mentor to kind of help you through those four years and figure out how your academics and everything else that you're doing on campus can really lend itself to uh life after graduation, which is uh question number one nowadays.
  但是，你确实会得到一位职业导师，帮助你度过这四年，并弄清楚你的学业以及你在校园里做的其他一切如何真正有助于毕业后的生活，而这如今是头号问题。

[08:58] How do I get a job?
  我如何找到工作？

[09:00] Um, and our really really uh loyal alumni network is really uh how students are getting placed uh outside of just our career services there.
  而且，我们非常非常忠诚的校友网络是我们学生除了职业服务之外获得就业机会的主要途径。

[09:08] Um, so I will end
  嗯，我将结束

[09:13] there and pass it on to Jenna.
  在那里把它交给珍娜。

[09:15] Great. Thanks, Mari.
  太好了。谢谢你，玛丽。

[09:16] Oops. Sorry.
  哎呀。对不起。

[09:18] Um, so I'm going to talk a little bit about Welssley.
  嗯，所以我要讲一点关于韦尔斯利的事情。

[09:19] Welsie was founded on a radical idea that educating women really leads to progress for everyone.
  韦尔斯利建立在一个激进的理念之上，即教育女性确实能带来所有人的进步。

[09:22] So today we are a premier women's and liberal arts college of about 2,300 students.
  所以今天我们是一所顶尖的女子文理学院，约有2300名学生。

[09:27] Um, so we serve students who hold historically marginalized gender identities, specifically so women and trans and non-binary students.
  嗯，所以我们服务于那些持有历史上被边缘化的性别认同的学生，特别是女性、跨性别者和非二元性别学生。

[09:39] And we truly think of ourselves as a leadership lab.
  我们确实将自己视为一个领导力实验室。

[09:40] um empowering these students uh centering their voices and really empowering them to go out and be leaders in male-dominated fields.
  嗯，赋权给这些学生，嗯，以她们的声音为中心，并真正赋权给她们，让她们走出去，在男性主导的领域成为领导者。

[09:48] Um and I think something that really sets Welsley apart is our location and our network.
  嗯，我认为真正让韦尔斯利与众不同的地方在于我们的地理位置和人脉网络。

[09:51] So we are located right outside of Boston, Massachusetts.
  所以我们位于马萨诸塞州波士顿的郊外。

[09:56] We're about 12 miles from the city, but we have this stunning 500 acre campus.
  我们离市中心大约12英里，但我们拥有这个令人惊叹的500英亩的校园。

[10:00] Um we're a residential college.
  嗯，我们是一所寄宿制学院。

[10:02] Almost all of our students live at Welsley for all four years.
  几乎我们所有的学生都在韦尔斯利住满四年。

[10:04] So you really get that tight-knit community.
  所以你真的能感受到那种紧密的社区感。

[10:07] Um, but then you also have access to a really wonderful major city and we've
  嗯，但同时你也可以接触到一个非常棒的大城市，而且我们已经

[10:13] got free transportation that takes you right there.
  提供免费交通，可以直接送达。

[10:16] You also have the best of both worlds in the sense that Welsley is also part of a consortium.
  您还可以两全其美，因为韦尔斯利也是一个联盟的成员。

[10:20] So, our students can take classes at four other colleges in the area.
  因此，我们的学生可以在该地区的另外四所大学上课。

[10:25] MIT, Babson, which is a business school, um, Olan, which is an engineering institution, and Brandeise University.
  麻省理工学院、巴布森学院（一所商学院）、嗯，奥兰学院（一所工程学院）以及布兰代斯大学。

[10:31] So, another way you're kind of getting the best of both worlds where you've got those tight-knit small classroom environments, but you also have access to so many different types of courses.
  所以，这是另一种方式，您基本上可以两全其美，既有那种紧密的小班教学环境，又能接触到如此多种类的课程。

[10:38] Uh, our community is also really global.
  呃，我们的社区也非常国际化。

[10:40] Students are joining us from over 50 different countries.
  学生来自50多个不同的国家。

[10:44] Um, we're really proud to be one of the most diverse liberal arts colleges in the country.
  嗯，我们非常自豪能成为该国最多元化的人文艺术学院之一。

[10:47] And something that's really special about Welsie is that to help you transition and take those bold academic risks and really reignite your love of learning for the sake of learning within the liberal arts.
  韦尔斯利真正特别之处在于，它能帮助您顺利过渡，承担大胆的学术风险，并真正重新点燃您对纯粹学习的热爱。

[10:56] Your first semester at Welsie is entirely pass fail.
  您在韦尔斯利的第一学期完全采用通过/不通过制。

[10:58] Um you're also taught exclusively by professors here and you can dive into funded research and internships as early as your first year.
  嗯，您将完全由这里的教授授课，并且您最早可以在第一年就开始参与有资助的研究和实习。

[11:05] Um Welsie women really are here to change the world.
  嗯，韦尔斯利的女性确实是为了改变世界而存在的。

[11:09] Our alumni network is widely considered the most powerful women's network globally,
  我们的校友网络被广泛认为是全球最强大的女性网络，

[11:14] producing NASA astronauts and STEM pioneers, CEOs, COOs like Gloria, who's a Welsley alum.
  培养美国国家航空航天局的宇航员和科学、技术、工程、数学领域的先驱，以及像格洛丽亚这样的首席执行官、首席运营官，她是卫斯理大学的校友。

[11:20] Um, and we're so excited to see you all become at Welssley.
  嗯，我们非常期待看到你们所有人在卫斯理大学取得成就。

[11:25] Thanks.
  谢谢。

[11:27] Yay.
  太棒了。

[11:31] All right.
  好的。

[11:33] Um, so you heard three awesome liberal arts and sciences colleges um, talk about our unique features, which we will dive into.
  嗯，所以你们听了三所很棒的文理学院介绍了我们独特的特色，我们将深入探讨。

[11:37] um significantly in the discussion um beyond.
  嗯，在之后的讨论中会更深入地探讨。

[11:40] Um but we do want to take a moment to highlight some of the hallmarks of a liberal arts and sciences education.
  嗯，但我们确实想花点时间来强调文理教育的一些标志性特征。

[11:45] Um and these are the the aspects of the educational philosophy and experience that you will um get at any of the liberal arts and sciences colleges, the three of us and many of our wonderful peers um that you see on the Tuesday talks um quite a bit.
  嗯，这些是你们将在我们三所学校以及你们在周二讲座中经常看到的许多优秀同行的文理学院获得的教育理念和体验的方面。

[12:01] So um as you can see here three sort of major categories academics the the main thing to know here is that um the goal of our education is to educate you for um the
  所以，嗯，正如你们在这里看到的，有三个主要的类别：学术。需要知道的主要一点是，嗯，我们教育的目标是培养你们，嗯，为了

[12:16] life that you will have beyond um uh your college education.
  你将在大学教育之外拥有的生活。

[12:19] uh we want you to be able to think about the big questions that you will um encounter not just as a community member but as a professional and ultimately as a leader in society and your communities and within the fields that you choose.
  我们希望你能够思考你将遇到的重大问题，不仅是作为社区成员，更是作为一名专业人士，并最终成为社会、你的社区以及你所选择的领域的领导者。

[12:33] Um so we do that by uh encouraging our students to explore disciplines across the social sciences, the humanities um and the quantitative subjects.
  我们通过鼓励我们的学生探索社会科学、人文学科和量化科目来做到这一点。

[12:43] So that's sciences, math, computer science, um all of the areas that will underly every kind of job or profession that you will encounter um through internships and your professional experience.
  所以这是科学、数学、计算机科学，以及所有将构成你通过实习和职业经历遇到的各种工作或职业基础的领域。

