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Campus Profile: Meet Helene Collins

This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at BC chapter.

Meet Helene Collins, this week’s campus profile! She loves long runs (not on the beach), her dog Oscar, and the Papa John’s cinnamon pull apart. Read on to get to know this saucy sophomore!

The Basics:

Name: Helene Collins

Hometown: Darien, CT

School/Year: A&S Sophomore

Major/Minor: Psychology with Special Ed minor

BC Life:

Activities/clubs: Campus School Literacy Chair & Buddy, 4Boston, and Arrupe

Best class: Child Growth and Development (shoutout to Stacy Morris)

Worst class: Gen Chem

Bapst or O’Neill: O’Neill

Favorite place to eat on campus: Eagles

Favorite ice cream flavor: Mint Chocolate Chip

Favorite BC experience: Going to the Campus School Semi with my buddy Austin

Biggest pet peeve: Slow walkers and people who get milkshakes at Addies

Favorite BC sport: Hockey

Fun fact: I am training to run the NYC marathon for Autism research, donate at this link

Celeb crush: Liam Hemsworth, Zac Efron, Alex Pettyfer, and Sam Claflin, beggars can’t be choosers

Favorite movie: “She’s the Man”

Favorite TV Show: “The Bachelorette”

Favorite hangout spot on campus: I like the Stokes skybridge, but I also like outside places like the labyrinth

Taken/single: Single

Ideal guy: Has to love ice cream, good sense of humor, athletic, kind heart

Ideal date: Any food would make me happy

Deal breakers: Doesn’t like sports and smokes cigarettes

Funny date story/embarrassing moment: Okay, well two stories…1. My freshman year of high school I was a back up dancer in a Slovakian pop star’s music video. And 2. At a Halloween assembly at my high school, I was nailed in the hip by a pumpkin lathered in vaseline. Here are videos of them both

Guilty pleasure: Rom-Coms

Dream job: Special Ed Teacher

Advice to freshmen: Get involved, be yourself, and invest in a fracket.

There you have it, folks! Thanks for reading, and be sure to check in next week for BC’s next campus profile!

Molly is a senior at Boston College studying Communication and Political Science. She is currently a Campus Corespondent for Her Campus BC and is looking forward to writing articles! She loves to travel, hangout with her friends, and go on adventures. Her mantra is "If you are always trying to be normal, you'll never know how amazing you can be" - Maya Angelou.