You’ve been accepted to Emerson College? First of all, congratulations! You have defied the odds of our 49% acceptance rate, which is an impressive achievement that you should be proud of. You now have the unique chance to become an Emersonian—achieving this admission decision is a huge accomplishment.

Your acceptance into Emerson, a liberal arts college located in downtown Boston, which is home to just under 5,000 students, is just the beginning of "the Emerson experience!" You are entering a next-season of life; this time it could be spent at Emerson College.

Attending Emerson means living in the heart and soul of America’s college town; Boston is home to Harvard, BU, Tufts, Northeastern, BC, Suffolk, Berklee, MIT, Simmons, Emmanuel, MassArt—the list goes on!

In Boston, we are known for our sports teams and diehard fans as well as our historical heritage. These cobblestone streets are steeped in culture. In addition, there are a multitude of museums, theaters, restaurants, an aquarium, places to shop, and parks. There is never a shortage of things to do around here, that’s for sure.

You’ll come to Emerson at the end of August, when Boston is still experiencing summer in full-swing. First semester will mark the transition into autumn; there is nothing more beautiful or wonderful than a New England fall. You’ll celebrate Halloween and Thanksgiving. Toward finals, December rolls around, and the beginning stages of winter appear. The Boston Common is strung with Christmas lights as snowflakes begin to appear.

Second semester resumes in the heart of winter. You’ll experience Nor’easters, sleet, snow, and black ice. You’ll rush to the Common for snowball fights with friends and rush back inside for hot chocolate and warm showers. Spring will approach sometime between March and April, and the warmer weather will reappear as finals begin. You will get all four seasons in their greatest form!

You will meet people who might just be magic (I'm still not sure); Emersonians themselves are ethereal beings. The people I’ve met since coming here are some of the most passionate, driven, and kind individuals. Emerson is one of the most LGBTQ+ -accepting schools in the nation; we place legitimate value on safe spaces, trigger warnings, and open mindedness.

But Emersonians don’t stop connecting after graduation; Emerson’s alumni are unbelievable. You’ll start hearing all about the “Emerson Mafia”—there’s even a Facebook page! Emerson’s alumni engagement is so beneficial towards networking, job opportunities, and socializing. Alumni love helping out and seeing their fellow Emersonians succeed.

Emerson offers a small handful of majors that are specialized to getting students started down the path towards their careers. You will be attending classes (most of which are on the smaller side) with professors who are still relevant in the field of their studies. Professors at Emerson see the importance of helping their students succeed, so students are engaged and challenged in their studies.

Emerson offers a lot of opportunities to travel abroad to Emerson's castle in the Netherlands (known as Kasteel Well) to our campus across the country in LA (which is an internship-based program on our California campus) to different cities all over the world through our Global Pathways summer programs, and you earn school credit at each one. Emerson understands the importance of travel in correlation to being a global citizen and to receiving a well-rounded education.

Emersonians are the ultimate overachievers in the sense that most students here have their finger in several metaphorical pies; the pies are representative of extracurriculars, though it would also be cool if Emersonians had their hand in actual pies. There are a multitude of opportunities to get involved in theater, broadcast, radio, print journalism, magazines, or modelling. Emerson offers fourteen D-3 teams in addition to some unorthodox sports (ultimate frisbee and quidditch).

The college also is home to several sororities and fraternities, which I encourage all students consider regardless of Greek life stigmas; should a sister or brotherhood seem to be a good fit, I would suggest pursuing it as I did and have found a home here with Gamma.

In conclusion, congratulations to all high school students accepted to Emerson College. I have fallen so in love with this school; I hope these words might encourage other like-minded people to take a chance on Emerson and be as smitten with it as I am.