[12:57] So asking big questions um thinking um critically um being able to communicate effectively across um different disciplines and across different um ideas and perspectives.
  所以，提出重大问题，批判性地思考，能够有效地跨越不同的学科、不同的思想和观点进行交流。

[13:09] um being able to pull from uh the ways in which a scientist thinks in the context of uh you know a
  能够借鉴科学家在...的背景下思考的方式。

[13:16] government space or a corporate space um is going to be essential in how you can see the world in the in its biggest picture.
  政府空间或企业空间将对您如何看待世界的宏大图景至关重要。

[13:23] So, um, nuts and bolts though, flexibility by being able to take a variety of classes that are of interest to you, explore those different areas while then diving deep, um, sort of around your junior and senior year into a major where you gain some of that expertise.
  所以，嗯，具体来说，灵活性在于能够选修您感兴趣的各种课程，探索那些不同的领域，然后在您大三和大四左右深入学习一个专业，在那里您获得一些专业知识。

[13:39] Um, we do allow quite a bit of inter interdisciplinary connections, um, which lead into research opportunities.
  嗯，我们确实允许相当多的跨学科联系，这会带来研究机会。

[13:45] Um, so our on our campuses at smaller arts colleges being solely undergraduate, you're going to be able to do graduate level research in areas of interest and even across disciplines.
  嗯，所以我们在规模较小的艺术学院的校园里，完全是本科教育，您将能够在感兴趣的领域甚至跨学科领域进行研究生级别的研究。

[13:57] Um, so having that flexibility and that attention from your professors who are dedicated to the undergraduate experience.
  嗯，所以拥有这种灵活性以及您的教授对本科教育的专注。

[14:05] Um, so the homework you know uh for academics really sets you up for success um for years beyond your college experience.
  嗯，所以你知道的，学术上的家庭作业确实能为您在大学经历之后的多年成功打下基础。

[14:12] Um, community and support.
  嗯，社区和支持。

[14:12] We build a community um within our our
  我们在我们的社区内建立了一个社区

[14:17] environments. Um we're residential communities.
  环境。嗯，我们是住宅社区。

[14:18] So your life uh we care about your life outside of the classroom um as do your faculty.
  所以你的生活，呃，我们关心你在课堂之外的生活，你的教职员工也是如此。

[14:23] So there's many uh kinds of departments and resources that allow you to engage with each other um engage with the college community and explore interests that go beyond the academic space into the co-curricular and the extracurricular space.
  所以有很多呃种类的部门和资源，可以让你与他人互动，呃，与学院社区互动，并探索超越学术空间到共同课程和课外空间的兴趣。

[14:36] So many clubs and organizations ways in which you can connect with your peers who are similar to you but also have different interests as you.
  所以有很多俱乐部和组织，你可以通过它们与和你相似但也有不同兴趣的同龄人联系。

[14:44] Um so again expanding your idea and your uh understanding of the world around you.
  嗯，所以再次扩展你的想法和你呃对周围世界的理解。

[14:52] Um those relationships I think in terms of community relationships is where we like to highlight um our biggest strength not just with your peers but with your faculty and the staff that work to make your college experience robust and meaningful.
  嗯，我认为在社区关系方面，这些关系是我们喜欢呃强调的呃我们最大的优势，不仅是与你的同龄人，还与你的教职员工和工作人员，他们努力使你的大学经历充实而有意义。

[15:04] uh and those are um relationships that you will that will last with you for a lifetime.
  呃，而这些呃关系将伴随你一生。

[15:08] I my colleagues mentioned alumni networks um all of our colleges um welcome alumni back to campus in many capacities um but
  我，我的同事们提到了校友网络，嗯，我们所有的学院都呃以多种身份欢迎校友回到校园，呃，但是

[15:19] They continue to feel intensely connected to that college environment and are excited to give back in so many different ways.
  他们继续对大学环境感到强烈的联系，并热衷于以多种不同的方式回馈。

[15:25] Um I think where we're seeing it most highlighted um currently is in that professional space.
  嗯，我认为我们目前看到最突出的是在职业领域。

[15:30] So, engaging with current students about their uh professional interests and how to connect with their learning in their liberal arts and sciences environment to the kinds of jobs they'll take on in the future.
  所以，与在校学生就他们的专业兴趣以及如何在他们的文科和理科环境中与他们的学习联系起来，以获得他们未来将从事的工作进行互动。

[15:40] Um, so I'll leave it there, but that's what you'll experience broadly at all of our schools.
  嗯，我就说到这里，但这就是你们在我们所有学校都会广泛体验到的。

[15:46] Wonderful.
  太棒了。

[15:49] Okay, so here's how the next little time period is going to work.
  好的，接下来的这段时间将是这样进行的。

[15:55] um we are going to have you answer some questions because basically you're going to try to build what you imagine your ideal college to be.
  嗯，我们将请你回答一些问题，因为基本上你将尝试构建你想象中的理想大学。

[16:06] And so while we're asking these questions, you're going to kind of think about what you what you're looking for, what you want, and then while these questions are being asked, our friends here are going to tell you a little bit about how their school kind of matches
  所以，在我们问这些问题的时候，你将思考你在寻找什么，你想要什么，然后当这些问题被问到时，我们的朋友们将告诉你一点关于他们的学校如何与之匹配。

[16:20] um or um matches or maybe doesn't match kind of what your ideal situation is and maybe your ideal situation will start changing and shifting as we talk as well.
  嗯，或者嗯，匹配或可能不匹配，这在某种程度上是你理想情况的样子，而且你的理想情况可能会在你交谈时开始改变和转变。

[16:30] So um while I am getting this first already uh could you also make sure that your Q&A is box is open because while this is happening I'm sure questions will come up and we would like to see those questions so that we can maybe answer them right um right as they're coming or we know how to kind of fold it in to the end.
  所以，嗯，在我准备好第一个问题的时候，你能不能也确保你的问答框是打开的，因为当这个发生的时候，我相信问题会出现，我们希望看到这些问题，以便我们可以也许在它们出现的时候就回答它们，或者我们知道如何将它们融入到最后。

[16:52] So um that would be the best place to ask the questions.
  所以，嗯，那将是提问的最佳场所。

[16:57] The chat is great if you want to give us like we love hearing from you because we we like knowing that you're here, but we might lose the question if it's in the chat.
  聊天很好，如果你想给我们留言，我们喜欢听到你的声音，因为我们喜欢知道你在那里，但如果问题在聊天中，我们可能会错过。

[17:06] So, make sure you have your Q&A box open.
  所以，请确保你的问答框是打开的。

[17:07] And if you're on WeChat um or YouTube, you can send your question in that chat and I'll be monitoring that.
  如果你在使用微信或者YouTube，你可以在聊天中发送你的问题，我会监控的。

[17:15] All right.
  好的。

[17:15] So, the first question we have here today is in one word.
  那么，我们今天收到的第一个问题是用一个词来回答的。

[17:17] What do you most want from your college experience?
  你最想从你的大学经历中得到什么？

[17:22] experience?
  经历？

[17:29] So just one word and you can um yeah well while while people are answering some people are answering so that's great while people are answering I'm putting my colleagues on the spot like what how do you think you would have answered that as a 17 or 18 year old?
  所以只有一个词，你可以嗯，嗯，是的，嗯，当人们在回答时，有些人正在回答，所以这很好，当人们在回答时，我让我的同事们处于困境，比如，你认为你会如何回答一个17或18岁的你？

