Thank you so much to everyone who participated in our first senior year survey! Class President, Alice Chen, just posted some of the survey results on the conference today. So for those of you without FirstClass access over the summer, I thought I would post her message and the results here.
Message from Alice: Survey results have been posted in the Senior Week and Senior Gala conferences. Take a look at them when you get a chance and please post your thoughts/responses to the respective conferences. We will definitely be recruiting people from our class to help out with the planning of Senior Week and we’d like for as many seniors to be involved as possible (seriously – help is greatly needed and the more the merrier). Please take advantage of the summer to brainstorm before we all get together in the fall to prepare for the planning ahead of us.
Senior Week Results:
Top 5 Senior Week events # Yes / # Responses:
Senior Gala 76.9% 280/364
Bonfire 69.5% 244/351
Wine Tasting 67.5% 239/354
Concert on Sev Green 65.4% 232/355
Red Sox game 63.0% 226/359
Bottom 5 Senior Week events # No / # Responses:
Hypnotist 60.6% 209/345
Medieval Times 58.5% 200/342
Duck Tour 55.8% 191/342
Casino Trip 51.7% 180/348
Field Day (sports) 45.9% 157/342
We also got a bunch of really great suggestions (including water balloon fight on Sev Green, jazz club, history of Wellesley tour, BSO/Boston Ballet, and others) that we can look into if people are interested. Please feel free to respond with additional suggestions or thoughts on survery results.
Senior Gala Results:
Gala at Wellesley (369 responses):
Yes 23.0%
Maybe 39.3%
Leaning towards no 27.1%
Extremely opposed 10.6%
Top Responses to food preferences # / Total Responses:
Sit-down dinner Doesn’t Matter Much – 60.9% 224/368
Buffet Doesn’t Matter Much – 60.3% 222/368
Tapas/Hors D’ouevers Important – 44.2% 163/369
Alcohol Extremely Important – 54.1% 199/368
How much would you be willing to pay for Senior Gala? – Top 3 Choices (369 responses)
$50+ 37.1%
$60+ 23.6%
$70+ 16.3%
The top preference for Senior Gala location was a museum (no guarantees though because of pricing). There were also a bunch of great suggestions that we’ve begun looking into. However, if you have any additional suggestions or hook-ups, post and/or let us know. As usual, please feel free to respond to the conference with thoughts on survey results.
Best, Samantha
Wellesley College Class of 2009 