when i was touring colleges,i remembered that the most important aspect of the tour was the dining hall.it was the only place where you could see the students in their ture colors and you could get a real sense of community from the dining halls. what kind of posters for on and off campus events are displayed? do the students linger over their food, talking to friends ,or do they race out ,using the dining hall as just a waystation?
my frist glimpse of the dining hall at wellesley was impressive.a huge salad bar with every topping imaginable ,high ceilings, Gothic architecture,and a mix of pajama dressed students minlling around with the women in suits returning from recruting interviews. wellesley is a place where you will linger over your meals,and the dining hall system is such that you are encouraged to make the dining rooms the center of your social life, it's important for the dining hall to be a social and warm place . i spent many happy lunchtimes, late lingering dinners and lazysunday brunches with friends at wellesely in the dining halls. i realized how much i missed wellesley recently when i stopped by the dining hall to grap a cup of hot cocoa on a campus visit .watching the students talking and laughing made me so miss my time at the school. and seeing the amazing food they had that day made me really miss a real meal every day!