[17:48] And then did that change?
  然后那改变了吗？

[17:55] I think the word that I would go with is exploration.
  我认为我会选择的词是探索。

[17:58] When I was applying to college, I think I knew that I wanted a liberal arts school in part because I didn't know what I wanted to do yet.
  当我申请大学时，我认为我知道我想上一所文理学院，部分原因是我还不知道我想做什么。

[18:07] I had a lot of different academic interests and there were types of courses that I was really excited to take that I didn't have access to in high school.
  我有许多不同的学术兴趣，还有一些课程我真的很兴奋想去上，但在高中时我无法接触到。

[18:14] Um, and so I wanted to go to a school that was going to give me that that space to try out a lot of different types of coursework and fields
  嗯，所以我想去一所能给我提供空间去尝试各种不同类型课程和领域的学校。

[18:22] of study and then also to just get involved in new things on campus.
  学习，也为了参与学校的新事物。

[18:27] Like I learned how to play ultimate frisbee and joined that team and that's not something that I'd ever done before college.
  比如我学会了玩极限飞盘并加入了那个队，这是我在上大学之前从未做过的事情。

[18:38] So that opportunity to explore I think probably how I would have answered this I hope so.
  所以探索的机会，我想这可能就是我曾经的回答，我希望如此。

[18:39] Um, how I would answer it now though, I think is pretty similar is community.
  嗯，不过我现在会如何回答，我认为是相当相似的，那就是社区。

[18:47] Um, I think when I was going through high school, which was far longer ago than I would like to admit, um, I really just wanted to know people and I wanted to have a network of people that had similar mindsets but also came from different backgrounds.
  嗯，我想在我上高中的时候，那已经是很久以前的事了，我真的只想认识人，并且想拥有一个拥有相似思维但又来自不同背景的人脉网络。

[19:01] And so I really wanted like a unique community and I think that still um, is how I think about it now.
  所以我真的很想要一个独特的社区，我想这仍然是我现在思考问题的方式。

[19:09] I will be honest, I wasn't as I wasn't thinking as much about the academic piece of it when I was in high school because I just wanted to make friends and have fun.
  老实说，我在高中时并没有过多地考虑学术方面的问题，因为我只想交朋友和玩乐。

[19:18] And then the academic piece of it fell into place because I found a because I liked the community aspect and that translated
  然后学术方面也顺理成章地解决了，因为我找到了一个，因为我喜欢社区的方面，而这转化为

[19:24] not just in the social space on campus but into the academic space as well.
  不仅仅是在校园里的社交空间，也包括学术空间。

[19:32] Um, I definitely have a similar inclination as Mari, but my the word that came to mind was a little less sophisticated, just like purely fun.
  嗯，我绝对有和玛丽相似的倾向，但我想到的词没有那么复杂，就是纯粹的有趣。

[19:40] Like I was just really inclined to have fun.
  就像我只是真的倾向于玩得开心。

[19:43] And so in that's sort of what drove a bit of my initial search.
  所以，这在某种程度上是我最初搜索的动力。

[19:46] And as I got deeper though, I will say that as I was making my final decision, a sense of home.
  但随着我深入了解，我想说的是，在我做出最终决定时，一种家的感觉。

[19:53] And I think probably a better word is community.
  我想也许一个更好的词是社区。

[19:55] So, just building a bit off of Mari, but um yeah, I wasn't quite as focused on the academic piece either.
  所以，只是在玛丽的基础上稍作发挥，但嗯，是的，我也没有那么专注于学术方面。

[20:03] So, just a place that felt comfortable and engaging.
  所以，只是一个感觉舒适且引人入胜的地方。

[20:08] Well, and I'll I'll weigh in as well because I think I was a little bit opposite.
  嗯，我也会发表意见，因为我认为我有点相反。

[20:10] Um not thinking about the fun.
  嗯，没有考虑乐趣。

[20:15] Although, when my mom told me to apply to Welssley, I was like, I don't want to go to a girl school.
  虽然，当我妈妈告诉我申请韦尔斯利时，我说，我不想去女子学校。

[20:19] I did actually say that.
  我确实这么说了。

[20:22] Um and I ended up there.
  嗯，最后我还是去了那里。

[20:22] Uh but I
  呃，但是...

[20:27] actually was looking very much

[20:29] specifically at academics and I was

[20:31] looking for I thought I wanted to major

[20:33] in economics. I was very kind of like

[20:36] narrow-minded in that in the sense of

[20:37] wanting thinking I wanted econ. So I was

[20:40] looking for econ um and if I could go

[20:44] back I would not be so focused that way.

[20:46] I mean I ended up at the right place but

[20:49] um I switched majors very quickly. So,

[20:53] so um so going back to Jenna's

[20:55] exploration where like the benefit of

[20:58] having gone to a college where I could

[21:00] switch majors pretty quickly was really

[21:03] beneficial for me. Um so we have a few

[21:07] other words that are um coming from the

[21:10] other platforms and I'm going to I'm

[21:12] going to go ahead let's see we've got

[21:15] network. Network is a word that's coming

[21:18] up. um experience

[21:21] and that could mean a lot of things. Um

[21:23] and I'm going to go ahead and end the

[21:25] poll here. Even though we didn't get to

[21:28] 68%, guys, it's okay. Um let's see.

[21:35] We had

[21:38] I think I can share it here. Can y'all

[21:40] see it?

[21:43] Are you able to see the results or no?

[21:47] Okay. Uh the the big one that's coming

[21:52] up is knowledge,

[21:55] uh research, opportunity. Those are the

[21:58] biggest ones that are coming out. And

[22:00] then there's a bunch of others. Career,

[22:03] peaceful,

[22:05] um intellectual,

[22:07] explore is on there, opportunities

[22:09] again. Um, independent, chill is on

[22:13] there,

[22:15] confidence, influence,

[22:18] um, internships,

[22:20] mindset, well-rounded.

[22:22] Um, so get experience.

[22:26] Um, yeah. So, and then I see in the chat

[22:30] there's also freedom for a lot of kids.

[22:33] That's one that they like. Um, so yeah.

[22:37] What anything to weigh in about your

[22:40] colleges when you hear those words?

[22:46] >> You're in the right place. Um I think

[22:49] many schools you can find a lot of those

[22:51] words will be true. Um I think the value

[22:54] of being at a liberal arts college is

[22:56] that likely all of those words will be

[22:59] true. Um and any of our campuses

[23:02] regardless of the kind of liberal arts

[23:04] college that you choose. And so you're

[23:06] in the right place and that should be

[23:09] enough um to know that your search is

[23:13] trending in the right direction at this

[23:15] point.

[23:19] I feel like I was hearing a lot about a

[23:21] desire for experiential learning

[23:23] opportunities, internships and research

[23:26] and just like the ability to try new

[23:28] things and have access to great career

[23:30] advising. And I think that's something

[23:33] that you will find at all of our

[23:34] institutions and liberal arts colleges

[23:36] in general because there is such a

[23:37] strong focus on the undergraduate

[23:39] experience. We really want to make sure

[23:41] that all of our students are getting

[23:42] that hands-on learning in different ways

[23:45] and that they have a lot of different

[23:46] support resources. Um so we all have

[23:49] really robust um advising centers,

[23:53] access to tutoring resources, study

[23:56] abroad opportunities. Um, I'd say

[23:58] generally we all just make it really

[23:59] easy for students to explore the things

[24:01] that they're interested in and get that

[24:02] hands-on experience and build out a

[24:04] really wonderful resume or CV um for the

[24:08] by the time that you're graduating and

[24:09] going on to graduate school or starting

[24:11] your career.

