<p>I was also accepted as a Smith STRIDE and at Wellesley and am currently attending Wellesley. I felt that the location of Wellesley would give me more opportunities in the future to collaborate with other schools, and I feel that that opportunity has marked my college experience. I have had opportunities with so many other schools and created connections with people who will definitely come in hand for graduate school and later on down the road. That being said, Wellesley also has a lot of research opportunities on campus in the sciences, including as NSF funded summer science research program. Personally while I am majoring in a science, my passion lies in the social sciences and so I do more research in the social science end. I have found that I am able to explore all of my interests at Wellesley.</p>