[24:15] >> Awesome. Well, we're going to get a

[24:17] little bit more specific here and um I

[24:19] am getting a few messages from people

[24:21] like we can't get to the pool from a

[24:23] mobile device. So, if that's the case,

[24:25] type in the chat, do um type in the Q&A

[24:28] like we would um we're happy for you to

[24:32] participate that way. Okay. So, the next

[24:34] poll, I'm launching it right now, is

[24:37] where do you picture yourself for the

[24:40] next four years? And this is about maybe

[24:42] environment. So, and you can obviously

[24:46] answer honestly, I don't know, and

[24:48] that's why you're here.

[24:50] Um,

[24:58] and while we're waiting, um, there is a

[25:00] great question from the last, uh, the

[25:04] last little poll. Somebody said, I kind

[25:07] of assume that exploration and exposure

[25:08] lots of perspectives mainly come from

[25:10] large universities. Um, so how do

[25:13] smaller liberal colleges create that

[25:15] same kind of experience with a smaller

[25:18] community?

[25:23] I will question. Yeah, that's a great

[25:25] question. I will start and thank you for

[25:27] asking that and for being so candid in

[25:29] what you were thinking about too. Um, I

[25:31] think that's one of the most common

[25:32] misconceptions about some that maybe

[25:35] that you hear the term like small or

[25:37] that the liberal arts and sciences isn't

[25:40] it's sort of taken at face value. But I

[25:42] think um all of our faculty members at

[25:45] liberal arts and sciences colleges have

[25:46] been educated at very very very high

[25:48] levels. They have their terminal degrees

[25:50] in most cases. And the reason why they

[25:53] choose to teach at institutions like

[25:55] ours is that they get access to students

[25:59] who want to do research and who want to

[26:01] advance themselves in a career path and

[26:03] who are interested in learning about

[26:04] their area of study in a deeper way. and

[26:07] they get the opportunity to work with

[26:09] undergraduate students directly in that

[26:11] time of experience and exploration. And

[26:14] so you're competing with fewer people,

[26:17] right? There are no graduate students on

[26:18] campus who get priority over some of

[26:21] these research or um career

[26:25] opportunities. These are solely for our

[26:27] undergraduate students and in many cases

[26:29] that means you know anywhere from 300 to

[26:32] 800 students in the same year as you

[26:35] are. And so that's a far smaller scale

[26:37] with probably the same amount if not

[26:40] more opportunities because our alumni

[26:42] are really so dedicated to giving that

[26:43] experience. So it's the faculty

[26:45] component where our faculty are

[26:47] continuing to research and need students

[26:48] to research with them starting day one.

[26:51] It's the alumni piece because they've

[26:54] come from a smaller community and they

[26:55] want to give that same experience back.

[26:58] And then it's the piece about really

[27:00] finding what you want to do in a very

[27:02] dedicated and individualized way that

[27:05] gets our students to the finish line.

[27:07] Um, sometimes in a quicker and more

[27:10] efficient but also more unique and

[27:13] diverse way than at some of the larger

[27:15] institutions.

[27:17] >> Um, just a quick add-on is the ability

[27:21] to uh change your mind. um I think is

[27:24] huge at a liberal arts and sciences

[27:26] college too to access all the things

[27:27] Maria just talked about. You don't have

[27:29] to know exactly what it is that you want

[27:31] to do or explore when you get to campus.

[27:34] Um we don't admit by major. That's an

[27:37] important piece. You don't have to

[27:38] declare your major till the end of your

[27:39] second year. Um but from day one to

[27:42] beyond graduation, you'll have

[27:44] individual guidance in all those areas

[27:47] that uh Mari mentioned. Um and so having

[27:50] the flexibility to move academic

[27:52] departments um to ex you know move

[27:55] around clubs and organizations to

[27:56] totally shift your whole thinking of

[27:58] your college experience from first year

[28:00] to second year from second year to third

[28:02] year um you have the foundation to do

[28:05] that um and the support to do that and

[28:07] it will not delay your professional

[28:09] trajectory or professional opportunities

[28:11] that come after graduation.

[28:14] The last thing I would quickly add is

[28:16] that our institutions really are

[28:18] privileged to be able to build our

[28:20] community and we're thinking really

[28:22] critically about bringing in students

[28:24] who do have so many different

[28:25] perspectives and then we're placing them

[28:28] in these small classrooms um where

[28:30] you're having meaningful discussions.

[28:32] You're learning across difference from

[28:33] these students who have very different

[28:35] perspectives from you. Um, our

[28:37] institutions aren't really places where

[28:38] you can just kind of stay in your

[28:40] comfort zone and with the people who you

[28:42] might already be comfortable with.

[28:43] You're going to have to engage with

[28:45] people who have lived very different

[28:46] lives than you and who are also bringing

[28:48] really different academic perspectives

[28:50] into the classroom. Um, because we're a

[28:52] liberal arts institution, our students

[28:53] take classes across all disciplines. So

[28:55] maybe you are a STEM student and you're

[28:57] in the social sciences class and you're

[28:58] you're able to draw connections to your

[29:00] major and and bring those meaningful

[29:03] interdisiplinary perspectives into into

[29:05] your academics.

[29:09] Amazing. These are great questions. Keep

[29:11] them coming. Um and and I think like a

[29:14] lot of these poll questions, we're just

[29:15] trying to get people to start thinking,

[29:17] but everything we're talking about is

[29:19] all interconnected. So um okay. So, from

[29:22] this poll, it's a it's a good split.

[29:25] We've got uh a third wanting a bustling

[29:28] city um or just outside a major metro,

[29:31] and then 20% are looking for that small

[29:34] college town. 60% like that suburban

[29:38] setting with easy access to sid uh city,

[29:41] and there's about 17% who don't know

[29:43] yet. And that's why that's totally good.

[29:45] Great. Um what is it? there. The

[29:48] question here is like what surprised you

[29:49] the most the first time setting foot

[29:51] into liberal arts college? And I think

[29:53] this is like kind of connected when you

[29:54] first if you're coming from a big city

[29:56] and you're going to a small liberal arts

[29:58] college that might not be in a bustling

[30:00] city, you know, describe what it's like

[30:02] at each of your institutions. Maybe the

[30:05] visual

[30:09] >> I'm gonna jump in really quick because I

[30:10] think I'm the only one that did not

[30:12] actually attend as a student a liberal

[30:15] arts and sciences college. Um, and so my

[30:19] first experience was as a staff member

[30:22] in admission office and setting foot

[30:24] from a native Southern Californian to a

[30:27] small liberal arts and science college

[30:29] in the middle of Iowa.

[30:31] So rural as rural as one could get and

[30:35] as different from what I had grown up

[30:38] in. And I will say even as a staff

[30:40] person that was probably the most

[30:41] foundational four years of my life um at

[30:46] uh the Grenell College in Iowa. So I'll

[30:50] shout out another one of our liberal

[30:52] arts and colleges friends. Um, so quick

[30:54] like what was that for me was realizing

[30:57] the connectivity like I got to see and

[30:59] even as a staff member I got to live it

[31:01] like I'm still friends with um staff

[31:05] members my colleagues that I met there

[31:07] and I'm still connected with Grenell

[31:10] graduates um that I worked with as a

[31:12] staff person there and this has been 12

[31:15] years um past my time even working

[31:17] there. Um, so that sense of community

[31:20] really it I it's so hard to describe but

[31:23] it exists and it's so unique. Um, a

[31:26] second part to my answer kind of aligns

[31:28] with CMC is I think CMC is my third

[31:31] liberal arts college working at and so

[31:33] by the time I became integrated at CMC

[31:37] really being able to see the

[31:38] foundational similarities of a liberal

[31:40] arts and sciences colleges. So all three

[31:42] of them I could describe in a like a

[31:45] basic level very similarly but also the

[31:48] what opened my eyes at CMC was how

[31:51] fundamentally different the communities

[31:53] actually are. Um and so uh uh Jedha you

[31:57] mentioned it how we build our

[31:59] communities uh being a part of crafting

[32:02] a community within the context of a

[32:06] unique institution's mission and values.

[32:08] So CMC has highlighted for me how a

[32:11] group of 1300 students can come together

[32:13] over some very distinctly shared values

[32:17] um that don't sound all that distinct in

[32:20] general terms but they really do kind of

[32:23] highlight how students come together

[32:25] over things that are very that kind of

[32:27] drive them that lead them their leading

[32:30] sense of values and how different it is

[32:32] because being a part of a consortium it

[32:34] is so drastically different than the

[32:36] four other schools. And most students

[32:39] within the Claremont Colleges

[32:41] love the Claremont Colleges but would

[32:43] not want to actually be a student fully

[32:45] at the school next door. They like

[32:47] having them there as friends, but like

[32:49] they don't want to be fully part of it.

[32:52] And so that love and commitment to each

[32:55] individual institution is quite um

[32:58] inspiring.

[33:04] >> I'll jump in. So, I went to a um I went

[33:08] to a liberal arts and sciences college

[33:10] in the South and I grew up in a large

[33:16] city in the Midwest. And for me, I was

[33:19] in sort of like a suburban area and I

[33:22] wasn't necessarily focused on the

[33:24] physical environment that I was in. I

[33:26] was more so focused on what happened on

[33:28] that campus. And what I found was people

[33:30] who were more open-minded than I ever

[33:32] could have imagined. And I immediately

[33:35] like the second I stepped on campus, the

[33:37] very first person that I met on campus

[33:39] is still my best friend to this day. And

[33:41] that was a long time ago. And so she

[33:43] was, you know, the maid of honor in my

[33:46] wedding. And she was the very first

[33:47] person that I met on campus. And it was

[33:49] just that immediate attraction because

[33:51] you know that you're there for very

[33:52] similar reasons. Um, and I think that

[33:56] that translates very well into any

[33:58] liberal arts college. I was surprised at

[34:01] how natural that was and how it really

[34:04] just happened so organically. And then

[34:07] when I moved to a very rural and college

[34:10] town area, I thought, how how am I ever

[34:14] going to like find a community here? And

[34:16] then it was again immediate. And I would

[34:19] almost argue that it was a little bit

[34:21] more immediate because everybody in a

[34:25] college town is here for the college.

[34:27] Everybody is here focused on this

[34:28] community. It is incredibly intentional

[34:31] and there isn't and not that it's a bad

[34:33] thing, but there is no distraction of a

[34:35] large city. Everybody is here because

[34:36] they want to be here and they want to be

[34:38] part of this community. And so I go to

[34:40] the bagel shop in town and they call out

[34:42] my name and they're like, "Mari the

[34:43] usual." And it's a little embarrassing,

[34:45] but it's great that they know it. Um,

[34:47] and they have my credit card on file,

[34:49] which is also a little embarrassing, but

[34:51] great that they have it. And I think

[34:53] that's just the value of being in a

[34:55] small town that you feel really really

[34:57] safe and protected and people know who

[34:59] you are. And I see my son's daycare

[35:02] teacher at the coffee shop and we have a

[35:05] little chat in the morning before I go

[35:07] and drop him off and she goes to see him

[35:08] then. And there's just something really

[35:11] meaningful about people knowing who you

[35:14] are and having your back and everybody

[35:16] being so focused on such a small town

[35:18] and small community where you can feel

[35:20] the spirit in such a different way than

[35:23] maybe a larger city in that sense.

[35:28] >> Yeah. I think for me I I would also talk

[35:30] about that sense of community and and

[35:33] how all of our institutions really have

[35:35] sort of that deep commitment to our

[35:37] mission and values. Um and I think for

[35:39] me I I went to another historically

[35:41] women's college. And so I think one of

[35:43] those unique values that we were really

[35:45] focused on is empowerment. Um and it was

[35:49] just amazing to me to to take my first

[35:51] classes at a women's college and see

[35:54] just how different that experience was

[35:56] for me than it had been in high school.

[35:58] I remember like in high school I was one

[36:01] of maybe three girls in the most

[36:03] advanced math class that they offered in

[36:04] my school and I didn't have a great time

[36:06] in that class. I didn't feel like I that

[36:09] like my thoughts were as valued or I

[36:12] didn't always feel that comfortable

[36:13] raising my hand if I wasn't sure of the

[36:15] answer. Um and coming into my first math

[36:17] class in college, it was just a

[36:20] completely different experience. I I

[36:23] felt so supported by my peers. I felt

[36:24] like it was a great space where I could

[36:26] just take risks and say what I was

[36:28] thinking even if I wasn't sure about it

[36:29] yet. Um, and so being in that really

[36:32] just like transformative educational

[36:33] environment where everybody who's there

[36:35] is kind of focused on that same mission

[36:37] of empowering women and students who

[36:39] hold historic historically marginalized

[36:40] gender identities was just so eye

[36:42] opening to me. Um, like that's what a

[36:44] classroom environment or education can

[36:46] be like when it's focused on you.

[36:51] >> Wonderful. Well, we've already started

[36:52] talking about community, but here's

[36:54] another poll question about the um

[36:57] community description that appeals to

[36:59] you most. Um, and so I do want to take a

[37:05] minute and ask the three of you since

[37:07] there are some differences, right? Like

[37:09] you all have talked about the value of

[37:12] community, but your communities are kind

[37:14] of different and for various reasons. So

[37:17] if you guys could kind of and you have

[37:19] traveled together, you kind of know each

[37:20] other's institutions. You almost know

[37:21] each other's spiel. So So maybe you

[37:25] could like take a minute and highlight

[37:27] okay well actually at our you know we

[37:29] are this type of community or maybe the

[37:33] maybe a way to kind of frame that

[37:34] question is like what type of student

[37:36] would thrive in your community?

[37:42] Anyone want to go first?

[37:46] I'll I'll jump in. Um I usually as we're

[37:49] traveling together, there's you know

[37:51] eight or nine of us that travel together

[37:52] in some parts and um I mean Colgate's

[37:56] usually the biggest college um in our

[38:00] sort of group of small liberal arts and

[38:01] sciences. So we occupy a very unique

[38:04] space of being a larger small college

[38:06] which I know for many people 3,200

[38:08] students is not large um but in the

[38:11] liberal arts context it is on the larger

[38:13] end. Um, and then we also have the

[38:15] division one athletic component of it.

[38:17] And so there's a very high level of

[38:18] school spirit where students are going

[38:20] to games, we're performing on the

[38:22] national stage. Um, and our student our

[38:25] student athletes are very much scholar

[38:26] athletes. They're graduating at very

[38:28] high rates, but about a third of our

[38:30] student body um are uh recruited varsity

[38:33] athletes. And so it adds a very

[38:35] different level of school spirit. And

[38:37] then the the final component of that is

[38:38] that we are in a rural space and so the

[38:41] the community is very much centered and

[38:43] the the focus is very much centered on

[38:45] everything happening directly on campus

[38:47] and in our small town and there's a very

[38:49] fluid boundary between our campus and

[38:52] the town and many students actually live

[38:54] on campus that is in town. And so we

[38:57] really do sort of blur the lines between

[38:58] because we want our students to feel

[39:00] like they're part of the greater

[39:00] Hamilton community. Um, and so I think

[39:04] those are the three aspects that really

[39:06] define us in our differences. Um, and I

[39:11] think students who are interested in

[39:12] having a little bit more of that school

[39:14] spirit and um, big school, small big

[39:18] school vibe in a small school setting

[39:20] really end up fitting in very well here.

[39:27] I think I would describe Welsley as

[39:28] really like homey and supportive. We're

[39:32] a very small community and it really is

[39:34] so tight-knit. Students really care

[39:36] about each other, I think, not just as

[39:39] like peers, but as friends and

[39:41] roommates. Um, there is just like such a

[39:43] sense of wanting to lift one another up.

[39:45] Um, and I I saw a question in the chat

[39:47] about traditions, and I think there's

[39:48] one that really exemplifies this for

[39:50] Welssley. Um, our students call each

[39:52] other sibs, like siblings. like they

[39:53] really think of one another as family.

[39:55] And we have this really beautiful

[39:56] tradition. It's usually like the second

[39:58] week of the fall semester, which is like

[40:00] a beautiful fall weekend. And all of our

[40:03] first year students who've just started

[40:04] college, um they put on their best

[40:07] floral outfits. All of our upper

[40:09] classmen do as well. And then we have

[40:11] this beautiful ceremony in our chapel.

[40:13] Uh the event is called Flower Sunday.

[40:16] And this this event is all focused on

[40:18] community and mentorship and how you

[40:20] support those around you. And at the end

[40:23] of it, all of our upper classmen propose

[40:26] to one of the first year students with

[40:28] flowers and that person becomes their

[40:30] little. So you've got your big and your

[40:32] little. So you've got like that builtin

[40:34] person who's one of your peers who's

[40:36] going to be there to support you and

[40:38] then you're going to become that person

[40:39] for the next generation of Welsley

[40:41] students.

[40:44] >> Awesome. Um so for CMC um I part of our

[40:49] uh the way I start describing that

[40:51] starts with our mission statement. Um

[40:53] our mission statement has some key uh

[40:57] identifiers in it. Um we talk about

[40:59] leadership in our mission statement and

[41:00] we talk about professions in our mission

[41:03] statement. So, um I think for CMC

[41:06] students, there's um an element of

[41:08] pre-professionalism

[41:10] that um I think we wear

[41:14] very much in the uh forefront of our

[41:16] experience. And so, um a bit of this

[41:20] kind of blend between like a

[41:22] pre-professional element that you might

[41:24] see at some larger institutions um but

[41:26] in that small school environment. And so

[41:29] in terms of our students, um how we

[41:32] describe them is definitely students

[41:33] that are um leaning into leadership in

[41:37] many different capacities. Um we do see

[41:39] that in formal context um quite a bit

[41:41] for our students, but depending on

[41:42] context and where students are coming

[41:44] from, leadership comes up in so many

[41:46] different ways on campus. We also see

[41:49] that in a lot of spaces. So um I think

[41:52] that I like to pair the leadership

[41:54] element with the community with the

[41:56] sense of collaboration. Um what is

[41:59] special about CMC is it doesn't lend

[42:01] itself to a competitive space but a very

[42:04] collaborative space in that um there is

[42:06] plenty to go around and not everyone can

[42:08] be a leader in everything. So um there

[42:11] is um an abundance of mentor programs

[42:14] from um you know based in like the

[42:16] international sc international student

[42:18] mentor program. Uh the orientation

[42:20] mentors play a big role in students

[42:23] lives throughout their four years. Um

[42:25] there's mentorship in the career space.

[42:27] So, we have a fair amount of

[42:29] pre-professional clubs and organizations

[42:30] that often are our most common or

[42:33] popular. Um, and so you do see leanings

[42:36] into certain disciplines and and

[42:38] professional spaces and that trickles

[42:40] into the student experience um in

[42:42] different ways. Um, you know, amongst

[42:45] the traditional kinds of clubs and

[42:47] organizations that are truly based on

[42:49] interest as well. Um, but there is a

[42:51] really interesting mix of how the

[42:53] pre-professional element um comes into

[42:55] the CMC student life um and academic

[42:58] life as well.

[43:02] >> Great. Well, it does look like it's a

[43:05] it's a happy mix here. So, that's always

[43:08] great to see because you you know that

[43:11] uh there's a good place for different

[43:14] people. Um and so and hopefully you

[43:17] heard a little bit from each of these

[43:18] institutions that kind of piqu your

[43:20] interest. Um speaking of academics, we

[43:24] touched on them earlier. Um but there

[43:28] are there are academics like what what

[43:30] we're studying uh what is offered and

[43:34] there's also like how it's being

[43:36] offered. So um we're we're curious and

[43:40] this poll might be a little difficult. I

[43:42] don't I'm not sure if you're able to see

[43:43] it. Well, you're supposed to rank which

[43:46] one appeals to you? An open curriculum,

[43:50] a strong distribution requirement or

[43:52] core distri distribution requirement,

[43:55] pre-professional focus, balance. These

[43:58] might be for you kind of foreign like I

[44:00] don't even know what those mean. So, but

[44:03] but we're just talking about appeal. And

[44:05] part of the reason to put these polls

[44:06] again is so that you can start to ask

[44:08] those questions when you're doing your

[44:10] college research of what type of classes

[44:13] am I allowed to take or how what's the

[44:16] format? How does it work? Um so

[44:21] um we are seeing I feel like balance is

[44:24] kind of winning out here as a first

[44:26] priority.

[44:28] Um

[44:30] open curriculum. So, people kind of like

[44:32] that flexibility, which is why they're

[44:34] really at the right place right now. Um,

[44:39] let me see. Uh, anyone else have

[44:41] anything to say about going to wait a

[44:44] couple more seconds on this poll,

[44:47] but um let's talk a little bit about

[44:51] Okay. Especially with the balance and

[44:54] the flexibility with regards to

[44:56] consortiums because like earlier there

[44:58] were some people who were very attracted

[45:01] to that like you're at a small college

[45:03] but you have access to a consortium. So

[45:06] what does that look like? um at least

[45:09] two of you. Are you all in a consortium

[45:11] or two of you are in a consort? Two of

[45:12] you are in a consortium. Um what does

[45:15] that look like in terms of how often

[45:18] you're able to do that? You know, when

[45:21] does it happen?

[45:26] I can start. Um at Welsie, we're in a

[45:28] consortium with four other colleges and

[45:30] they're all pretty different from

[45:32] Welsie, which is really nice. So, we've

[45:34] got a partnership with an engineering

[45:36] institution, Olan. So, our students are

[45:38] able to do a certificate program in

[45:40] engineering in partnership with that

[45:42] institution. Even though that's not

[45:43] something that we have the resources to

[45:45] offer as a small liberal arts college

[45:47] solely with our campus, we're able to

[45:49] kind of draw on those resources. Um,

[45:51] same for a partnership with Babson,

[45:52] which is a business school. Um, our

[45:55] students can also take classes at MIT.

[45:57] They can also do research at MIT, which

[45:59] is really nice. Uh, and then we also

[46:01] have a partnership with Brandeise

[46:02] University, which are sort of like

[46:03] larger liberal arts type of institution.

[46:06] And so for us, um, all of our students

[46:09] can take classes at these schools and

[46:10] then their students can also take

[46:12] classes at Welssley, which is great

[46:13] because you've got those different

[46:14] perspectives in your classroom right on

[46:16] campus. Um, our students can start

[46:18] taking classes at other institutions

[46:20] after their first semester here. You can

[46:22] take up to one class per semester off

[46:24] campus. It's really easy to look at all

[46:26] the courses that are available and

[46:27] register for what you're interested in.

[46:29] and we offer transportation between all

[46:31] of our campuses. Um, which I think also

[46:34] makes it pretty easy to to take those

[46:35] other courses. Um, we also have

[46:36] cross-campus clubs and organizations. I

[46:38] think a lot of times you'll find that in

[46:39] consortiums. Um, you're able to kind of

[46:42] also build those social connections and

[46:44] networks across different communities

[46:46] and campuses. So, we have like an a

[46:48] capella group that's between two of our

[46:49] schools. Our rock climbing club um

[46:52] encompasses three institutions at in our

[46:55] consortium. Um, so it's a really great

[46:57] way to just kind of like have that

[46:58] tight-knit small community on campus,

[47:00] really small class sizes, but then be

[47:02] able to access just like thousands of

[47:04] courses that you might not usually find

[47:05] at a small liberal arts school.

[47:11] Um, so similar a lot of similar talking

[47:14] points for the Claremont colleges. Um,

[47:15] so to highlight a couple of the

[47:17] differences, um, so the consortium for

[47:20] Claremont is, um, five undergraduate

[47:22] residential liberal arts and sciences

[47:24] colleges. Um and they each have a bit of

[47:26] a slightly different focus. There is one

[47:29] um more STEM oriented. Harvey Mud

[47:31] College is the most distinct in terms of

[47:33] its curriculum. Um the other four are

[47:37] more in the traditional liberal arts and

[47:38] sciences space with their flare. Right?

[47:40] So there's there's some differences.

[47:42] Pomona the most traditional with

[47:44] probably the broadest range of um

[47:46] academic disciplines offered. And so um

[47:49] the other difference is our proximity to

[47:51] each other. So we are all four five five

[47:53] of our campuses are within a one square

[47:55] mile which would be a 2.6 square

[47:57] kilometer. Um so within the um the

[48:02] context of your curriculum essentially

[48:04] what you can use to take classes at the

[48:06] other four schools are your elective

[48:08] options. So each school will have their

[48:11] own general education requirement

[48:13] program from an open curriculum to more

[48:15] structured curricul uh general education

[48:18] and then your major. Um and there's some

[48:20] flexibility in what that looks like, but

[48:22] generally it's like elective credits

[48:24] that students are navigating around the

[48:25] campuses. And a 100% of CMC students

[48:28] will take um courses offampus. Um and

[48:31] that is up to you. It'll range um

[48:33] whether you take a handful to the max

[48:36] you can possibly take. But uh similarly,

[48:38] it allows you to explore disciplines

[48:40] that might not be offered at your

[48:41] specific school um take with faculty

[48:44] that you might find really interesting.

[48:46] Um and that leads to um nice

[48:48] collaborations and friendships with

[48:50] faculty and other students across the

[48:52] colleges.

[48:56] >> Wonderful. Okay, one more poll um

[49:00] question which is perfect timing because

[49:01] we have 10 minutes left. Um and we

[49:05] talked a little bit about this but this

[49:06] is more about the social piece. Um we've

[49:09] been talking a lot about social pieces

[49:11] because it's I it's all very

[49:12] interconnected at a liberal arts

[49:14] college. Um but uh as as people are

[49:19] answering this um is there something

[49:24] that each of you want to highlight about

[49:26] kind of the social environment at your

[49:28] schools?

[49:30] Um,

[49:32] I mean this is a little bit viby which I

[49:34] think I I mean I like vibes but

[49:39] like a quick vibe check on each of you,

[49:42] you know, like hey like Mari, you

[49:45] mentioned kind of D1 environment like

[49:48] you mentioned that. Anything else to add

[49:50] with kind of how the how the socialness

[49:53] feels?

[49:55] Yeah, I think the beauty of any of our

[49:59] campuses um is that there are so many

[50:03] different pockets of social life. And so

[50:06] while we can do our best to define what

[50:09] our campus community is sort of like,

[50:12] the beauty of it is that while they feel

[50:15] really small, they're large enough to

[50:17] find your people. And so if you're going

[50:19] through the college process and you feel

[50:21] like a school fits within what you're

[50:23] looking for, it is likely that you will

[50:25] find your people regardless of what we

[50:27] describe as the vibe school. There was a

[50:29] Forbes article um I think it was like in

[50:32] the fall that came out and it was called

[50:34] the rise of the vibe school and I found

[50:36] it really interesting because Colgate

[50:39] was mentioned in it for a lot of the

[50:41] reasons that I'm talking about but it's

[50:42] the rise of finding the vibe on campus

[50:45] and so any of our schools you can find

[50:48] that vibe on campus um it is we are a

[50:51] social campus for sure there is a lot of

[50:54] socializing especially around the clubs

[50:55] and organizations we have over 250 clubs

[50:58] and organizations

[50:59] And to Jen's point, there are a lot of

[51:00] leaders that really enjoy, you know, we

[51:03] look for leadership throughout the

[51:04] process, but not everybody can be a

[51:05] leader on our campuses, and not

[51:06] everybody wants to hold that space, too.

[51:08] But I think there is something to be

[51:09] said about this sort of progressive form

[51:11] of leadership as you as you settle in

[51:14] and find your your people, you can kind

[51:17] of find that social um leadership

[51:20] component of it, too. And so, I think

[51:22] there's a couple of distinct aspects.

[51:24] one is that really intense social um uh

[51:28] club scene. Um but we also have a really

[51:30] big art scene on campus too, which a lot

[51:33] of people don't expect at uh D1 Liberal

[51:36] Arts and Sciences College. Um we just

[51:38] built a brand new arts building on

[51:40] campus and ac capella is a huge thing.

[51:44] our our um oldest a capella group

[51:46] actually did a tour through China a

[51:48] couple of years ago in January and they

[51:50] went and performed at different high

[51:51] schools and so maybe some of you saw the

[51:53] Colgate 13. Um but it's one of our like

[51:55] longest standing traditions as a capella

[51:57] and honestly it is very much like a

[52:00] movie that you see where you could be

[52:02] walking through the quad and they're

[52:03] just like practicing out there. Um and

[52:05] so anywhere you go you kind of feel that

[52:08] vibe where you're going to find people

[52:10] that you relate to. And so although we

[52:13] do have a lot of school spirit and there

[52:15] are a lot of students that really enjoy

[52:17] um going to the athletic events, there

[52:20] also is those pockets of like the arts

[52:22] and people who want to just play board

[52:25] games with their friends in their dorms

[52:28] or people who would rather spend their

[52:30] time um in the lab or in the greenhouse

[52:32] or at the natiatorum on campus.

[52:43] Okay, I'm going to end this poll.

[52:46] We have a lot of people interested in

[52:48] arts and activism and student le

[52:51] culture. Um I don't know if any of you

[52:54] want to speak to that.

[52:58] I think that that describes Welsley

[53:00] pretty well. When I was looking at the

[53:01] full options, I was like, "Yeah, that's

[53:02] the one I would probably pick for

[53:03] Welssley." Um, I think we're a very

[53:06] missiondriven institution. Um, women's

[53:08] colleges, they're they're pretty niche.

[53:11] Um, and I think our students, they care

[53:13] so much about Welssley. They know that

[53:15] Welsley is really special. Um, and these

[53:18] are these are loud,

[53:21] outspoken students. They are ambitious.

[53:23] They care so much about this community.

[53:25] And so, I think that leads very much to

[53:26] a studentled culture. our students are

[53:29] like always in conversation with

[53:30] administration about what they want,

[53:32] what improvements they want to see at

[53:34] the college. Um, I think Welsley is

[53:37] pretty socially progressive. Students

[53:38] really care about social issues. They're

[53:40] at Welssley because they want to put the

[53:42] tools in their toolkit to be able to go

[53:44] out and make positive change in the

[53:46] world. And so I think that comes through

[53:47] a lot in how students engage with each

[53:50] other. Um, and the activism that they're

[53:53] a part of too, both on campus and kind

[53:55] of more broadly in the community. um

[53:57] civic engagement attached to that as

[53:59] well. Sort of that dedication to being a

[54:01] good citizen and and contributing beyond

[54:04] your community. Um so I think those are

[54:07] those are definitely defining features

[54:08] of Welssley. I also like to joke that

[54:09] like a capella is like a varsity sport

[54:11] here. I know Mari and I both did a

[54:13] capella in college. So kind of speak to

[54:15] that being a big part of the liberal

[54:16] arts experience. You too, Gloria.

[54:17] >> Yeah. Oh my gosh. I have to ask which a

[54:20] capella group were you in?

[54:21] >> Awake in the dawn.

[54:23] >> Amazing. I love that. Um, and and I'd

[54:26] say at Welsley, like we have a little

[54:28] bit less of an emphasis on athletics,

[54:31] um, or maybe like a culture that's more

[54:33] Greek life adjacent. Um, we have really

[54:35] strong D3 athletics program. I think

[54:37] about 10% of our students are varsity

[54:39] athletes and people certainly go and

[54:41] like cheer on at the games, but we don't

[54:44] have a football team. You know, we're

[54:45] we're not having that big sort of like

[54:47] homecoming. Um,

[54:48] >> not really a mascot.

[54:51] >> Yeah, our mascot is just the blue. It's

[54:52] just a color that's a little hard.

[54:55] Um but yeah, I'd say that definitely

[54:56] aligns with Welsley.

[54:59] >> Awesome. Um a couple points for CMC. Um

[55:03] let's see. What I your list uh Gloria, I

[55:06] think there's like elements of a few.

[55:07] There wasn't one that I felt like fully

[55:10] uh I would I would select for CMC. But a

[55:12] couple things um just because it was

[55:14] just mentioned, but the athletics, I

[55:15] think CMC falls a kind of in the middle

[55:18] between uh Colgate and uh uh Welsley

[55:21] because we do have a D3 program. So,

[55:23] it's not D1. It's not quite the the

[55:25] energy of D1, which is super exciting,

[55:28] but we do have strong D3 athletics and

[55:30] about 30% of our students are varsity

[55:32] athletes. So, I think that's where we

[55:34] kind of land in the middle. There's a

[55:35] bigger emphasis around it within the

[55:37] culture, but not quite obviously at a a

[55:40] D1 level. And so, that plays a role. Um,

[55:43] I I'm going to circle back to the

[55:46] pre-professional element that that those

[55:48] are some of our most popular uh major

[55:51] majors. Those are our most popular clubs

[55:53] and organizations um as ones that kind

[55:56] of serve a prominent role in students

[55:58] lives. They aren't the only ones. As

[56:00] we've all mentioned, students have many

[56:02] facets to who they are and so do CMC

[56:04] students. Um but what you do see less of

[56:07] is the the arts. Our art scene is far

[56:09] more um sort of a secondary element for

[56:13] our students. Um clubs and

[56:14] organizations, it exists. We do have ac

[56:16] cappella. tends to be more dispersed

[56:19] amongst the 5C environment than this

[56:21] like isolated CMC environment. Um but

[56:24] that um I think that idea of like

[56:27] exploring the biggest like issues and

[56:29] social issues that students care about

[56:31] we see that through more of the research

[56:34] the sort of um internship the like space

[56:38] a little less activism and uh in terms

[56:40] of like grassroots activism which we do

[56:42] see in our neighbors in the Claremont

[56:44] colleges. So it's present in the

[56:46] surrounding environment, but our

[56:48] students approach it a little bit more

[56:50] through an organizational structured

[56:52] sense um and approach. Um one anecdote,

[56:56] we had commencement this weekend and I

[56:57] ran into an alum who's about two years

[56:59] out and he said um the last time he was

[57:02] on campus was in September with his the

[57:05] um head of HR for his company and they

[57:08] were recruiting on campus which was such

[57:10] a special moment for him to be able to

[57:11] come back in that kind of capacity. And

[57:13] he said it was really funny to be

[57:15] sitting in the dining hall and he has

[57:16] his friends come up and be like, "Oh,

[57:18] hey Theo, dude." You know, all like

[57:20] social and be like, "What are you

[57:22] doing?" And he's like, "Well, I'm here

[57:23] with the head of HR at such and such

[57:25] company." And they would just zip right

[57:27] up and be like, "Oh, well, hello. My

[57:29] name is I can't even do it that well."

[57:31] Um, and so it was that example kind of

[57:35] highlights CMC for me is this this like

[57:38] dual ability and kind of there's always

[57:41] that like part of them, right? Ability

[57:44] to just jump right at the forefront. Um,

[57:47] and so I think you that exists, you can

[57:50] learn that you you develop that. Um, but

[57:52] our students lean hard into that.

[57:56] >> Guys, this has been great. I I just

[57:59] organically you can hear um a lot of

[58:02] similarities and yet a lot of

[58:04] distinction. Um and you know someone

[58:06] here is asking hi Justin. It's like what

[58:09] do you do if you want all of them and

[58:12] that is you know a lot of times when you

[58:14] feel you hear different colleges spiels

[58:17] you're like oh there's something about

[58:18] each of them that I love. Um and so you

[58:22] know this is why we do these Tuesday

[58:23] talks so you can hear from lots of

[58:25] different colleges and and get a sense.

[58:27] Um for vibes I recommend um we I took

[58:31] some we took some screenshots of a day

[58:34] in my life kind of um videos and reels

[58:37] that each of these institutions have.

[58:40] Many colleges have these now. Um the

[58:42] best way to kind of figure out a vibe um

[58:45] is to actually talk to current students.

[58:47] Um I don't know friends do you have

[58:50] recommendations on how to reach out to

[58:51] current students or how to kind of um if

[58:54] they don't have a chance to do the

[58:55] campus visit you know what's close

[58:59] our websites have really great

[59:00] information and you can also use our

[59:03] dear friend Google or any chat site

[59:07] feature and just type in Colgate

[59:10] University Welsley College McKenna

[59:12] College contact a student u maybe don't

[59:14] do all of them in the same because you

[59:16] Google might get a little confused, but

[59:18] just type in contact a student and it'll

[59:20] bring you to a page and we have dozens

[59:21] and dozens and dozens or email us and

[59:24] we're happy to get you in touch with

[59:26] them too.

[59:27] >> Yeah, we have the emails here so you can

[59:30] grab those emails if you would like to

[59:32] get more information or all of these

[59:35] colleagues, they do a lot of connection

[59:37] outside of Tuesday talks as well. So,

[59:40] make sure you reach out. And um

[59:43] unfortunately, we don't have any more

[59:44] time. So, one last little uh uh word of

[59:48] encouragement to especially our juniors

[59:51] as they finish up as they wrap up their

[59:53] their school year.

[59:58] Um practice what we're talking to you

[01:00:00] about now. Find your interests. Um

[01:00:03] follow the things that excite you the

[01:00:05] most and that feel meaningful. Um it's

[01:00:08] not about building a resume. The resume

[01:00:10] comes naturally when you do things

[01:00:12] you're excited about and uh you just

[01:00:14] feel inclined to keep keep pursuing

[01:00:17] those wonderful things.

[01:00:22] Awesome. Thank you everybody for showing

[01:00:25] up today. Thank you to my wonderful

[01:00:27] guests um for all of your sharing. And

[01:00:30] we will have a Tuesday talk not next

[01:00:32] week but the week after about financial

[01:00:33] aid. So if you have questions about how

[01:00:35] to afford your education, please come to

[01:00:38] that one. All right, friends. Have a

[01:00:40] great